THIN LIZZY
JOHNNY THE FOX
AUDIO CD
BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED
Vertigo Records
Mercury Records London
532 295-2
UPC | 731453229525
1976, 1996
TRACK LISTING
TRACK LISTING
01. Johnny
02. Rocky
03. Borderline
04. Don't Believe A Word
05. Fool's Gold
06. Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed
07. Old Flame
08. Massacre
09. Sweet Marie
10. Boogie Woogie Dance
Line Up / Musicians
Philip Lynott ~ Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Scott Gorhan ~ Lead Guitar, Guitars
Brian Robertson ~ Lead Guitars, Guitars, Vocals
Brian Downey ~ Drums, Percussion
Thin Lizzy’s seventh studio album, released in 1976 and was the last to feature Brian Robertson, it contains the crowd favorite ‘Don’t Believe a Word’. Jailbreak was such a peak that it was inevitable that its follow-up would fall short in some fashion and Johnny the Fox, delivered the same year as its predecessor, did indeed pale in comparison. What’s interesting about Johnny the Fox is that it’s interesting, hardly a rote repetition of Jailbreak but instead an odd, fitfully successful evolution forward. All the same strengths are still here -- the band still sounds as thunderous as a force of nature, Phil Lynott’s writing is still graced with elegant turns of phrase, his singing is still soulful and seductive -- but the group ramped up the inherent drama in Lynott’s songs by pushing them toward an odd, half-baked concept album. There may be a story within Johnny the Fox -- characters are introduced and brought back, at the very least -- but it’s impossible to tell. If the album only had an under cooked narrative and immediate songs, such digressions would be excusable, but the music is also a bit elliptical in spots, sometimes sounding theatrical, sometimes relying on narration. None of this falls flat, but it’s never quite as gripping as Jailbreak -- or the best moments here, for that matter, because when Johnny the Fox is good, it’s great, as on the surging “Don’t Believe a Word” or the elegiac “Borderline.” These are the reasons why Johnny the Fox is worth the extra effort, because it does pay off even if it isn’t quite as good as what came immediately before -- or immediately afterward, for that matter.
02. Rocky
03. Borderline
04. Don't Believe A Word
05. Fool's Gold
06. Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed
07. Old Flame
08. Massacre
09. Sweet Marie
10. Boogie Woogie Dance
Line Up / Musicians
Philip Lynott ~ Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Scott Gorhan ~ Lead Guitar, Guitars
Brian Robertson ~ Lead Guitars, Guitars, Vocals
Brian Downey ~ Drums, Percussion
Thin Lizzy’s seventh studio album, released in 1976 and was the last to feature Brian Robertson, it contains the crowd favorite ‘Don’t Believe a Word’. Jailbreak was such a peak that it was inevitable that its follow-up would fall short in some fashion and Johnny the Fox, delivered the same year as its predecessor, did indeed pale in comparison. What’s interesting about Johnny the Fox is that it’s interesting, hardly a rote repetition of Jailbreak but instead an odd, fitfully successful evolution forward. All the same strengths are still here -- the band still sounds as thunderous as a force of nature, Phil Lynott’s writing is still graced with elegant turns of phrase, his singing is still soulful and seductive -- but the group ramped up the inherent drama in Lynott’s songs by pushing them toward an odd, half-baked concept album. There may be a story within Johnny the Fox -- characters are introduced and brought back, at the very least -- but it’s impossible to tell. If the album only had an under cooked narrative and immediate songs, such digressions would be excusable, but the music is also a bit elliptical in spots, sometimes sounding theatrical, sometimes relying on narration. None of this falls flat, but it’s never quite as gripping as Jailbreak -- or the best moments here, for that matter, because when Johnny the Fox is good, it’s great, as on the surging “Don’t Believe a Word” or the elegiac “Borderline.” These are the reasons why Johnny the Fox is worth the extra effort, because it does pay off even if it isn’t quite as good as what came immediately before -- or immediately afterward, for that matter.
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