# Audio CD (18 Mar 1996)
# Number of Discs: 1
# Format: Original recording remastered
# Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
Throughout Thin Lizzy's fitful and never-ending series of lineup changes (mainly in guitar players),
the band did manage to stay true to leader Phil Lynott's desire that it remain a great guitar band.
FIGHTING marks the beginning of the band's most commercially successful lineup (with Scott Gorham and
Brian Robertson on guitar). Not coincidentally, the band's most consistent albums surfaced during this
period as well. Lynott's grand artistic ambitions, which often resulted in half-baked concept ideas,
began to rein themselves in to a more streamlined approach that better suited his basic hard rock
attitude.
FIGHTING put forth the formula that earmarks nearly all of the band's best work: hard pumping rock &
roll offset with tightly melodic dual guitar lines and Lynott's soulful vocals. Opening with Bob Seger's
"Rosalie," a classic '70s power chord rocker, the band struts with confidence and more than a little swagger.
The pounding "Fighting My Way Back" is propelled by a pulsing rhythm section, huge guitars, and sheer bravado
on Lynott's part. And just when things seem to be on the verge of slipping into macho posturing, a yearning
tear in Lynott's voice reveals the vulnerability that lies beneath all barre chords.
1996 digitally remastered version of the bands 1975 album on Mercury/Vertigo Records.
1. Rosalie 2:56
2. For Those Who Love To Live 3:08
3. Suicide 5:11
4. Wild One 4:17
5. Fighting My Way Back 3:11
6. King's Vengeance 4:08
7. Spirit Slips Away 4:41
8. Silver Dollar 3:26
9. Freedom Song 3:29
10. Ballad Of The Hard Man
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 6.88 MiB
Duration : 3mn 0s
Overall bit rate : 320 Kbps
Album : Fighting [Remastered Version]/Remastered Version
Track name : Rosalie
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : Thin Lizzy
Genre : Rock
Recorded date : 1975
Writing library : LAME3.98
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Duration : 3mn 0s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 6.88 MiB (100%)
Writing library : LAME3.98