- Fighting (album)
Infobox Album | Name = Fighting
Type =Album
Artist =Thin Lizzy
Released = September 12, 1975
Recorded =London , May 1975
Genre =Hard rock
Length = 37:56
Label = Mercury
Producer =Phil Lynott
Reviews =
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wh9hs39ba3dg~T1~T1 Allmusic.com] Rating|4.5|5| Last album = Night Life
(1974)
This album = "Fighting"
(1975)
Next album = Jailbreak
(1976)"Fighting" is the fifth studio album by Irish band
Thin Lizzy , released in 1975 (see1975 in music ). After spending four albums trying to find their niche, Thin Lizzy finally forged an identifiable sound featuring the twin guitars of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson. This sound draws fromhard rock , folk, pop, andrhythm and blues . It set the stage for the big commercial breakthrough of the follow-up album, Jailbreak.Track listing
#"Rosalie" (
Bob Seger ) – 3:11
#"For Those Who Love to Live" (Downey, Lynott) – 3:08
#"Suicide" (Lynott) – 5:12
#"Wild One" (Lynott) – 4:18
#"Fighting My Way Back" (Lynott) – 3:12
#"King's Vengeance" (Gorham, Lynott) – 4:08
#"Spirit Slips Away" (Lynott) – 4:35
#"Silver Dollar" (Robertson) – 3:26
#"Freedom Song" (Gorham, Lynott) – 3:32
#"Ballad of a Hard Man" (Gorham) – 3:14* The North American cover is pictured, other territories had a different sleeve.
Personnel
*Brian Downey - drums, percussion
*Scott Gorham -guitar
*Phil Lynott - bass, vocals, acoustic guitar on Wild One
*Brian Robertson - guitar, backing vocalswith
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Roger Chapman (from Family) - backing vocals on 'Rosalie'
*Ian McLagan (fromThe Faces ) - piano on Silver DollarNotes
The track “Suicide” was originally performed by Thin Lizzy when guitarist Eric Bell was still in the band, including on a BBC broadcast recorded in July 1973.
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