Thin Lizzy Is Number One
Thin Lizzy’s “Live and Dangerous” album is now considered to be the best rock record of all times according to the British radio station Planet Rock, said Gigwise. Definitely, this broadcasting firm did not draw this conclusion from nowhere, they were using their listeners as the main source of such opinion. Thin Lizzy’s album was even able to overdue Deep Purple’s “Made in Japan”, which eventually grabbed number two on their list. Third spot belongs to “Strangers in the Night” by UFO. Fourth and fifth places were conquered by The Who with it’s “Live at Leeds” and “If You Want Blood, You Got It” by AC/DC. Most of these radio polls are naming the best and each of these albums could go to the first place by the way. The only thing is that one day these votes spread in one way and in other days they may look totally different, but practically with the same bands and albums. The first ten list also includes Pink Floyd’s “Pulse” and “Live After Death” by Iron Maiden. The only group which went into Planet Rock’s list with three albums at once was Canadian legend Rush; Led Zeppelin is represented by two albums. It’s all great, but again and again such lists mainly incorporate old bands and old artists, so it would be much better to see someone new. However, all these old bands are surely deserving this kind of respect, new ones will get there later. Thin Lizzy is the Irish hard-rock band that was created in Dublin by a singer and bass guitarist Phil Lynott, drummer Brian Downey and guitarist Eric Bell in 1969. In various times many prominent musicians were taking part in it’s lineup - Gary Moore, Brian Robertson, Snowy White, Darren Wharton and John Sykes.