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{{Infobox album
| name = Live and Dangerous
| type =
| artist = [[Thin Lizzy]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2 June 1978
| recorded = {{ubl|14 November 1976, London, England with Maison Rouge Mobile,|20 and 21 October 1977, [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania and|28 October 1977, [[Toronto]], Canada with [[Record Plant]] Mobile,|January 1978, Des Dames Studio, Paris, France
| studio =
| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[blues rock]]<ref name="rough guide">{{cite book|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Chris|last=Wright|year=1999|publisher=Rough Guides|page=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock00roug/page/1073 1073]|isbn=978-1-85828-457-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetorock00roug/page/1073}}</ref>
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'''''Live and Dangerous''''' is a live [[double album]] by the Irish rock band [[Thin Lizzy]], released in June 1978. It was recorded in London in 1976, and [[Philadelphia]] and [[Toronto]] in 1977, with further production in Paris. It was also the last Thin Lizzy album to feature guitarist [[Brian Robertson (guitarist)|Brian Robertson]],{{efn|The live album ''[[Life (Thin Lizzy album)|Life]]'', released in 1984, features Robertson as a guest artist.}} who left the band shortly after its release.
The band decided to release a live album after their producer [[Tony Visconti]] did not have enough time to work on a full studio session. They listened through various archive recordings from earlier tours and compiled the album from the best versions. Various studio [[overdubbing|overdubs]] were made to the live recordings during early 1978 in Paris; exactly how much of the album is overdubbed has been a contentious topic since its release. The album reached No. 2 in the [[UK
==Recording==
[[File:Phil-Lynott Thin Lizzy.jpg|thumb|220px|upright|Thin Lizzy live on the ''[[Bad Reputation (Thin Lizzy album)|Bad Reputation]]'' tour in 1977, during which concerts at [[Philadelphia]] and [[Toronto]] were recorded for the album.]]
By the mid-1970s, Thin Lizzy had stabilised around its founding members
The group planned to make a new studio album at the start of 1978, helmed by producer [[Tony Visconti]], with whom they had created the successful ''[[Bad Reputation (Thin Lizzy album)|Bad Reputation]]''. However, Visconti had a very tight schedule and had committed to producing albums for other artists, so Lynott suggested they instead spend two weeks together compiling a live album.<ref name=tv />
The band and Visconti listened to over 30 hours of archive recordings, looking for the best performances to release.<ref name=tv/> The album sleeve notes credit two concerts as the source of the album – [[Hammersmith Odeon]], London, England on 14 November 1976 (as part of the tour for ''[[Johnny the Fox]]'', released earlier that year), and [[Seneca College|Seneca College Fieldhouse]], [[Don Mills]], Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 28 October 1977 (as part of the tour for ''Bad Reputation'').<ref name="albumnotes"/> Visconti later revealed that shows at the [[Tower Theater (Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania)|Tower Theater]], [[Philadelphia]] on 20 and 21 October 1977, a week earlier than the Toronto gig, had also been recorded.{{sfn|Byrne|2006|p=120}} The band had listened back to the Hammersmith tapes shortly after recording and agreed that the performances sounded better than the studio versions.{{sfn|Putterford|1994|p=150}} Thin Lizzy biographer Mark Putterford believes the majority of recordings on the finished album are from the Hammersmith show.{{sfn|Putterford|1994|p=151}} Visconti later said the performance of "Southbound" came from a soundcheck before one of the Philadelphia gigs, with the audience reaction dubbed in from another song.{{sfn|Byrne|2006|p=121}}▼
The band and Visconti listened to over 30 hours of archive recordings, looking for the best performances.<ref name=tv/> The album's [[Liner notes|sleeve notes]] credit two concerts as its source: [[Hammersmith Odeon]], London, England on 14 November 1976 (part of the tour for ''[[Johnny the Fox]]'', released earlier that year), and [[Seneca College|Seneca College Fieldhouse]], [[Don Mills]], Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 28 October 1977 (part of the tour for ''Bad Reputation'').<ref name="albumnotes"/>
On this album, the band segues immediately from "Cowboy Song" into "The Boys Are Back in Town", on the line "a cowboy's life is the life for me" – the last chord of the former was the first of the latter, although their studio versions were recorded as separate songs.{{sfn|Putterford|1994|pp=151–152}} This segue between the two tracks remained a staple of the band's setlist for the rest of their career, and examples can be found on other live releases. The band had rearranged "Still in Love with You" to be slower and more emotional than the original studio version, and the version recorded on ''Live and Dangerous'' was considered by Putterford to be the highlight of Lynott's musical career.{{sfn|Putterford|1994|p=151}}▼
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To promote the album, the group filmed a gig at the [[Rainbow Theatre]], London on 29 March 1978 for a television broadcast. However, this was cancelled and the footage went unaired.{{sfn|Byrne|2006|p=121}}
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O'Donnell hired Chalkie Davies, a photographer for ''[[New Musical Express]]'' for two weeks to photograph the band on a US tour in early 1978 in order to capture enough pictures suitable for the album artwork. The front cover, featuring Lynott in the foreground, was originally supposed to be the back cover as the group wanted equal coverage of all members. O'Donnell disagreed and reversed the front and back photographs at the last minute. The album had a working title of ''Thin Lizzy Live'' but Lynott decided that ''Live and Dangerous'' was better.{{sfn|Putterford|1994|p=152}}
==Release==
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| studio =
| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[blues rock]]
| length = 50
| label = VCL Video
| director = Ken O'Neill
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| next_year = 1988
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''Live and Dangerous'' was released as a [[double album]] on 2 June 1978. In the UK, it was released on [[Vertigo Records]] and reached a high of No. 2 in the [[UK album charts]], held from the top spot by the ''[[Grease (soundtrack)|Grease soundtrack album]]''. It remained in the charts for 62 weeks{{sfn|Byrne|2006|p=122}} and eventually sold 600,000 copies.{{sfn|Dimery|2011|p=1142}} It was also the first album to be released by [[Warner Bros. Records]] in America after the band left [[Mercury Records]] in that area. A single from the album, "Rosalie / Cowgirl's Song" backed with a live version of "Me And The Boys", which was a frequent encore but not included on the album, was released in April and reached No. 20 in the [[UK
The band began touring to promote the album, but after a one-off gig in [[Ibiza]], Lynott and Robertson had an acrimonious argument. Robertson subsequently quit Thin Lizzy permanently to form [[Wild Horses (British band)|Wild Horses]] with former [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]] bassist [[Jimmy Bain]]. He was replaced by a returning [[Gary Moore]], who had already been a band member in 1974 and 1977.{{sfn|Byrne|2006|p=123}}
The album was reissued on CD in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-and-dangerous-mw0000653094/releases|title=Live and Dangerous : Releases|website=AllMusic|access-date=17 August 2016}}</ref> The March 1978 footage from the Rainbow
In 2009, the live album ''[[Still Dangerous]]'' was released, which features material from the 20 October 1977 gig at Philadelphia that was used for some of ''Live and Dangerous''. There is some overlap of tracks between the two albums, though ''Still Dangerous'' is completely live with no overdubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/still-dangerous-live-at-tower-theatre-philadelphia-1977-mw0000810609|title=Thin Lizzy : Still Dangerous: Live at Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977|first=Dave|last=Thompson|website=AllMusic|access-date=17 August 2016}}</ref>
In 2022, a deluxe [[box set]] of the album was released, containing the original live recordings that made up the album. These showed that there was far less overdubbing than previously claimed.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/thin-lizzys-live-and-dangerous|title=The Lowlist: Thin Lizzy's Live And Dangerous is one of the greatest live albums ever released|work=Guitar World|date=26 March 2023|accessdate=25 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/live-and-dangerous-45th-anniversary-super-deluxe-edition|title=Live And Dangerous 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition {{!}} Thin Lizzy|work=Record Collector|date=29 December 2022|accessdate=25 April 2023}}</ref>
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| MC = 100/100<br />{{small|(super deluxe)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/live-and-dangerous-super-deluxe-edition/thin-lizzy |title=Live and Dangerous [Super Deluxe Edition] by Thin Lizzy Reviews and Tracks |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
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| rev2 = ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]''
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| rev3 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
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[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] described the album as "one of the best double live LPs of the 70s", and "a true live classic", containing more energy and power than the original studio albums. He also praised the "expert song selection".<ref name="amg"/> Stuart Bailie in his review for ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' magazine praised the quality of the music and played down rumours of studio overdubbing.<ref name="classic" /> ''[[NME]]'' reviewer Tim Chester declared ''Live and Dangerous'' "the best live album we ever heard" despite the alleged overdubs, which he dismissed as irrelevant.<ref name="NME">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/nmes-50-greatest-live-albums-of-all-time-what-are-yours-1554831 |title=NME's 50 Greatest Live Albums Of All Time – What Are Yours? |last=Chester |first=Tim |magazine=[[NME]] |date=9 March 2011 |access-date=23 February 2018 }}</ref> Canadian journalist [[Martin Popoff]] praised ''Live and Dangerous'' for "supercharging some of the old guitar-based tunes that were a bit stiff, dated or under-dressed on studio vinyl" and paired it with [[UFO (band)|UFO]]'s ''[[Strangers in the Night (UFO album)|Strangers in the Night]]'' as critics' favourite live albums.<ref name="martin"/>
''[[Kerrang!]]'' magazine listed the album at No. 50 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Wall | first = Mick | author-link = Mick Wall| magazine = [[Kerrang!]] | title = Thin Lizzy 'Live and Dangerous' | issue = 222 | date = 21 January 1989}}</ref>
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===Remastered edition===
A new remastered and expanded version of ''Live And Dangerous'' was released in 2011. As well as the full album, remastered by Andy Pearce and Matt Wortham, it featured two additional tracks from the period that were not
{{Track listing
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==Personnel==
* [[Phil Lynott]] – lead vocals, bass guitar
* [[Scott Gorham]] – lead guitar, backing vocals
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* [[Brian Downey (drummer)|Brian Downey]] – drums, percussion
* [[John Earle (musician)|John Earle]] – saxophone on "Dancing in the Moonlight"
* [[Huey Lewis]] (as "Bluesey Huey Lewis") – harmonica on "Baby Drives Me Crazy"<ref name="albumnotes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Live And Dangerous|others=[[Thin Lizzy]]|year=1978|publisher=Phonogram|id=6641 807}}</ref>{{efn|At the time of the recording, John "Irish" Earle was in [[Graham Parker & the Rumour]], and [[Huey Lewis]] was in [[Clover (band)|Clover]]. Both of these groups were support acts for the tours that made up this album.}}
* [[Tony Visconti]] - producer
* Will Reid Dick, Rob O'Brien - engineers
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==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1978-1979)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
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! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=19}}</ref>
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{{album chart|Germany4|41|id=12466|artist=Thin Lizzy|album=Live and Dangerous|accessdate=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|New Zealand|17|artist=Thin Lizzy|album=Live and Dangerous|access-date=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Sweden|27|artist=Thin Lizzy|album=Live and Dangerous|access-date=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|UK2|2|date=19780618|access-date=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Billboard200|84|artist=Thin Lizzy|refname=Billboard 200|accessdate=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true}}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
== Certifications ==▼
! scope="col"| Chart (2023)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
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{{album chart|Flanders|163|artist=Thin Lizzy|album=Live and Dangerous|access-date=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Wallonia|131|artist=Thin Lizzy|album=Live and Dangerous|access-date=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Netherlands|81|artist=Thin Lizzy|album=Live and Dangerous|access-date=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Germany4|11|id=12466|artist=Thin Lizzy|album=Live and Dangerous|access-date=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true|refname=ger-2023}}
{{album chart|Ireland3|27|date=20230127|access-date=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true}}
! scope="row"| Japanese Hot Albums (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2023&month=01&day=30|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of January 25, 2023|website=[[Billboard Japan]]|language=ja|access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref>
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{{album chart|Scotland|7|date=20230127|access-date=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true}}
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{{album chart|Switzerland|27|artist=Thin Lizzy|album=Live and Dangerous|access-date=March 10, 2024|rowheader=true}}
|}
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1978|region=Ireland|artist=Thin Lizzy|title=Live and Dangerous|certyear=1978|award=Gold|certref=<ref name=IRETHIN>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/whytes/catalogue-id-srwhy10027/lot-5c4285fc-8df7-4d3b-bd00-a563009ad31f|date=September 9, 2023|title=Thin Lizzy, Live and Dangerous". Gold disc award."}}</ref>|salesamount=25,000|salesref=<ref name=IRETHIN/>}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Thin Lizzy|title= Live and Dangerous|award=Platinum|relyear=1978|id=3892-1487-2}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=video|artist=Thin Lizzy|title= Live and Dangerous|award=Gold|relyear=2005|id=3892-1487-5|note=2007 DVD}}
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==References==
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'''Citations'''
{{Reflist
'''Sources'''
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[[Category:Albums produced by Tony Visconti]]
[[Category:1978 live albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at the Tower Theater (Pennsylvania)]]
[[Category:Thin Lizzy live albums]]
[[Category:Vertigo Records live albums]]
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