Name: Back on the Streets
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SKU: 41477143
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Back on the Streets

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Album: Back on the Streets
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Back On the Streets	More Info...
2)	Don't Believe a Word	More Info...
3)	Fanatical Fascists	More Info...
4)	Flight of the Snow Goose	More Info...
5)	Hurricane	More Info...
6)	Song for Donna	More Info...
7)	What Would You Rather Bee Or a Wasp	More Info...
8)	Parisienne Walkways (Feat. Phil Lynott)	More Info...
9)	Track Nine	More Info...
10)	Spanish Guitar (Feat. Phil Lynott)	More Info...
11)	Spanish Guitar	More Info...
12)	Spanish Guitar (Instrumental)	More Info...

Album: Back on the Streets
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Back On the Streets	More Info...
2)	Don't Believe a Word	More Info...
3)	Fanatical Fascists	More Info...
4)	Flight of the Snow Goose	More Info...
5)	Hurricane	More Info...
6)	Song for Donna	More Info...
7)	What Would You Rather Bee Or a Wasp	More Info...
8)	Parisienne Walkways (Feat. Phil Lynott)	More Info...
9)	Track Nine	More Info...
10)	Spanish Guitar (Feat. Phil Lynott)	More Info...
11)	Spanish Guitar	More Info...
12)	Spanish Guitar (Instrumental)	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Gary Moore (guitar); Phil Lynott (bass, vocals); Brian Downey (drums).
1979 was a busy year for Irish guitarist Gary Moore, who after years of seemingly aimless wandering across the musical landscape (including a flirtation with jazz-rock fusion while fronting G-Force) simultaneously re-launched his long-dormant solo career and became a full-time member of Thin Lizzy. Moore had originally agreed to help his old partner in crime Phil Lynott only temporarily, while longtime Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson recovered from a broken hand incurred in a barroom brawl. But due to Robbo's increasing unreliability, Moore was persuaded to stay on and record Lizzy's Black Rose album in exchange for Lynott's help in shaping his own solo effort, Back on the Streets. And a good trade it was, too, as with the exception of the title track's gutsy hard rock, Lynott's singing and songwriting contributions wound up providing the album with its most coherent and satisfying moments. These included the highly amusing "Fanatical Fascists," a mellow reworking of Lizzy's "Don't Believe a Word," a whimsical acoustic ballad called "Spanish Guitar," and the simply exquisite Moore tour de force "Parisienne Walkways." Unfortunately, these are rudely interrupted by a number of misplaced instrumental fusion workouts (no doubt G-Force leftovers) and a terribly saccharine ballad called "Song for Donna." Half winner, half dud, the album would at least serve notice of Moore's rebirth as a solo artist, and he would show marked improvement on his next album, Corridors of Power. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia