Vagabonds Of The Western World - THIN LIZZY***

Mama Nature Said/The Hero & The Madman/Slow Blues/The Rocker/Vagabonds Of The Western World/Little Girl In Bloom/Gonna Creep Up On You/A Song For While I'm Away

With Vagabonds Of The Western World Thin Lizzy began to move away from their Celtic and Irish roots towards the hard rock sound for which they would be remembered.

“They are starting to become Thin Lizzy. Lots of guitar driven hard rock throughout and those Johny Cash style vocals would be pretty much their sound.”

“Generally cited as the first true Thin Lizzy album, in that it is the style everyone knows them for, with some of Lynott's most intricate and deeply thought out compositions here.”

“Mostly pretty solid semi-commercial hard rock with wailing guitar passages, but mixed with some comparatively weaker material.”

“Regarded as their breakthrough album, this is certainly a somewhat overlooked treat in their back catalogue. However, not all that much has changed from their first two. The music sounds better, overall, but the Celtic blues theme is still there.”

“Meandering, psychedelic blues-rock with some mean, soulful guitar work, far removed from what they'd later become.”

“First standout effort from Lizzy here. There are hints of future glory, some blues, and some epic rocking. Phil Lynott was among Ireland's greatest rock musicians and this album is one of the first major signs of that. This is very heartfelt rock music, but not very Irish in feeling.”

“The overriding factor with Vagabonds Of The Western World was the fact that it was a much more consistent and even album that the previous two works, in both song writing and instrumentation. Overall Thin Lizzy sounded very confident and Phil Lynott was crafting his most memorable works to date.”

“Thin Lizzy despite still being a three piece were beginning to discover a harder edge and the folky traditional Irish feel of the first two albums had gone, replaced by a much harder bluesy rock sound.”