Bad Reputation was recorded in Toronto between May and June of 1977 and released September 2 the same year. The album was produced by Tony Visconti, and the title track, co-written by band leader Phil Lynott, co-founder member Brian Downey and Californian import Scott Gorham, runs to a little more than three minutes, but as somebody once said in an entirely different context: length isn't everything. Just as Lynott crammed more into his 36 years than most men who lived to twice his age, so does this track with some blistering guitar.
Who has the bad reputation? Not Phil in this case, the song is addressed to some unnamed wide boy. The man in the mirror perhaps?
Surprisingly, "Bad Reputation" was not included on the Live And Dangerous album, which is rated by many rock critics as one of the best live rock albums of all time.
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