Thin Lizzy discography

The following is a discography of Thin Lizzy, an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Originally led by frontman, bass guitarist, songwriter and singer Phil Lynott, their most commercially successful songs are "The Boys Are Back in Town", "Whiskey in the Jar" and "Jailbreak", all major international hits still played regularly on hard rock and classic rock radio stations.

Thin Lizzy discography
Thin Lizzy in concert in 1983
Studio albums12
EPs7
Live albums12
Compilation albums35
Singles33
Video albums8
Archive albums2

Lynott dissolved Thin Lizzy in 1983, and died in 1986. Several former members reactivated the band in 1994. The current line-up of Thin Lizzy restrict themselves to playing the band's classic material live, and use the name Black Star Riders for recording and performing new material. Thin Lizzy still perform on an occasional basis and the line-up now consists of longtime guitarist Scott Gorham, keyboardist Darren Wharton, and four other members who were not present during the band's main recording career.

Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[1]
UK
[2]
US
[3]
CAN NZ NOR
[4]
SWE
[5]
Thin Lizzy
  • Released: 30 April 1971
  • Label: Decca
Shades of a Blue Orphanage
  • Released: 10 March 1972
  • Label: Decca
Vagabonds of the Western World
  • Released: 21 September 1973
  • Label: Decca
Nightlife
  • Released: 8 November 1974
  • Label: Vertigo
Fighting
  • Released: 12 September 1975
  • Label: Vertigo
60 49
Jailbreak
  • Released: 26 March 1976
  • Label: Vertigo
51 10 18 5 2
Johnny the Fox
  • Released: October 1976
  • Label: Vertigo
93 11 52 52 17
Bad Reputation
  • Released: 2 September 1977
  • Label: Vertigo
58 4 39 44 13 9
Black Rose: A Rock Legend
  • Released: 13 April 1979
  • Label: Vertigo
29 2 81 48 15 8
Chinatown
  • Released: 10 October 1980
  • Label: Vertigo
16 7 120 31 20 13
Renegade
  • Released: 15 November 1981
  • Label: Vertigo
38 157 35 24
Thunder and Lightning
  • Released: 4 March 1983
  • Label: Vertigo
4 159 42 10 12
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

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Title Album details Chart[9] Certifications
[7]
AUS
[1]
UK
IRE
SWE
US
Live and Dangerous
  • Released: 2 June 1978
  • Label: Vertigo
20 2 2 27 84
Life
  • Released: October 1983
  • Label: Vertigo
29 29 29 185
BBC Radio One Live in Concert
The Boys Are Back in Town
One Night Only
UK Tour '75
  • Released: 8 September 2008
  • Label: MLP
Still Dangerous
  • Released: 2 March 2009
  • Label: VH1 Classic Records
98 189
Live in London 2011 – 22.01.2011[11]
Live in London 2011 – 23.01.2011[11]
  • Released: 23 January 2011
  • Label: Concert Live
High Voltage Festival[12]
  • Released: 23 July 2011
  • Label: Concert Live
Live 2012 – 29.11.2012[13][14]
  • Released: 29 November 2012
  • Label: Concert Live
Live 2012 – 17.12.2012[13]
  • Released: 17 December 2012
  • Label: Concert Live
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Archive albums

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Title Album details Chart (UK) Notes
The Peel Sessions
  • All tracks later issued on the At The BBC box set.
At The BBC
  • Released: 7 November 2011
  • Label: Universal
  • Eight-disc box set, also available as a two-disc best of.
Rock Legends
  • Released: 24 October 2020
  • Label: Universal
  • Six-disc box set with a DVD, all UK singles and various demos.[15]
1976
  • Released: 27 September 2024
  • Label: Mercury
  • Six-disc box set featuring remixed versions of Jailbreak and Johnny the Fox, plus outtakes, radio sessions and a live show.
Acoustic Sessions
  • Released: 24 January 2025
  • Label: Decca
  • Ten songs from 1971–1973 reworked with new acoustic guitar parts by Eric Bell, alongside the original vocals and drums.

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Chart Certifications
[7]
Notes
UK
[9]
The Beginning, Vol 12
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Decca
  • Released only in Germany[16]
Remembering – Part 1
  • Released: August 1976
  • Label: Decca
  • Released simply as Remembering in Germany, where it was released as a 27-track double album.
Rocker (1971–1974)
  • Re-released (2007) exclusively in Canada as Black Boys on the Corner (1970–1974) with several differences.
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Decca Nova
  • Released only in Germany[17]
The Continuing Saga of the Ageing Orphans
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: Decca
  • Album contains remixed and altered versions of previously released songs.
Profile
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Decca
  • Released only in Germany
The Japanese Compilation Album
  • Released: 25 February 1980
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Released only in Japan
The Adventures of Thin Lizzy
  • Released: 27 March 1981
  • Label: Vertigo
6
  • Also known as The Hit Singles Collection.
Lizzy Killers
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Released only in Europe and Australia
V.I.P.
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Released only in Germany
Whiskey in the Jar
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Decca
  • Released only in Germany, entirely different from all other releases with the same title
Rockers
  • Released: December 1981
  • Label: Decca
  • Originally released only in UK
Thin Lizzy – Die Weisse Serie
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Decca
  • Released only in Germany
Whiskey in the Jar
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Karussell
  • Released only in Germany, entirely different from all other releases with the same title
The Boys Are Back in Town
  • Entirely different from all other releases with the same title
The Collection
  • Released: November 1985
  • Label: Castle
  • Not to be confused with other releases with a similar name.
Whiskey in the Jar
  • Released: April 1986
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Entirely different from all other releases with the same title
Remembering
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Decca
  • Released only in Germany, credited as featuring Phil Lynott and Gary Moore
The Best of: Soldier of Fortune
  • Released: November 1987
  • Label: Telstar
55
  • Credited as Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy
Lizzy Lives
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Grand Slamm
  • Released only in US
Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy
  • Released: 4 February 1991
  • Label: Vertigo
8
  • Also available as a VHS cassette
Best Tracks
  • Released: 15 June 1991
  • Label: Vertigo
  • 4CD set released only in Japan
Wild One: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy
  • Released: 12 January 1996
  • Label: PolyGram
18
  • Also available in Japan only as a 2CD set
Whiskey in the Jar
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Spectrum
  • Entirely different from all earlier releases with the same title
Master Series
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Polygram
  • Later repackaged as Classic Thin Lizzy, Die Grössten Hits, Millennium Edition, Classic Rock Masters, Colour Collection and Star Club
The Boys Are Back in Town
  • Released: 6 December 2000
  • Label: Vertigo
  • 2CD set released only in Sweden and Denmark (2010)
Vagabonds Kings Warriors Angels
  • 4CD book / box set
The Hero and the Madman
  • Released: 12 August 2002
  • Label: Spectrum
  • Released only in Europe
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 7 June 2004
  • Label: Universal
3
  • Also available as a DVD.
The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 20 June 2006
  • Label: Universal
  • Released only in US
The Silver Collection
  • Released: 4 June 2007
  • Label: Universal
  • Also released as The Rocker
Waiting for an Alibi
  • Released: 12 April 2011
  • Label: Spectrum
  • Released only in UK
Icon
  • Released: 21 June 2011
  • Label: Mercury
  • Released only in US
Collected
  • Released: 7 May 2012
  • Label: Universal
  • 3CD collection
Essential
  • Released: 12 June 2020
  • Label: Universal
16
  • 3CD collection
Rock Legends
  • Released: 23 October 2020
  • Label: Universal
71
  • 6CD & DVD box set

Extended plays

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Title EP details Chart Certifications
[7]
Notes
UK
[9]
New Day
  • Released: 20 August 1971
  • Label: Decca
  • Four-track EP
Things Ain't Working Out Down at the Farm
  • Released: August 1979
  • Label: Decca
  • Three-track EP
Star Trax
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Four-track EP released only in Australia
Live
  • Released: February 1981
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Four-track 12-inch EP
Killers Live
  • Released: 16 April 1981
  • Label: Vertigo
19
  • Three-track 7-inch EP and four-track 12-inch EP
Rhino Hi-Five: Thin Lizzy
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Rhino
  • Collection of five previously released tracks, EP only available for download.
Philip Lynott – The Lost Recordings
  • Collection of five previously unreleased tracks recorded by Thin Lizzy in 1970 at Trend Studios in Dublin.
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

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Peak chart positions are shown for the following singles in the following territories. A shaded box indicates that this single was not released in the territory shown. Blank spaces indicate that there is no information available regarding its chart position. A dash indicates a non-charting release. Many of these singles were released in other countries, but chart information is not available.

Year Single AUS
[1]
UK
[20]
US IRL GER CAN Certifications
1970 "The Farmer"
19721 "Whiskey in the Jar" 40 6 1 7
1973 "Randolph's Tango" 14
"The Rocker" 11
1974 "Little Darling"
"Philomena"
"Showdown"
1975 "It's Only Money"
"Rosalie"
"Wild One"
1976 "The Boys Are Back in Town" 56 8 12 1 8
"Jailbreak" 83 31
"Cowboy Song" 77
"Don't Believe a Word" 12 2
"Rocky"
1977 "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed"
"Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)" 59 14 4 84
1978 "Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song (Medley)" 20 14
1979 "Waiting for an Alibi" 9 6
"Do Anything You Want To" 14 25
"Got to Give It Up"
"Sarah" 24 26
"A Merry Jingle" 2 28
1980 "Chinatown" 74 21 12
"Killer on the Loose" 10 5
"Hey You"
1981 "We Will Be Strong"
"Trouble Boys" 53 30
1982 "Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)" 53
1983 "Cold Sweat" 27 23
"Thunder and Lightning" 39 22
"The Sun Goes Down" 52
1991 "Dedication" 35 2
"The Boys Are Back in Town" (re-issue) 63 16
  • BPI: Platinum[7]
Notes

1 In some countries, "Whiskey in the Jar" was released in early 1973.
2 Credited to "The Greedies" - Lynott, Gorham, Downey, Steve Jones and Paul Cook. This line-up was frequently subtitled as "Thin Lizzy And The Sex Pistols"

Videos

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Title Release details Chart Certifications
[7]
Notes
UK
[9]
Live and Dangerous
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: PolyGram
UK Gold
  • Live at the Rainbow, 1978.
Thin Lizzy Live at Sydney Harbour '78
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Live in Sydney, 29 October 1978.
  • Also released as The Boys Are Back in Town.
Dedication
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: PolyGram
  • Video companion to the 1991 album of the same name.
Rock Masters
  • Released: 22 January 2003
  • Label: VAP
  • Live in Hitchin, 1983.
  • Released only in Japan.
At Rockpalast
  • Released: 23 March 2004
  • Label: WDR Fernsehen
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 4 July 2005
  • Label: Mercury
UK Gold
  • Video companion to the 2004 album of the same name.
Thunder and Lightning Tour
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: RTÉ
  • Live in Dublin, 1983.
Live at the National Stadium, Dublin
  • Released: 12 March 2012
  • Label: RTÉ
  • Live in Dublin, 1975.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 308. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Thin Lizzy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Artist Chart History - Thin Lizzy". Billboard charts. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Diskografi Thin Lizzy" (in Norwegian). Norwegian charts. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  5. ^ "Diskografi Thin Lizzy" (in Swedish). Swedish charts. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Canadian certifications – Thin Lizzy". Music Canada. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "British certifications – Thin Lizzy". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 September 2022. Type Thin Lizzy in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  8. ^ "American certifications – Thin Lizzy". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d Main Thin Lizzy Guide made by Peter Nielsen
  10. ^ "Thin Lizzy, Live and Dangerous". Gold disc award."".
  11. ^ a b [1] Archived 15 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ [2] Archived 12 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ a b [3] Archived 18 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Thin Lizzy - Live 2012, 29.11.2012, 02 Academy, Bournemouth". Discogs.
  15. ^ Hann, Michael (22 October 2020). "The rise and fall of Thin Lizzy: 'No one was going to be sitting in the shadows with this band'". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Thin Lizzy - The Beginning Vol. 12". Discogs.
  17. ^ Main Thin Lizzy Guide made by Peter Nielsen
  18. ^ "The Irish Charts - 2005 Certification Awards - Multi Platinum". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  19. ^ "The Irish Charts - 2011 Certification Awards - Platinum". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  20. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 555/556. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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