{"id":3827,"date":"2019-02-13T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=3827"},"modified":"2019-02-08T00:15:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T00:15:18","slug":"the-godfathers-this-is-war-the-godfathers-livegodfathers-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=3827","title":{"rendered":"The Godfathers &#8211; \u2018This Is War! The Godfathers, Live!\u2019(Godfathers Recordings)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50286963_10155590798416653_4334579422888722432_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3829 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50286963_10155590798416653_4334579422888722432_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50286963_10155590798416653_4334579422888722432_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50286963_10155590798416653_4334579422888722432_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50286963_10155590798416653_4334579422888722432_n-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/50286963_10155590798416653_4334579422888722432_n.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Live albums are often a mixed bag. There\u2019s the \u2018allegedly\u2019 heavily overdubbed \u2018Live And Dangerous\u2019, which still remains the best Thin Lizzy album regardless. There\u2019s those that are part of the nostalgia circuit, bereft of new songs. If you\u2019ve seen The Godfathers live in the last few years, you\u2019ll know that, with \u2018A Big, Bad, Beautiful Noise\u2019, their most recent album is quite possibly their strongest, and their live sound is tight but fierce.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The engine room that holds it all down is thanks to drummer Tim James and bassist Darren \u2018Birchy\u2019 Birch. Just listening at home, you\u2019d never imagine that Tim could look so laid back, sat at his kit; it is a mighty sound. From the opening \u2018This Is War\u2019 onwards, there is no messing around. 15 songs of premium rock n roll, guitarists Alex McBain and Steve Crittall respectively keeping it tight and baring their teeth. Crittall\u2019s solos are perfectly savage when required.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Four tracks from the new album sit nicely alongside the classics that we all expect to hear; \u2018Cause I Said So\u2019, \u2018WTJCB\u2019, \u2018She Gives Me Love\u2019 and a splendidly trippy \u2018When Am I Coming Down?\u2019. Peter Coyne\u2019s bark is particularly savage, making \u2018Defibrillator\u2019 one of the highlights, and Crittall\u2019s production makes every song shine. He certainly knows how The Godfathers should sound, which makes this live album stand apart from most others. Loud, sharp and beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheGodfathersFamily\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live albums are often a mixed bag. There\u2019s the \u2018allegedly\u2019 heavily overdubbed \u2018Live And Dangerous\u2019, which still remains the best Thin Lizzy album regardless. There\u2019s those that are part of the nostalgia circuit, bereft of new songs. If you\u2019ve seen The Godfathers live in the last few years, you\u2019ll know that, with \u2018A Big, Bad, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[784],"class_list":["post-3827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-the-godfathers","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3830,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827\/revisions\/3830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}