Perhaps more importantly, the album totally rocks!ĭisc 1 features the remastered original Black Rose LP, and it sounds fantastic. Here you find songs about self determination, tough street life, kinky sexual fetishes, compulsive gambling, Phil’s baby daughter, drug and alcohol addiction, relationships breaking up, and Lynott’s would-be alter ego, the mythical Irish hero, Cuchulain. This album is filled with Lynott’s typically vast array of unusual themes and brilliant lyrics that are far deeper than your typical rock-and-roll fare. In fact, as brilliant a player as Moore was becoming and later became, he probably never played on any better set of songs than these. ”Black Rose” was their collaborative peak. This was something both men admitted freely. Despite an often volatile personal relationship, Lynott / Moore musical collaborations always had a magic about them each man was hard-pressed to capture individually. Black Rose would reap the benefits.īut this disc is about more than just great playing. The experience pushed Moore’s playing to a much higher level, and he was really coming into his own at the time he rejoined Lizzy. Moore had always been a hot player, but he was fresh off a stint with Colosseum II, a progressive rock band known for a very technique-demanding brand of music. It was the first time that icon guitarist Gary Moore remained in Thin Lizzy long enough to record an album after previous stints in 19 with the band.

To this day, “Black Rose: A Rock Legend” remains as one of the most influential albums of the genre, a true classic.

It has been remastered by resident Andy Pearce and if you look the booklet artwork it’s done in the same Rock Candy fashion. We think this 2-CD release is the one to get, as includes a bonus disc of worthwhile material.Īdditionally, the production / technical of this double disc reissue was handled by the Rock Candy Records team. There’s a SACD version that we never heard – and should sound awesome – however it’s the regular album version. Now it’s time for the Irish hard rock legends most iconic album, the awesome “ Black Rose“. 0dayrox team, being a big Lizzy fan, will select what we consider the best of them. With the new – and excellent – THIN LIZZY box set presented here, many of you asked for the band’s albums in its best sound quality CD press.

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