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Chinatown
Thin Lizzy
Vertigo Records, 1980
REVIEW BY: Eric E5S16
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 05/30/1999
Thin Lizzy - a band you can never get tired of. After listeningto their music (especially their most remembered album, 1976's Jailbreak), you can't help but want to hear more of theirmusic.
Their 1983 album, Chinatown, shows how guitars rock, the way they ought to be.The guitarists for Thin Lizzy on this particular album are ScottGorham and Snowy White. And let us not forget the unforgettablelyrics of their frontman bass player/lead singer, the late PhillipLynott. Chinatown was recorded in Chinatown in London. Awesome isbest to describe this album, with it's incredible artwork andalways rocking style.
Leading off the album is "We Will Be Strong," that has strongguitar work and lyrics. The guitars are incredible in the titletrack, and if a rock band would want to include this song in theirplaylist (especially a Thin Lizzy tribute band), "Chinatown" woulddefinitely be a challenge for their guitar players.
"Sweetheart" continues the rocking a-blazing, where "SugarBlues" has a great rhythm with both the bass and guitars, with atouch of drum solo riff. (Drums supplied by Brian Downey.) Thissong would be another challenge for an up-and-coming rock-and-rollband, and/or Thin Lizzy tribute band.
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