{"product_id":"thin-lizzy-jailbreak-vinyl-lp","title":"Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak [180g Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThin Lizzy – Jailbreak [180g Vinyl LP]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0802631\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602508026317\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hard Rock \/ Classic Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mercury \/ Universal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 26 March 1976\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReissue Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180 Gram Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJailbreak\u003c\/em\u003e is the sixth studio album by Thin Lizzy — \u003cstrong\u003ePhil Lynott\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass, vocals), \u003cstrong\u003eScott Gorham\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar), \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Robertson\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar) and \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Downey\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums) — originally released on 26 March 1976 on Vertigo Records. Recorded at \u003cstrong\u003eRamport Studios in Battersea, London\u003c\/strong\u003e and produced by \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Alcock\u003c\/strong\u003e, it was the record that broke the band on both sides of the Atlantic and remains their most commercially successful and widely heard work. The album reached \u003cstrong\u003enumber ten on the UK Albums Chart\u003c\/strong\u003e and, driven by the extraordinary success of its lead single, cracked the American market in a way that no previous Thin Lizzy release had managed — making it the only album in their discography to achieve Gold certification in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe band that made \u003cem\u003eJailbreak\u003c\/em\u003e was one of the most distinctive in British hard rock: Lynott's twin-guitar concept — pairing Gorham and Robertson in interlocking lead lines that traded off and harmonised in real time — gave the band a sound that was simultaneously tighter and more cinematic than most of their contemporaries, while Lynott's bass playing anchored an unusually powerful rhythm section alongside Downey's drumming. The album's production, crisp and punchy under Alcock's direction, showcased this configuration to its best advantage. Lyrically, Lynott was operating at the height of his powers: the album's themes draw on the mythology of the outlaw and the street, filtered through an Irish-American sensibility and delivered with a swagger and charisma that few rock vocalists of the era could match. The die-cut sleeve — with its distinctive stylised graphic — became one of the most recognisable album covers in 1970s rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The Boys Are Back in Town\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is the album's centrepiece and Thin Lizzy's signature song: a study in economy and momentum, its guitar riff instantly recognisable, its chorus irresistible, its arrangement — building from verse to chorus to twin guitar solo and back — a masterclass in how to write a rock single. It reached \u003cstrong\u003enumber eight on the UK Singles Chart\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003enumber twelve on the US Billboard Hot 100\u003c\/strong\u003e, winning the \u003cstrong\u003e1976 NME Award for Best Single\u003c\/strong\u003e and propelling the album to its American breakthrough. The title track \u003cstrong\u003e\"Jailbreak\"\u003c\/strong\u003e opens the album with one of the band's most urgent and propulsive performances, its helicopter effect introduction giving way to Downey's driving rhythm and the twin guitars at full tilt. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Cowboy Song\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — beginning with a delicate fingerpicked acoustic passage before opening into a rolling mid-tempo rock track — became another fan favourite and reached \u003cstrong\u003enumber 77 on the US Billboard Hot 100\u003c\/strong\u003e as a single. The closing \u003cstrong\u003e\"Emerald\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is among the heaviest and most expansive performances in the Thin Lizzy catalogue, its extended twin-guitar solo one of Gorham and Robertson's finest recorded moments together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003e2020 reissue\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cstrong\u003eMercury \/ Universal\u003c\/strong\u003e presents the album on \u003cstrong\u003e180 gram vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e, remastered (℗ 2014, recut for vinyl at \u003cstrong\u003eSterling Sound by Greg Calbi\u003c\/strong\u003e) and housed in the original \u003cstrong\u003edie-cut sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e, Made in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJailbreak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAngel from the Coast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRunning Back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRomeo and the Lonely Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarriors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Boys Are Back in Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFight or Fall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCowboy Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmerald\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhil Lynott – Bass, Vocals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScott Gorham – Guitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrian Robertson – Guitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrian Downey – Drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Alcock – Producer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreg Calbi – Lacquer Cut (Sterling Sound)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel – Mercury \/ Universal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Thin Lizzy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57515852988803,"sku":"602508026317","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/66b411f5-7b40-4471-bd43-c13ced89f814.webp?v=1772799808","url":"https:\/\/vikingrecords.co.uk\/products\/thin-lizzy-jailbreak-vinyl-lp","provider":"Viking Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}