THIN LIZZY - US Release Date For Bad Reputation Deluxe Edition Announced
September 20, 2011, 13 years ago
Irish hard rock legends THIN LIZZY’s Bad Reputation will be reissued in the US on September 20th via Universal Music Enterprises. The reissue was previously released in the UK on June 27th along with other Thin Lizzy classics: Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979) and Chinatown (1980).
Originally released in 1977, Bad Reputation is Thin Lizzy's eighth studio album that found them teamed up with legendary producer Tony Visconti who gave them a leaner and tougher sound, creating an album that rivals Jailbreak as their best studio album. It went to No. 4 in the UK and featured the hit 'Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight)' which reached No. 14 on the UK singles chart in September 1977. Fully remastered, Bad Reputation features the unreleased bonus tracks 'Killer Without A Cause', 'That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart', 'Bad Reputation' and 'Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In A Spotlight)' taken from a session recorded for the BBC, plus a soundcheck of 'Me And The Boys.'
This Deluxe Edition has been remixed and remastered by guitarist Scott Gorham along with DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott and contain the original album on one CD, a second CD with rare bonus tracks.
Tracklisting for Bad Reputation is as follows:
Disc: 1
'Soldier Of Fortune'
'Bad Reputation'
'Opium Trail'
'Southbound'
'Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight)'
'Killer Without A Cause'
'Downtown Sundown'
'That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart'
'Dear Lord'
Disc: 2
'Killer Without A Cause' (BBC Session: August 1st, 1977)
'Bad Reputation' (BBC Session: August 1st, 1977)
'That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart' (BBC Session: August 1st, 1977)
'Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In A Spotlight)' (BBC Session: August 1st, 1977)
'Downtown Sundown' (BBC Session: August 1st, 1977)
'Me And The Boys' (BBC Session: August 1st, 1977)