''Still Dangerous'' is a live album by Irish rock band

Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including blues, soul music, psychedelic rock and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or some ...

. It was compiled from two live concerts by the band at the Tower Theater in

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, U.S., just outside of

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, at 20 and 21 October 1977 during the tour in support of their '' Bad Reputation'' album. No overdubs were made to any tracks so the album is completely live. The tracks "Cowboy Song", "

The Boys Are Back in Town "The Boys Are Back in Town" is a song by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy. The song was originally released in 1976 as the first single from their album '' Jailbreak''. It is considered by ''Rolling Stone'' to be the band's best song, placing it ...

", "Massacre" and "Emerald" were previously released on the album ''

Live and Dangerous ''Live and Dangerous'' is a live double album by the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, released in June 1978. It was recorded in London in 1976, and Philadelphia and Toronto in 1977, with further production in Paris. It was also the last Thin Lizzy ...

'', while "Opium Trail" and "Bad Reputation" were issued on the ''Killers Live'' EP in 1981. "Bad Reputation" and "Emerald" are bonus tracks made only available as downloads outside Japan. They are also available as a bonus 7" 45 RPM single on the U.S. vinyl version of the release. The live recordings of "Jailbreak", "Cowboy Song", and "The Boys are Back in Town" from this album are available as downloadable content as a Thin Lizzy track pack for the music video game ''

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''. The album features the common live Thin Lizzy practice of running one song straight into some more popular hit, typically using the ending note of one as the starting note of the next, notably with "Cowboy Song" which finishes with the first note of "

" and "Soldier of Fortune" which leads directly into "

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". This live version of "The Boys Are Back in Town" is used over the end credits of the film '' The Expendables'' (rather than the more well-known studio version from ''

'').

Track listing

#"Soldier of Fortune" (

Phil Lynott Philip Parris Lynott (, ; 20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish singer, bassist, and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist and ba ...

) - 5:22 #"

" (Lynott) - 4:28 #" Cowboy Song" ( Brian Downey, Lynott) - 5:04 #"

" (Lynott) - 4:46 #"Dancing in the Moonlight" (Lynott) - 4:08 #"Massacre" (Downey,

Scott Gorham William Scott Gorham (born March 17, 1951) is an American guitarist and songwriter who is one of the "twin lead guitarists" for the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. Although not a founding member of Thin Lizzy, he served a continuous membership after ...

, Lynott) - 3:02 #"Opium Trail" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott) - 4:51 #"Don't Believe a Word" (Lynott) - 2:25 #"Baby Drives Me Crazy" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott, Brian Robertson) - 6:11 #"Me and the Boys" (Lynott) - 6:48 #"Bad Reputation" (Downey, Gorham, Lynott) - 4:19 #"Emerald" (Gorham, Downey, Robertson, Lynott) - 4:35

Personnel

;Thin Lizzy *

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

–

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

, producer * Brian Robertson – lead guitar, backing vocals * Brian Downey –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

;Additional musicians * John Earle –

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on "Dancing in the Moonlight" ;Production *

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- producer, mixing

Charts

References

{{ThinLizzy Albums produced by Glyn Johns 2009 live albums Thin Lizzy live albums