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Life (subtitled Live, and labelled Life:Live on the original vinyl LP editions) is a double live album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1983. This double album was recorded during their farewell tour in 1983, principally at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, UK. Phil Lynott had felt reluctantly that it was time to disband the group after the 1983 tour and to mark the occasion, former Thin Lizzy guitarists Eric Bell (1969–73), Brian Robertson (1974–78) and Gary Moore (1974, 1977 and 1978–79) joined the band on stage at the end of these gigs to do some numbers. This was called “The All-Star Jam”.

The versions of “Renegade”, “Hollywood” and “Killer on the Loose” featuring Snowy White had been performed two years earlier when he was still with the band.  White’s participation was only credited to “Renegade”.

Lynott described the slower tempo version of “Don’t Believe a Word” as being the original arrangement. A version of the song with the slower arrangement appears on Moore’s Back on the Streets album from 1978, with Lynott on bass guitar and lead vocals and Brian Downey on drums.

During the performance of “The Rocker”, all of the guitarists (except for White) played at the same time (Moore, John Sykes, Scott Gorham, Robertson and Bell), making a total of eight members on stage performing at once (including keyboard player Darren Wharton).

Track listing
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. “Thunder and Lightning” Brian Downey, Phil Lynott 5:10
2. “Waiting for an Alibi” Lynott 3:20
3. “Jailbreak” Lynott 4:05
4. “Baby Please Don’t Go” Lynott 5:00
5. “The Holy War” Lynott 5:57
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. “Renegade” Lynott, Snowy White 6:25
7. “Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)” Scott Gorham, Lynott 4:02
8. “Got to Give It Up” Lynott, Gorham 6:55
9. “Angel of Death” Lynott, Darren Wharton 6:06
10. “Are You Ready” Downey, Gorham, Lynott, Brian Robertson 2:56
Side three
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. “The Boys Are Back in Town” Lynott 4:48
2. “Cold Sweat” Lynott, John Sykes 3:10
3. “Don’t Believe a Word” Lynott 5:10
4. “Killer on the Loose” Lynott 6:19
5. “The Sun Goes Down” Lynott, Wharton 5:02
Side four
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. “Emerald” Downey, Gorham, Lynott, Robertson 3:50
7. “Black Rose” Lynott, Gary Moore 6:50
8. “Still in Love With You” Lynott 8:50
9. “The Rocker” Eric Bell, Downey, Lynott 4:50

Personnel:
Phil Lynott – bass guitar, vocals
Scott Gorham – guitar, backing vocals
John Sykes – guitar, backing vocals except “Renegade”
Snowy White – guitar, backing vocals on “Renegade”
Brian Downey – drums, percussion
Darren Wharton – keyboards, backing vocals

Charts:
Chart (1983) Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 29
UK Albums (OCC) 29
US Billboard 200 185

Life Live? More like Life-less. After Thin Lizzy wrapped up their successful “farewell” tour, their second live album was issued. It was originally supposed to be issued during the tour, but extensive overdubbing and nit-picking pushed the album’s release toward year’s end, after the publicity from the tour had died down. The two-LP Life Live is not even close to being a worthy successor to its exceptional predecessor, 1978’s classic Live and Dangerous. Instead of replicating the rough energy and spontaneity of Live and Dangerous, the overall sound of Life Live is reminiscent of their ’80s studio albums — polished pop gloss. An obvious reason for the album’s failure is the fact that Lizzy’s song writing in the ’80s was not on par with their ’70s work, as evidenced by such tracks as “Angel of Death,” “Thunder & Lighting” and “Renegade,” among others. Older standards (“Jailbreak,” “Are You Ready,” “Emerald,” etc.) fare much better, especially a slow version of “Don’t Believe a Word,” “Got to Give It Up” and “Black Rose,” which features guest guitarist Gary Moore successfully replicating the track’s unbelievable extended solo. Still, Life Live is for die-hard fans only; everyone else should stick with the superior Live and Dangerous.