This is the often maligned and forgotten 10th studio album from one of the best rock bands of the era. This was also the introduction to the band of guitarist Snowy White, who was only previously known as a touring member of Pink Floyd – and seems an odd choice to join these hard livin’ rock n rollers. I can see why that fans don’t like this album. Other than the two singles, the material wasn’t that strong.
The first of the singles mentioned is the title track, with is unforgettable and brilliant opening riff. In my opinion, one of the best Lizzy tracks. It made fans pay attention and accept Snowy into the band. The other single was the hard drivin’ Killer On The Loose, which people bought because of the upholder-of-decent-moral- standards, Mary Whitehouse’s hatred of the song. Other than Genocide, all of the remaining songs seem to be rehashed ideas of previous Lizzy tunes and are frankly not that strong.
It’s well documented that Phil’s problems with his addiction to the demon heroin, and because of it the material was beginning to suffer. There were only 2 more Lizzy albums to follow after this before Phil’s death in ’86. I did see them on this tour, and they were still entertaining, Phil gave it is all.
The title track gets 10/10, and the album 6.5/10 from The Grooveman.
