Search - Phil Lynott, Grand Slam :: Twilight's Last Gleaming (Spec)

Not Quite As Heavy As Thin Lizzy

David Lord | Clemons, Iowa United States | 07/14/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The music on this release is good quality blues rock. Despite the keyboards, which insure that this is not a Thin Lizzy retread, great lead guitar solos remain and the fast, heavy and hard Nineteen and Dedication smoke. Parisienne Walkways is an awesome slower heavy blues rock number with Gary Moore's coauthorship obvious, even though he's not playing (and still great guitarwork).



Unfortunately, the sound quality is not great on this CD. Some songs are more muffled than others. The song Cold Sweat is a favorite of mine but it sounds like the mikes are wrapped in a blanket. Luckily that's probably the worst recorded number.



I AM curious why Dedication, on the second album, just fades out after 5 minutes plus. Maybe they blew the ending. Still, I'd have loved to hear it complete. There are only 18 minutes of music on the 2nd disc, so there was plenty of time...



I personally am glad to have this CD (I'd give it 3 1/2 stars if that was an option), but if you don't really love Lynott you might want to skip it. If you already have half a dozen Thin Lizzy albums you might be ready to give this a try- and if you like heavier rock more than blues you'll especially want to get Lizzy's live albums first."

Not "Live and Dangerous"

B. Williams | Oklahoma City, Ok USA | 10/05/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I was a little disappointed with this one. Sound is pretty ruff. I dig Phil to pieces so I had to give it a try. There is a song that was left off (Called "One Wish"- actually it was redone and called Harlem on this disc)that I would have liked to see that on the list. Still, Phil not quite at his best, is better than most."