Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy
Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy is a compilation released on 4 February 1991 on Vertigo. It gathers the band's hard rock and blues rock highlights from a run of studio albums that began with their self-titled debut in 1971 and ended with Thunder and Lightning in 1983. A VHS video came out alongside it.
The one new track is the title song, pieced together after Phil Lynott's death from an old eight-track demo of a Grand Slam song, originally recorded around 1985 and written by guitarist Laurence Archer. It was presented as a lost Thin Lizzy recording, with Archer's guitar and writing credit removed, though his bass stayed in. A High Court case followed, and Archer is now credited as the writer. That story adds a curious footnote to a collection that works well as a way into the band's catalogue.
Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy: tracklist, credits and charts
18 tracks · 1:16:30Tracklist
- 1Whisky In The Jar5:45
- 2The Rocker5:12
- 3She Knows5:12
- 4Still In Love With You5:38
- 5Showdown4:31
- 6Rosalie3:11
- 7Wild One4:18
- 8Fighting My Way BackPhil Lynott3:12
- 9JailbreakPhil Lynott4:04
- 10The Boys Are Back In TownPhil Lynott4:27
- 11Cowboy SongBrian Downey and Phil Lynott5:16
- 12Don't Believe A WordPhil Lynott2:21
- 13Bad ReputationDowney, Gorham, Lynott3:10
- 14Dancin' In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight)Phil Lynott3:24
- 15Do Anything You Want ToPhil Lynott3:52
- 16Waiting For An Alibi4:13
- 17ChinatownDowney, Gorham, Lynott, White4:44
- 18DedicationPhil Lynott4:00
- Produced by
- John Alcock, Thin Lizzy, Tony Visconti
- Engineered by
- Will Reid-Dick, Tony Visconti
- Labels
- Vertigo, Mercury (US only)
- Length
- 1:16:30
Line-up
- Brian Downey · drums (drum set) · guest
- Scott Gorham · guitar · guest
- Phil Lynott · acoustic guitar, bass guitar, lead vocals, harp · guest
- Brian Robertson · guitar, vocals · guest
- John Helliwell · saxophone · guest
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) · 1991–92 | 30 |
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How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1991 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 4 February 1991 | |
| Wikidata | 4 February 1991 | |
| US release | 1991 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1991 | earliest UK or European date |
7 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | US | Mercury Records | 020831426022 | other |
| — | XW | — | 042284853026 | other |
| 1991 | CA | Vertigo | 042284853026 | original |
| 1991 | US | Mercury Records | 042284853026 | original |
| 1991 | XE | Vertigo | 042284819220 | original |
| 1991 | XE | Vertigo | 042284819220 | original |
| 1991 | GB | Vertigo | 042284819220 | original |
Cover art sources
fanarttv · upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 600×600 | upscaled |