YOU'VE GOT A
BAD REPUTATION
THAT'S THE WORD
OUT ON THE TOWN
IT GIVES A CERTAIN
FASCINATION
BUT IT CAN ONLY
BRING YOU DOWN
Bad Reputation
is the eighth
studio album
by the Irish rock band
released in 1977.
As the front cover suggests,
most of the tracks
feature only
three-quarters of the band,
with guitarist
Brian Robertson
only credited on three tracks.
He had missed most of
their previous tour,
following a hand injury
sustained in a brawl,
and this album turned
out to be his last
studio effort with
Thin Lizzy.
With Robertson out of the band,
band leader
Phil Lynott
had decided that
Scott Gorham
would be able to handle
all the guitar duties himself,
and that no replacement
for Robertson
would be recruited
prior to recording the album.
However,
Gorham believed that a
second guitarist was required,
particularly for live work,
performing songs
that were written for
two guitars.
He later said,
"I was always a big believer
in the magic circle
once you broke the magic circle,
the whole thing was broken, right?"
He deliberately left two songs
("Opium Trail" and "Killer Without a Cause")
without guitar solos recorded,
and persuaded Lynott
to allow Robertson
to return to the band
to record the solos
for them.
Lynott relented,
and Robertson flew to Toronto
and recorded his
lead guitar parts.
However,
he initially refused to
socialise with
the other band members:
"Christ,
I wouldn't even have a drink with them,"
he said.
He later added,
"I tried not to go out to
clubs for about a week,
then succumbed..."
Robertson and Gorham
shared lead guitar parts
on only one song,
"That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart".
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