Thin Lizzy announce new studio album with Phil Lynott’s vocals

Thin Lizzy announced their first studio album in more than 40 years and it will have vocals of the late legendary bassist and singer Phil Lynott, who passed away back in 1986 at the age of 36. Called “Acoustic Sessions”, the record has reimagined versions of their classic tracks on acoustic guitar.

Besides Lynott’s original vocals, the tracks also features Brian Downey’s original drum recordings and the guitarist Eric Bell recently recorded new acoustic guitar parts. The unplugged version for their classic take on “Whiskey In The Jar” was already released. The entire album will be out next January 24.

Hear the new Thin Lizzy acoustic version for “Whiskey In The Jar”

The final Thin Lizzy album was “Thunder and Lightning” released in 1983, shortly before the band disbanded. About the new project, Eric Bell said: “I remember recording ‘Eire’ from our debut album ‘Thin Lizzy’ in 1971. I wrote the main guitar part first on acoustic and then we built it up from there. I played the 12-string acoustic throughout the track and introduced the electric on top.”

“This was useful in the studio in Belfast recently where we recorded fresh guitar parts to allow us to create new Thin Lizzy acoustic versions of some of our favorite songs by recreating those original acoustic parts and adding the vocals which Philip laid down on the day and those original drum parts which Brian came up with in the original recording sessions,” Eric Bell said.

It’s the first time since Eric Bell’s exit from the band in 1973 that he recorded under the Thin Lizzy name.

Track list

1. Mama Nature Said (Acoustic Version)
2. A Song For While I’m Away (Acoustic Version)
3. Eire (Acoustic Version)
4. Slow Blues (Acoustic Version)
5. Dublin (Acoustic Version)
6. Whiskey In The Jar (Acoustic Version)
7. Here I Go Again (Acoustic Version)
8. Shades Of A Blue Orphanage (Acoustic Version)
9. Remembering Pt. 2 (Acoustic Version)
10. Slow Blues G.M. (Gary Moore) (Acoustic Version)