This is a contender for being the greatest final (released and recorded) studio album by a band. It captures me, particularly through it's maturity and sentimental value. If you are a Lizzy fan, you know not many put "Renegade" this high.
So, I don't know what to point towards exactly.īut some of my favorites are the heavy and atmospheric opening track "Angel Of Death", the hauntingly somber yet gorgeous "Renegade, the great rockin' "Leave This Town" as well as "No One Told Him" and "It's Getting Dangerous", which are two songs, that keep rising among my all time favorite Lizzy tunes. But it isn't any less enjoyable.Īmong my personal highlights are the majority of the album lol. In general, one can say, that this is a little mellower than some of the other albums. I fully believe, that it stands on it's own as a great and meaningful album. I believe, that that is mainly because it isn't considered among the classic lineups from this band. But there is something about "Renegade", that makes me love it a lot. I could have placed "Johnny The Fox" above this one. It's just a very gripping album, in my opinion. Of course, I also gotta mention their quite iconic version of "Whiskey In The Jar", which finds it's way on the 1991 version as well.īut really, everything is quite good and there is a lot of variety going on. While it is still early Lizzy, I think what they are doing here is very special.Īmong my favorites are the great and mesmerizing "Mother Nature Said", the kickass rounchy "Gonna Creep Up On You" and the outstanding title track "Vagabonds Of The Western World", which is most likely a top 5 Thin Lizzy song of all time for me. So, that puts it today above "Chinatown". Going by the original release track listing, I probably would have put "Chinatown" slightly above it.īut the version from the 1991 re-release, which includes a view additional tracks, has become the definitive version in my mind.
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