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- Summary: The third full-length release for the hard rock band that includes Thin Lizzy's Ricky Warwick, Scott Gorham, Damon Johnson, and Jimmy DeGrasso, as well ex-Ratt member Robbie Crane, was produced by Nick Raskulinecz.
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- Record Label: Nuclear Blast
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal
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| Vulnerability is a liability There ain't no plage for it in this life The only guarantee is a dead certainty That no one gets out of here... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Feb 3, 2017What began as an extension of post-Phil Lynott-era Thin Lizzy has become something far more nuanced, and with three solid studio albums now in their rear-view mirror, it would seem that Black Star Riders have successfully managed to embrace the past without losing themselves in it.
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Feb 3, 2017The band deftly treads the fine line between revival and revision, blasting out fistfighting hard rock anthems like “Dancing with the Wrong Girl” and “Cold War Love” that synthesize Thin Lizzy’s flair for raging riffs, jazzy chords, twin-guitar harmonies, and ruggedly romantic words into something that’s both fresh-sounding and satisfyingly familiar.
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Feb 3, 2017Black Star Riders have delivered a record befitting their pedigree. [Mar 2017, p.94]
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Kerrang!Feb 3, 2017This is no tribute, however, just a mighty fine hard-rock album. [4 Feb 2017, p.52]
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Feb 22, 2017There’s a joyous spontaneity behind the obvious discipline. What makes this such a damn fine record is that the band never allow themselves to get bogged down in minutiae; it’s the big picture which counts.
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