Essential

~ Release by Thin Lizzy (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1The Boys Are Back in Town
assistant recording engineer:
Neil Hornby
engineer:
Will Reid-Dick
producer:
John Alcock (producer)
acoustic guitar and bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
vocals:
Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1976), Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1976), Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2018) and Universal Music Operations Limited (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 2018)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 272) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 499)
recording of:
The Boys Are Back in Town
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
publisher:
Pippin the Friendly Ranger Music Co. Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd. (not for release label use! formerly Polygram Pty Ltd. until 1999-03-22), Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and PolyGram Music Publishing (in 1989)
4.14:25
2Do Anything You Want To
engineer:
Kit Woolven
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Tony Visconti
acoustic guitar and bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar and background vocals:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, blues guitar)
recording of:
Do Anything You Want To
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
33:52
3Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in Its Spotlight)
engineer:
Tony Visconti
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Tony Visconti
acoustic guitar, bass guitar and harp and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist)
saxophone:
John Helliwell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recording of:
Dancing in the Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in Its Spotlight)
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
publisher:
PolyGram Music Ltd.
4.43:28
4Don’t Believe a Word
producer:
John Alcock (producer)
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
vocals:
Phil Lynott
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1976), Union Square Music Ltd. (for copyright use only, holding company of Union Square Music) (in 2018) and Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 2018)
recording of:
Don’t Believe a Word
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing International Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4.52:19
5Bad Reputation
recording of:
Bad Reputation
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Phil Lynott
3:10
6Killer Without a Cause
recording of:
Killer Without a Cause
writer:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Phil Lynott
3:35
7Sha La La
3:27
8Emerald
recording of:
Emerald
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist), Phil Lynott and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd (UK)
4:02
9Are You Ready (live 1976)
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Tony Visconti
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
live recording of:
Are You Ready (in 1976)
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist), Phil Lynott and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
publisher:
Pippin the Friendly Ranger Music Co. Ltd.
sub-publisher:
Universal Music Publishing France (not for release label use!)
recording of:
Are You Ready
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist), Phil Lynott and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
publisher:
Pippin the Friendly Ranger Music Co. Ltd.
sub-publisher:
Universal Music Publishing France (not for release label use!)
2:43
10Sugar Blues
4:19
11Roísín Dubh (Black Rose) A Rock Legend
7:05
12Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)
4:10
13Warriors
4:08
14Toughest Steet in Town
3:59
15Still in Love With You
5:38
16The Sun Goes Down
6:20
17Soldier of Fortune
5:18
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