Chinatown (Thin Lizzy album) Chinatown (Thin Lizzy album) Chinatown is the tenth studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1980. It introduced guitarist Snowy White who would also perform on the next album as well as tour with Thin Lizzy between 1980 and 1982; he replaced Gary Moore as permanent guitarist. White had previously worked with Cliff Richard, Peter Green and Pink Floyd. "Chinatown" also featured seventeen-year-old Darren Wharton on keyboards, and he joined Thin Lizzy as a permanent member later that year. Greg Prato of AllMusic described "Chinatown" as a "letdown" compared to the previous album "", blaming the absence of
Thin Lizzy out a few things" with Thin Lizzy, prompting speculation that the ex-Skid Row member could replace Robertson. Thin Lizzy flew to Canada in May 1977 as a trio to record "Bad Reputation", with Gorham handling all the guitar parts. A month into the sessions, at Gorham's urging, Robertson joined them, in his own words, "as a session player" and in Lynott's words, "as a guest". Robertson added lead guitar tracks to three songs as well as rhythm guitar and keyboards, and was officially reinstated in July. The album was released in September and sold well, reaching no. 4 in the