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 (album) and that the bonus track "Dublin" from the "New Day" EP contained "Lynott's first great lyric". The song "Honesty Is No Excuse" was covered by Cass McCombs on his 2013 album "Big Wheel and Others". On 11 October 2010, a new remastered and expanded version of "Thin Lizzy" was released. This version features the following bonus tracks: Thin Lizzy (album) Thin Lizzy is the debut studio album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, released on 30 April 1971. The album was followed by the EP "New Day", produced and recorded by Nick Tauber at Decca Studios on 14–17 June 1971