Ireland Metal & Hard Rock Albums

The 55th-anniversary edition of Thin Lizzy's 1971 debut: three SHM-CDs and an audio Blu-ray, carrying Richard Whittaker's new stereo mixes and fifteen previously unreleased recordings.

Thunder and Lightning keeps Thin Lizzy’s twin-guitar strengths while stepping into a harder, heavier sound.

Renegade builds on Thin Lizzy’s familiar twin-guitar interplay and Phil Lynott’s conversational vocal style, then widens the sound with keyboards.

Chinatown finds Thin Lizzy welcoming Snowy White and joining Phil Lynott’s story-shaped vocal to a smoother twin-guitar feel.

Black Rose: A Rock Legend joins Thin Lizzy’s hard-rock power, Irish feeling and narrative gift with unusual naturalness.

Bad Reputation condenses Thin Lizzy’s short, forceful riffs, springing rhythm and Phil Lynott’s distinctive storytelling.

Jailbreak finds Thin Lizzy using Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham’s twin guitars not simply for technique, but as a force that moves each song forward.

Johnny the Fox expands Thin Lizzy’s storytelling and tonal range after the success of Jailbreak.

Fighting finds Thin Lizzy making a harder, more identifiable sound around Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson’s twin guitars.

Nightlife is Thin Lizzy’s fourth album and the point at which Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson begin building the twin-guitar foundation of the band’s later golden e

Vagabonds of the Western World captures Thin Lizzy before the later twin-guitar style was fully formed, moving freely among blues, folk, soul and hard rock while str

Shades of a Blue Orphanage is Thin Lizzy’s second album, made before the later twin-guitar attack and city-bred rock-and-roll identity had fully arrived.

Thin Lizzy is the debut made by the trio of Phil Lynott, Eric Bell, and Brian Downey before the band reached the twin-guitar attack and fast-moving hard rock of its later