Nightlife (Thin Lizzy album)
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| Studio album by Thin Lizzy | ||||
| Released | 8 November 1974 | |||
| Recorded | Worthing and London; April and July – October 1974 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 37:11 | |||
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| Producer | Phil Lynott, Ron Nevison | |||
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Nightlife is the fourth studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1974. It was produced by Ron Nevison and Phil Lynott, and was the first album to feature guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson.
Some reissue CDs, and occasionally other sources, spell the album title as Night Life, the same as the song title. However the original album title is Nightlife.
The song "Philomena" was written for Lynott's mother. "It's Only Money" was re-recorded 35 years later by Robertson on his 2011 solo album Diamonds and Dirt. Concrete Blonde also covered the song on their 1989 album Free.
A deluxe edition of Nightlife was released on 12 March 2012.
The album cover, designed by Jim Fitzpatrick, shows a panther-like creature in a city scene. The panther is often thought to be intended to represent Lynott, but Fitzpatrick has confirmed that the panther referred to the Black Panthers and African-American political figures like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.
All songs composed by Phil Lynott, except where stated.
On the cassette version, the positions of "She Knows" and "Showdown" were reversed.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic described Nightlife as an "underrated gem of a record", but a "complete anomaly within their catalog"... "a subdued, soulful record, smooth in ways that Thin Lizzy never were before and rarely were afterwards". He singles out "She Knows" as "gently propulsive, [and] utterly addictive", but adds that there are "still moments of tough, primal rock 'n' roll", such as "It's Only Money" and "Sha La La".
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