Jinx (Rory Gallagher album) explained

Jinx
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rory Gallagher
Cover:	Jinx rorygallagher.jpg
Released:	April 1982
Recorded:	May – June 1981
Studio:	Dierks Studios, Cologne, Germany
Genre:	Blues rock
Length:	LP: 37:56 Original CD: 43:17 Remastered: 47:21
Label:	Chrysalis (UK) Mercury (USA)
Producer:	Rory Gallagher
Prev Title:	Stage Struck
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Defender
Next Year:	1987

Jinx is the twelfth album and the ninth studio album by the Irish musician Rory Gallagher. In 2000 it was remastered with different track order and bonus tracks. The length of some songs is also different from the LP.

This was his final album for Chrysalis Records and the remainder of his work would be issued on independent labels; it would also be his last studio album for five years.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rory Gallagher except where indicated.

LP

Side one

1. "Signals" – 4:31
2. "The Devil Made Me Do It" – 2:54
3. "Double Vision" – 4:48
4. "Easy Come, Easy Go" – 5:07
5. "Big Guns" – 3:25

Side two

1. "Jinxed" – 5:10
2. "Bourbon" – 3:54
3. "Ride On Red, Ride On" – 4:17 (Henry Glover, Morris Levy, Teddy Reig)
4. "Loose Talk" – 3:50

Original CD

1. "Big Guns" – 3:28
2. "Bourbon" – 3:54
3. "Double Vision" – 4:51
4. "The Devil Made Me Do It" – 2:54
5. "Hell Cat" (bonus track) – 5:04
6. "Signals" – 4:37
7. "Jinxed" – 5:11
8. "Easy Come, Easy Go" – 5:07
9. "Ride On Red, Ride On" – 4:19 (Henry Glover, Morris Levy, Teddy Reig)
10. "Loose Talk" – 3:52

2000 remastered CD

1. "Big Guns" – 3:30
2. "Bourbon" – 4:03
3. "Double Vision" – 5:04
4. "The Devil Made Me Do It" – 2:52
5. "Signals" – 4:42
6. "Jinxed" – 5:00
7. "Easy Come, Easy Go" – 5:45
8. "Nothin' But The Devil" (bonus track) – 3:08 (Gerry West)
9. "Ride On Red, Ride On" – 4:32 (Henry Glover, Morris Levy, Teddy Reig)
10. "Lonely Mile" (bonus track) – 4:37
11. "Loose Talk" – 4:08

Personnel

• Rory Gallagher – vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Gerry McAvoy – bass guitar
• Brendan O'Neill – drums, percussion

with:

• Bob Andrews – keyboards
• Ray Beavis and Dick Parry – saxophone

External links

• Rory Gallagher's official site