Greatest Hits

~ Release by Thin Lizzy (see all versions of this release, 3 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)
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)
Thin Lizzy4.24:26
2Jailbreak
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)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1976) and Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1976)
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 73)
recording of:
Jailbreak
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing International Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Thin Lizzy4.554:02
3Don’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)
recording of:
Don’t Believe a Word
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
Thin Lizzy4.52:19
4Dancing 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.
Thin Lizzy4.253:28
5Rosalie
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 [lead guitar] and background vocals:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy & Motörhead)
live medley including a recording of:
Cowgirl’s Song
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer) and Phil Lynott
live medley including a recording of:
Rosalie
lyricist and composer:
Bob Seger
publisher:
Gear Publishing
Thin Lizzy4.354:10
6Waiting for an Alibi
engineer:
Kit Woolven
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Tony Visconti
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, blues guitar)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1973)
recording of:
Waiting for an Alibi
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
publisher:
Pippin the Friendly Ranger Music Co. Ltd.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Thin Lizzy3:30
7Do 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
Thin Lizzy33:52
8Sarah
engineer:
Kit Woolven
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Tony Visconti
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, blues guitar)
harmonica:
Huey Lewis
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1979)
recording of:
Sarah (1979 song about Lynott's daughter)
writer:
Phil Lynott and Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, blues guitar)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Thin Lizzy33:31
9Chinatown
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Kit Woolven
bass guitar and keyboard:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Snowy White (guitarist)
background vocals:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Midge Ure
vocals:
Phil Lynott
recording of:
Chinatown
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist), Phil Lynott and Snowy White (guitarist)
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10Killer on the Loose
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Kit Woolven
bass guitar:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Snowy White (guitarist)
vocals:
Phil Lynott
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1980)
recording of:
Killer on the Loose
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
Thin Lizzy3.753:56
11Trouble Boys
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Kit Woolven
cover recording of:
Trouble Boys
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bremner
Thin Lizzy3:35
12Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)
recorded at:
Hammersmith Odeon (Eventim Apollo, pka Hammersmith Odeon) in Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1981)
live recording of:
Hollywood (Down on Your Luck) (in 1981)
writer:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Phil Lynott
Thin Lizzy4:40
13Cold Sweat
engineer:
Chris Tsangarides and Andrew Warwick (producer/engineer)
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Chris Tsangarides
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and John Sykes
keyboard:
Darren Wharton
recording of:
Cold Sweat
writer:
Phil Lynott and John Sykes
Thin Lizzy3.53:08
14Thunder and Lightning
engineer:
Chris Tsangarides and Andrew Warwick (producer/engineer)
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Chris Tsangarides
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and John Sykes
keyboard:
Darren Wharton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1983)
recording of:
Thunder and Lightning
writer:
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer) and Phil Lynott
Thin Lizzy34:55
15The Sun Goes Down
engineer:
Chris Tsangarides and Andrew Warwick (producer/engineer)
producer:
Thin Lizzy (Irish hard rock band) and Chris Tsangarides
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy drummer)
guitar:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and John Sykes
keyboard:
Darren Wharton
recording of:
The Sun Goes Down
writer:
Phil Lynott and Darren Wharton
Thin Lizzy46:21
16Dedication
additional recording engineer:
Chris Sheldon (mixer, producer)
mixer:
Simon Vinestock
bass guitar:
Phil Lynott
guitar and background vocals:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist)
vocals:
Phil Lynott
recording of:
Dedication
composer:
Phil Lynott
Thin Lizzy53:59
17Still in Love With You
recording of:
Still in Love With You
lyricist and composer:
Phil Lynott
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd.
Thin Lizzy5:50
18She Knows
recording engineer:
Ron Nevison and Ted Sharp (engineer)
producer:
Phil Lynott and Ron Nevison
mixer:
Ron Nevison
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)
strings arranger:
Jimmy Horowitz
recording of:
She Knows
writer:
Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy guitarist) and Phil Lynott
Thin Lizzy5:14
19Yellow Pearl
recording of:
Yellow Pearl
writer:
Phil Lynott and Midge Ure
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK)
Phil Lynott33:00
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Credits

Release

liner notes:Phil Alexander (Editor-in-Chief, MOJO magazine) (in 2004-05)
remastering:Tony Cousins (mastering engineer)
rights society:BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
MCPS (UK rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
distributed by and marketed by:Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) (in 2004)
remastered at:Metropolis in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3459085 [info]
ASIN:UK: B00029R5MK [info]