Emerald (Thin Lizzy song) explained

Emerald
Artist:	Thin Lizzy
Album:	Jailbreak
Released:	26 March 1976
Length:	4:03
Label:	Vertigo, Mercury (US only)
Producer:	John Alcock

Emerald is a song by Thin Lizzy from their 1976 album Jailbreak.^[1] It is inspired by traditional Irish music and utilizes a 6/8 rhythm. The guitar riff uses an "Irish" melody with its use of triplets.^[2] The song is about the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century.

Reception

Ultimate Classic Rock praised the guitar solo and said it "sends the album off on a high note with a thoroughly satisfying extended guitar duel".^[3]

Personnel

• Phil Lynott – vocals, bass guitar
• Scott Gorham – lead and rhythm guitar
• Brian Robertson – lead and rhythm guitar
• Brian Downey – drums

Other versions

Mastodon released a cover version of the song in 2003.

Slash and former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley did a version of the song on the 2016 album Origins, Vol. 1.^[4] According to Rolling Stone magazine, Slash and Frehley played the song together 15 times in order to perform the song right.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Album Of The Week Club Review: Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous . Classic Rock Magazine . Future Publishing Limited Quay House . 17 June 2018 . en.
2. Book: Clark . David . Alvarez . Ruben . In the Wake of the Tiger: Irish Studies in the Twentieth-First Century . 2010 . Netbiblo . 978-8497455473 . 124.
3. Web site: Giles. Jeff. WEEKEND SONGS: THIN LIZZY, 'EMERALD'. Ultimate Classic Rock. October 25, 2013. September 10, 2020.
4. Web site: Giles. Jeff. Hear Ace Frehley's Cover of Thin Lizzy's 'Emerald': Exclusive Premiere . Ultimate Classic Rock. April 1, 2016. September 10, 2020.
5. Kreps. Daniel. Hear Ace Frehley, Slash Cover Thin Lizzy's 'Emerald'. Rolling Stone. April 1, 2016. September 10, 2020.