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Shades of a Blue Orphanage
Rock · 1972 · 5 tracks

Shades of a Blue Orphanage

Thin Lizzy

A loose, poetic collection of Celtic folk and street-level funk. Before the leather jackets and twin guitars, this was a band finding its soul in Dublin's rain.

March 10, 1972 · Decca

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A gentle, rain-soaked nostalgia that prioritizes poetic storytelling over rock bravado.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks
01
The Rise and Dear Demise of the Funky Nomadic Tribes
7:07
03
I Don’t Want to Forget How to Jive
1:46
06
Baby Face
3:28
07
Chatting Today
4:19
08
Call the Police
3:37
Moments Worth Listening For
The sprawling seven-minute funk-folk fusion of the opening track where the band explores a loose, jam-heavy groove.
Phil Lynott's intimate, spoken-word delivery on the title track that feels like a private confession.
The sudden shift from gentle acoustic balladry to a frantic, bluesy shuffle in the middle of a song.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Shades of a Blue Orphanage sound next to the rest of Thin Lizzy's catalogue?

Low Energy-1.6σ

It runs notably cooler and more held-back than this artist's baseline.

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