Bad Reputation

Artist: Thin Lizzy
Label: Umvd Import
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 731453229822
EAN: 0731453229822
ASIN: B0000074FB

Release Date: 1996-03-21

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Tracks:

Soldier Of Fortune
Bad Reputation
Opium Trail
Southbound
Dancing In The Moonlight
Killer Without A Cause
Downtown Sundown
That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart
Dear Lord

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Customer Reviews:

Thin Lizzy - Didn't know how good we had it.......2006-07-20

Don't know what you got until it's taken from you.
What a band and what an album.
Again, you CAN'T go wrong purchasing this album.
From strength to strength.

1. Soldier Of Fortune- Typical loose and powerful Thin Lizzy. Love those guitars!

2. Bad Reputation - Listening to Scott Gorham play on Bad Reputation seals the deal.

3. Opium Trail - One of the few leads Brian Robertson plays. Solid.

4. South Bound - Incredible. One song I NEVER get tired of playing at loud levels

5. Dancing In The Moonlight - Surprisingly my least favorite track, and it's still great!

6. Killer Without A Cause - Powerful and pounding. Didn't Iron Maiden lift the riff on this one? Well, kinda : )

7. Downtown Sundown- Great tune, Slowing down the pace. Awesome bass work throughout.

8. That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart - A slight hiccup. Not bad but not great either.

9. Dear Lord- Phil exorcising his demons. Back to form again!

A solid chuck of 70's hard rock music.
Almost 30 yrs later this album shows the power and intensity these guys had.
Go get all of Thin Lizzy';s stuff and see what quality is all about.
Get hooked now!It's not too late!

Phil Lynott RIP. I wish we still had you with us. Your music has meant so much to so many people.

good album.......2006-06-24

Bad reputation is a good album and all the songs fit well together, unlike Jailbreak and johnny the fox. They're good albums but I just didn't think all the songs fit well on them like "Fight or Fall", "Emerald" on Jailbreak and "Sweet Marie", "Old Flame", "rocky" and the appauling "Boogie Woogie dance", I just felt that they let down those albums, with all the other songs being great.

Bad Reputation has some awesome songs like the opener "Soldier of Fortune", "Bad Reputation", "Southbound" and "Dancing In The Moonlight". The feel of the album is good and has a mix of styles but they all fit well together. I especially like the breakdown of "Killer Without a Cause".

Thin Lizzy would have been better though if they hadn't used bad technology or recording styles to make their songs because it makes some of their stuff sound dodgy and just commerically tacky.

People wanting to know or find out about Thin Lizzy! dont get anything before Jailbreak (It's not too bad but its not worth getting) and don't get anything after Bad Reputation or Live & Dangerous, because that is when Thin Lizzy's sound became really bad commerical rock. Albums to get is 1.Jailbreak,2.Bad Reputation, 3. Johnny The Fox and for their live album "Live & Dangerous"

one of Lizzy's best.......2006-05-04

this is one of my fav. Thin Lizzy cds. it's has lots of different cool songs.

Killer with a good cause.......2005-11-22

The first thing that comes to mind is: Hell, they could sound "pop" and still be hard rockers. So why they never played on radio, with few exceptions like "boys are back in town".
Bad Reputation is an great effort to make Thin Lizzy a successful band without losing their style. It is clear that they mixed here on this record the rawness from Jailbreak, and the experimentations from Johnny the Fox". So, it's an album like "midway", but never half succeeded. No way, this is really a good piece of 70's hard rock, even better than most of the trash done during 80's and 90's when it comes to hard rock.
A sad mark to this album is the fact that it is the last time Robbo and Gorham put their guitar to fight together in a studio. But what a great way to say farewell to arms! I prefer Robbo a little bit, but Gorham is terrific, there ain't no such thing as a bad riff from the beginning to the end.
Some people may consider this album kinda laid-back stuff, but try to sse from another side, it's hard rock, with melodic phrases, without being glossy or fancy.
Really heavy tunes: Bad Reputation - opium trail - Killer without a cause
Other great tracks: That woman is gonna break your heart (the most beautiful Lizzy's ballad, along with Sarah)
Southbound- highway style song
Soldier of fortune - great opening track, beautiful guitar solo
Anyway the whole album is great, except maybe for Dear Lord, but, any song put after That Woman... is simply unfair.
In a four years space, those guys sent to the world such gems as Fighting, Jailbreak, Johnny the Fox, Bad Reputation, Live and Dangerous and Black Rose. Man, I mean, they were at least AWESOME!

A forgotten jem from a forgotten band (at least in America).......2005-08-27

This is pure genius, pure melodic hard rock, pure fantastic songwriting by the late, great Lynott. The guitar work is just sublime: listen to the solo in "Dancing In The Moonlight", or to the gentle opening lick in the beatiful "That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart". The album also has its rockers, like the drum-pounding title track, "Killer Without A Cause" and "Opium Trails" which both have a Brian Robertson (now here's a true rock n' roller) signature riff. Phil Lynott graces the album with sublime lyrics, real poetry, just listen to the great "Southbound". A real great rock album.

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