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Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak



8.6 | 238 votes |
Release date: 1976
Style: Hard rock

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30 want it


01. Jailbreak
02. Angel From The Coast
03. Running Back
04. Romeo And The Lonely Girl
05. Warriors
06. The Boys Are Back In Town
07. Fight Or Fall
08. Cowboy Song
09. Emerald

Disc I [2011 remastered edition]
01. Jailbreak
02. Angel From The Coast
03. Running Back
04. Romeo And The Lonely Girl
05. Warriors
06. The Boys Are Back In Town
07. Fight Or Fall
08. Cowboy Song
09. Emerald

Disc II [2011 remastered edition]
01. The Boys Are Back in Town [remix]
02. Jailbreak [remix]
03. The Boys Are Back in Town [Alternate vocal - remixed version]
04. Emerald [remix]
05. Jailbreak [BBC Session 12/02/1976]
06. Emerald [BBC Session 12/02/1976]
07. Cowboy Song [BBC Session 12/02/1976]
08. Warriors [BBC Session 12/02/1976]
09. Fight or Fall [Extended version - rough mix]
10. Blues Boy
11. Derby Blues

Top 20 albums of 1976: 4
Featured in "Getting Into: Thin Lizzy"

Guest review by
Mattybu
Rating:
N/A
"Jailbreak" and "The Boys Are Back In Town" are a couple of Thin Lizzy classics that even today you might hear on a classic rock radio station. They are very recognizable songs for this band but the truth is Thin Lizzy are no two hit wonders; they had plenty more than a couple stand-outs up their sleeve on their opus Jailbreak.

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published 19.09.2013 | Comments (5)

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03.06.2012 - 20:37
Rating: 9
mes

Rocking all the way through, just a never-ending groove of hard rock riffs proggified and moulded into one of the best driving albums in the history of albums. or driving. Highly recommended!!!
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31.03.2013 - 21:17
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Argreed. Fantastic for roadtrips.
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22.07.2015 - 18:39
Rating: 8
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Boxcar Willy on 31.03.2013 at 21:17

Argreed. Fantastic for roadtrips.


only road trip song here is the Boys.... others no
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27.04.2016 - 21:56
Rating: 9
Joppe
Steelemeister
Definitely one of their best albums. And their first album with really strong guitars; heavy riffing almost like HM at some parts and killer solos.
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19.08.2016 - 17:18
Rating: 9
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
I don't believe it would be an overstatement, if I said that this is one of the best bluesy hard rock albums ever recorded.
My favourite tracks: Jailbreak, Running Back, Romeo and the Lonely Girl, The Boys Are Back in Town, Fight or Fall, Emerald.
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06.02.2018 - 23:01
VIG
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Emerald is one of my favorite songs ever.
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25.07.2021 - 01:19
Rating: 8
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Long time ago I did listen and actually I miss how good this band was. Its simply, few Irish beer drinking boys, simple riffs what rocked and simple lyrics. Its awesome. Cant judge iof its best album, maybe no, But its good and pretty strong as album.
Best songs: 01. Jailbreak, 04. Romeo And The Lonely Girl, 06. The Boys Are Back In Town and 08. Cowboy Song
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23.01.2022 - 19:40
Rating: 9
Joppe
Steelemeister
An interesting thing about The Boys Are Back In Town is that the band didn't want to have it on the album originally, and I would've agreed on that choice -- https://www.loudersound.com/news/thin-lizzy-nearly-dropped-the-boys-are-back-in-town -- and it became probably the most known song from the band. I don't like the song personally at all, maybe heard it three times only and it got annoying really fast, the chorus sounds super weak and repetitive and the vocal effect don't fit TL.

My favorite songs are: Emerald, Jailbreak & Cowboy Song
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23.01.2022 - 19:58
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Written by Joppe on 23.01.2022 at 19:40

An interesting thing about The Boys Are Back In Town is that the band didn't want to have it on the album originally, and I would've agreed on that choice -- https://www.loudersound.com/news/thin-lizzy-nearly-dropped-the-boys-are-back-in-town -- and it became probably the most known song from the band. I don't like the song personally at all, maybe heard it three times only and it got annoying really fast, the chorus sounds super weak and repetitive and the vocal effect don't fit TL.

My favorite songs are: Emerald, Jailbreak & Cowboy Song

I agree, the only thing I like about "The Boys Are Back In Town" is the main riff, which isn't all that great tbh, the lyrics and the chorus are super cringy. But as is often the case with these songs they become super catchy and radio friendly,
so they appeal to a wider audience, just like "Paranoid" for instance. "Emerald" is by far my favourite song on the album, such an underrated hard rock classic.
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23.01.2022 - 21:05
Rating: 9
Joppe
Steelemeister
Written by AndyMetalFreak on 23.01.2022 at 19:58

Written by Joppe on 23.01.2022 at 19:40

An interesting thing about The Boys Are Back In Town is that the band didn't want to have it on the album originally, and I would've agreed on that choice -- https://www.loudersound.com/news/thin-lizzy-nearly-dropped-the-boys-are-back-in-town -- and it became probably the most known song from the band. I don't like the song personally at all, maybe heard it three times only and it got annoying really fast, the chorus sounds super weak and repetitive and the vocal effect don't fit TL.

My favorite songs are: Emerald, Jailbreak & Cowboy Song

I agree, the only thing I like about "The Boys Are Back In Town" is the main riff, which isn't all that great tbh, the lyrics and the chorus are super cringy. But as is often the case with these songs they become super catchy and radio friendly, so they appeal to a wider audience, just like "Paranoid" for instance. "Emerald" is by far my favourite song on the album, such an underrated hard rock classic.


I would rarely call out a song as bad even if it's one of those obvious attempts at making a band / artist popular, I almost always like the "hit songs" to some degree. The Boys Are Back In Town on the other hand has to be one of the most overrated songs I've ever heard in this genre.
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08.08.2022 - 13:25
Rating: 7
Redel

Written by AndyMetalFreak on 23.01.2022 at 19:58

Written by Joppe on 23.01.2022 at 19:40

An interesting thing about The Boys Are Back In Town is that the band didn't want to have it on the album originally, and I would've agreed on that choice -- https://www.loudersound.com/news/thin-lizzy-nearly-dropped-the-boys-are-back-in-town -- and it became probably the most known song from the band. I don't like the song personally at all, maybe heard it three times only and it got annoying really fast, the chorus sounds super weak and repetitive and the vocal effect don't fit TL.

My favorite songs are: Emerald, Jailbreak & Cowboy Song

I agree, the only thing I like about "The Boys Are Back In Town" is the main riff, which isn't all that great tbh, the lyrics and the chorus are super cringy. But as is often the case with these songs they become super catchy and radio friendly,
so they appeal to a wider audience, just like "Paranoid" for instance. "Emerald" is by far my favourite song on the album, such an underrated hard rock classic.


Yes, indeed, Emerald is the most interesting song on this album. Jailbreak and Cowboy Song are also great. The rest doesnt quite do much for me.
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19.01.2024 - 06:05
purplejesus

Just want to pop in and say that although there are many great tracks on this album, Cowboy Song hits me in a way very few songs ever have.

My dad says he and his friends used to play it in the 1970s at 3AM at parties to see who was "still awake." Kinda makes me laugh. He's not a metalhead.
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