Phil Lynott: Fatalistic Attitude [MERCURY]

Why you'll love it

Eleven of Phil Lynott's solo songs from the early '80s, built around his second solo album and its singles, including the B-side "Somebody Else's Dream" that never made the original LP. It is the Thin Lizzy frontman at his most personal.

This edition

• 11 tracks
• Includes the B-side "Somebody Else's Dream"

About the album

By 1982, Phil Lynott was running two careers at once: Thin Lizzy, and a solo life that let him try out ideas the band wouldn't touch. The Philip Lynott Album, his second and last solo record, ranged from new wave and synth pop to tender ballads, and this collection takes its songs as the starting point, from "Fatalistic Attitude" and "Old Town" to "Cathleen" and "Ode To Liberty (The Protest Song)."

It also brings in "Somebody Else's Dream," the B-side to the "Together" single that he played on The Old Grey Whistle Test, along with "Hate." Jimmy Bain co-wrote "Old Town" and "Ode To Liberty," and "Gino" and "Growing Up" show how much the songwriter had to say outside the band. Thin Lizzy fans who skipped the solo years have some very pleasant homework to do.

Tracklist

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Out October 30, 2026 on Mercury (cat# 7573319).