Jailbreak

Jailbreak is the opening title track of Thin Lizzy’s 1976 album. The song’s escape story is delivered through a compact hard-rock arrangement built around Phil Lynott’s lead vocal.

The opening guitar figure establishes a firm pulse, and the band repeatedly returns to it between the vocal sections. Guitars and rhythm section move together for much of the recording, making the shifts into the refrain sound decisive.

This page presents the original studio recording. Continue with Thin Lizzy’s catalogue and The Boys Are Back in Town from the same album to compare two sides of their 1976 sound.