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The Very Best Of Wild One [Original recording remastered]

Thin Lizzy Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (18 Jun 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Vertigo
  • ASIN: B0000074FQ
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 14,816 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. The Boys Are Back In Town (Album Version)Thin Lizzy 4:23£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Jailbreak (Album Version)Thin Lizzy 4:00£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Don't Believe A Word (Album Version)Thin Lizzy 2:17£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Waiting For An Alibi (Extended Version)Thin Lizzy 4:08£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Rosalie (Cowgirl's Song) (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon, London / 1976)Thin Lizzy 4:14£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Cold Sweat (Album Version)Thin Lizzy 3:07£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Thunder And Lightning (Album Version)Thin Lizzy 4:55£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Out In The FieldsGary Moore 4:18£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) (Album Version)Thin Lizzy 3:22£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Parisienne Walkways [feat. Phil Lynott]Gary Moore 3:20£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Sarah (Version 3)Thin Lizzy 3:23£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. Still In Love With You (Live / 1978)Thin Lizzy 7:46£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. Emerald (Album Version)Thin Lizzy 4:01£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen14. Bad ReputationThin Lizzy 3:05£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen15. Killer On The Loose (Album Version)Thin Lizzy 3:53£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen16. Chinatown (Album Version)Thin Lizzy 4:41£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen17. Do Anything You Want To (Album Version)Thin Lizzy 3:52£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen18. The Rocker (Single Edit)Thin Lizzy 2:41£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen19. Whiskey In The Jar (Full Length Version)Thin Lizzy 5:45£0.89  Buy MP3 


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CD Compilation

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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This may get me killed, or at least beaten badly, but to me, Phil Lynott is the king of Rock 'n' Roll! This collection starts off with Thin Lizzy's biggest hit ("The Boys Are Back In Town") which is oddly enough, not one of their best songs. There's magic in tracks such as "Don't Believe A Word","Emerald" and "Bad Reputation" as the classic guitar duo of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson lets it rip with Phil's powerful, soulful vocals at the fore. This band was training ground for the great John Sykes (who later wrote the HUGE Whitesnake 1987 LP) and the legend we know as Gary Moore who can be heard here on the track which is considered by many to be his signature song, "Parisienne Walkways". Throughout their entire catalog, propelling the songs with some of the best rock drumming ever heard is the criminally underrated Brian Downey. Fourteen years after Lynott's tragic death, a reformed version of the band led by Gorham and Sykes have been gigging across Europe in tribute to their late friend. The fact that these shows consistantly sell out is further proof that great music is timeless and never really goes out of style. You're immortal, Phillip. Rest In Peace.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Best Of the archetypal rock star 22 Sep 2009
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Phil Lynott was the archetypal 70s rock star with what could be argued are the archetypal set of rock star contradictions. Wild yet sensitive, sexual yet lyrical, this leather bound rocker also wrote some beautiful ballads. Wild One collects together the best of his work with Thin Lizzy and is an excellent representative collection.

After forming in Dublin in 1969, Lizzy had a one off hit in 1973 with a superb rock version of the Irish folk standard Whisky In The Jar. Whisky featured some exquisite work by original guitarist Eric Bell and is featured on Wild One along with another Bell co-composition The Rocker which showcased the harder sound to come. Bell was replaced soon after the band's "freak hit" with guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson joining Lynott and drummer Brian Downey to complete what was undoubtedly the definitive Lizzy line-up. Gorham and Robertson's dual riffing and harmonising guitars were key components of the classic Lizzy sound along with Lynott's tough yet occasionally sensitive vocals, lyrics and persona. Together they created several classics featured on Wild One such as Jailbreak, The Boys Are Back In Town, Don't Believe A Word and Bad Reputation over a series of hit albums. This culminated with the double Live & Dangerous LP (from which Rosalie and Still In Love With You are featured) which even now is still considered one of the best live albums of all time.

Unfortunately the youthful, fiery Robertson left the band soon after L&D and was replaced by a succession of guitarists over the next few years including Gary Moore, Snowy White and John Sykes. Although none of these line-ups quite matched the band with Robertson, they still produced some excellent music as featured tracks such as Do Anything You Want To and Chinatown testify as well as Gary Moore's solo single Parisienne Walkways which features vocals from Phil Lynott.

Thin Lizzy were the first rock band I saw live as a 15 year old on their farewell tour of 1983. Not a bad choice for a first gig though it was sadly one of the last concerts by this great band. Even more sadly, before I was 18 Phil Lynott was dead, a pointless victim of a lifetime of rock'n'roll indulgences.

Although acknowledged as a major act, it is perhaps surprising that Thin Lizzy are not more revered in the annals of rock music than they are. The sexism prevalent in much of their work may not have helped matters but this was the less politically correct 70s after all. Archetypal lyrics then by the archetypal rock star of his period, Wild One in an excellent, well-chosen overview of the tough yet sensitive Philip Lynott and is well worth acquiring.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent compilation 19 Mar 2010
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This is a fantastic introduction to Thin lizzy. Almost every track is excellent. Catchy, rocking, easily accessible rock songs. From hearing classics on this cd, like dont believe a word, chinatown, jailbreak, waiting for an alibi, i have gone on to purchase a number of Lizzy's studio albums. Bizzare how this, along with other lizzy best of's has a couple of Gary Moore songs on it, and theyve tried to pretend they are thin lizzy tracks, (when they just have Phil Lynott on vocals), but those are excellent tracks too. Highly recommended.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars the double cd hits was ott but this digs!
Want a basis no silly re takes ..just a good old greatest hits thin lizzy cd this is the one...one word...buy!
Published 2 months ago by ricardo86
3.0 out of 5 stars wild one thin lizzy
lovely except the cd cover states up to 19 tracks and it only has 9 or 10 and I love "whisky in the jar" and wanted to hear thin lizzy verson so several tracks are... Read more
Published 12 months ago by pollywally3
5.0 out of 5 stars Legend
This is an excellent introduction to Thin Lizzy and Phil Lynott. I was lucky enough to meet Phil backstage on the 'Thunder & Lightning' tour and have never forgotten his... Read more
Published 14 months ago by trebor
4.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Purchase
I bought this complilation of TLs best of and to be honest i was very glad i did. Unlike some best of or greatest hits compilations, where usually you'll get one or two dud misfire... Read more
Published 19 months ago by thedudeinblack
5.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Thin Lizzy Collection
Whether you are into straight forward, uncompromising rock anthems, heart-felt ballads without a hint of a cliché, or all-out guitar driven celtic jiggs, then you need to... Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2007 by Steve
5.0 out of 5 stars Wild one, yes - but what sensitivity, depth, and feeling
Philip Lynott is one in a million. Listen to "Cold Sweat" and "Thunder and Lightning", then flick to "Still in Love..." and "Sarah". Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2002 by P. A. Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST BAND THE WORLD WILL EVER SEE
This is the best cd u could ever buy. Thin Lizzy are the best band the world will ever see and this is a collection of the best songs they did, and so the best songs in the world. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2002 by adamsergeant@hotmail.com
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