THIN LIZZY — Nightlife (review)

THIN LIZZY — Nightlife album cover Album · 1974 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Nightlife" is the 4th full-length studio album by Irish hard rock act Thin Lizzy. The album was released in November 1974 by Vertigo Records.

The music on the album is rock/ hard rock. The signature twin lead guitar attack that the band would become famous for just a year later, is also a part of the band´s sound but not as dominant as on later albums. Actually "Nightlife" isn´t as hard rocking as some of the later albums either but there are a couple of hard rockers on the album like "It's Only Money" and "Sha-La-La". There are also some pretty soft rock tracks like "She Knows", "Dear Heart" and "Frankie Carroll" on the album, and also a bluesy title track and the soul tinged "Showdown", so as such "Nightlife" is a pretty varied rock album. Personally I could have done without a couple of the softer tracks which I would have replaced by hard rocker instead, but I guess that´s an aquired taste. "Nightlife" isn´t exactly filled with Thin Lizzy "classics" but of course the power ballad "Still in Love with You" ( with a guest guitar performance by Gary Moore) is one such "classic".

The band are well playing and the characteristic voice of Phil Lynott as always gives Thin Lizzy their unique sound.

"Nightlife" is a pretty good Thin Lizzy album but it doesn´t blow my socks off. There are some great things on the album and there are more mediocre things that drag my rating down a bit ( the sirupy strings on "She Knows", "Dear Heart" and "Frankie Carroll" are an example of the not so good/ suiting things). So overall a 3 - 3.5 star rating is deserved.
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