Thin Lizzy : Fighting (Super Deluxe Edition)

I WANT TO BE A GOOD BOY,

BUT HOW LONG CAN IT LAST 

 Fighting

 is the fifth

 studio album

 by Irish 

Rock Band 

Thin Lizzy

 released in 1975. 

Following the release

 of four studio albums,

 the band finally 

forged an

 identifiable sound

 featuring the 

twin guitars 

of 

Scott Gorham 

and 

Brian Robertson. 

This sound draws

 from hard rock,

 folk, 

pop

 and 

rhythm and blues

 It set the stage 

for the

 big commercial breakthrough

 of the

 follow-up album, 

Jailbreak. 

The album was also

 their first album

 to chart in

 the UK, 

hitting No. 60.

Songs

The track

 "Suicide" 

was originally performed

 by 

Thin Lizzy

 when guitarist

 Eric Bell

 was still in the band, 

including on a 

BBC broadcast 

recorded in July 1973. 

It was first performed 

with different lyrics

 under the title

 "Baby's Been Messing", 

and lacked 

the middle section

 that appears on

 Fighting. 

The non-album track 

"Half-Caste" 

was released on

 the B-side

 of the original 

"Rosalie" 

single.

 Another track

 recorded at the 

Fighting sessions

 was

was

 "Try a Little Harder", 

which was 

eventually released on

 the 

Vagabonds, Kings,

 Warriors, Angels 

boxed set

 in 2002.

Fighting

 is the only

 Thin Lizzy album

 aside from their 

1971 debut

 where band members 

other than

 Phil Lynott

 receive sole 

songwriting credits

 for certain tracks. 

Bell wrote 

"Ray Gun" 

on the debut,

 and Robertson 

and Gorham

 wrote 

"Silver Dollar" 

and

 "Ballad of a Hard Man", 

respectively.

Although the distinctive

 Thin Lizzy logo 

(designed by Jim Fitzpatrick) 

was frequently used

 on compilation albums, 

merchandise

 and as stage scenery

 at the band's gigs 

over the years, 

this was the only

 Thin Lizzy

 studio album 

to feature it

 on the cover.

TRACKLIST

CD 1

Rosalie

For Those Who Love to Live

Suicide

Wild One

Fighting My Way Back

King's Vengeance

Spirit Slips Away

Silver Dollar

Freedom Song

Ballad of a Hard Man

Baby's Been Messin'

 (Acetate Mix)

Rosalie

 (Vocals, Bass, Drums)

Suicide

 (Instr)

Wild One 

(Drums, Bass, Vocals)

Fighting My Way Back

 (Instr)

Half Caste

 (Vocal Mix)

Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song 

(Live Remix)

CD 2

Half Caste

 (B-Side Rosalie)

Try a Little Harder

Rosalie

 (US Album Mix)

Half Caste 

(BBC Session)

Rosalie

 (BBC Session)

Suicide

 (Session Two)

(Early Take)

Suicide 

(BBC Session)

(Later Take)

Ballad of a Hard Man

 (No Vocal)

Try a Little Harder 

(Alternate Vocal)

King's Vengeance 

(Vocal, Bass, Drums)

For Those Who Love to Live 

(Vocals, Bass, Drums)

Fighting My Way Back

 (Alternate Mix)

Song for Jesse

 (No Vocal)

Leaving Town

 (Acoustic, bass and drums – no vocals)

Blues Boy

Leaving Town

 (Extended Take)

Spirit Slips Away 

(Extended Version)

Wild One 

(No Vocal)

Bryan's Funky Fazer

 (Silver Dollar)

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