Renegade (Thin Lizzy album)
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| Studio album by Thin Lizzy | ||||
| Released | 15 November 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
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Odyssey Studios and Morgan Studios, London, Compass Point Studios, Nassau, The Bahamas |
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| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 40:51 | |||
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Vertigo (UK) Mercury (Canada) Warner Bros. (US) |
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| Producer | Thin Lizzy, Chris Tsangarides | |||
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| AllMusic |   |
| Martin Popoff |  |
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Renegade is the eleventh studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1981. Though not his first appearance, this was the first album in which keyboard player Darren Wharton was credited as a permanent member, becoming the fifth member of the line-up. As such, he made a contribution as a songwriter on the opening track "Angel of Death". However, even though he had officially joined the band, his picture was omitted from the album sleeve.
Renegade was the second and final album to feature guitarist Snowy White. By his own admission, White was more suited to playing blues than heavy rock and he quit by mutual agreement the following year. He went on to have a hit single with "Bird of Paradise" in 1983.
Greg Prato of AllMusic claimed that Renegade is Thin Lizzy's worst album, with "blatant pop leanings and a production too similar to British heavy metal bands of the early '80s", blaming Snowy White's incompatibility with the group, Lynott's "flat vocals" and the band's drug problems. Prato named "The Pressure Will Blow", "Leave This Town" and "Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)" as the album's better songs.
A remastered and expanded edition of Renegade was released on 23 September 2013 and includes five bonus tracks:
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