Dirty Fingers

Gary Moore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Castle Music (UK)
• ASIN: B00004YU4J
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,823 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hiroshima

2. Dirty Fingers

3. Bad News

4. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

5. Run to Your Mama

6. Nuclear Attack

7. Kidnapped

8. Really Gonna Rock Tonight

9. Lonely Nights

10. Rest in Peace

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really GOOD!!, July 25, 2002

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M. Fonseca "carmarthen" (Thunder) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirty Fingers (Audio CD)

This a somewhat mysterious album by Gary.

It was released originally only in Japan and, altough the release date is often mentioned as being 1984, I think that 1984 was the year when it was released in England, because I think it was recorded before talbuns like CORRIDORS OF POWER (1982) and VICTIMS OF THE FUTURE (1983).

AS for the album, it has Gary playin his fiercest solos ever, great skill, great technic, great feeling, THe guy is a monster guitarrist, underappreciated in the United States.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great hard rock guitar!!!!, July 18, 2002

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Kevin Walz (Carteret, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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If you are a fan of Gary's early rock days or a guitar player,this is a must have CD.There are some awesome guitar licks to be learned and studied here.The vocals are done for the most part by Charlie Huhn,you may remember him from Ted Nugent's band during the weekend warrior,state of shock and scream dream albums.Is easy to see how much better he was than Ted,guitar playing,and especially singing.Poor Charlie was too good for his own good and ol'Ted gave him the axe.Thats when he did this album with Gary-and man can this guy sing!!Tommy Aldridge was playing the drums for Gary for awhile and gives an excellent performance on this CD and on live recordings from this same time period.The CD sounds alot better than the record I first got and wore the grooves out of.If you are a Gary Moore fan,new or old,this is a great example of his early hard rock material.Gary does an excellent version of the Animals tune-Don't let me be misunderstood.I only give it a four out of five rating because like most of Gary's early rock material,the songs are a liitle weak,but the guitar playing makes up for it.Its always worth waiting for the solo.Fewer guitarists play with more passion and feeling.I would like to see Gary get rid of the blues for awhile and make another hard rock CD like this.****a newly re-mastered disc is due out soon-I stand by my original comments-whether you find an old album,CD or buy the new re-mastered disc-it simply hard rock music and guitar at its best****

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the greatest melodic hard rock album of all time, June 22, 2011

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Nikiforos V. Skoumas (Athens Greece, Cambridge UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dirty Fingers (Audio CD)

Recorded in 1981, "Dirty Fingers" was meant to be Gary Moore's second solo album in the 80s-yet ended up shelved during the last stages of production as Gary fell out with Jet Records. "Dirty Fingers", commonly regarded the black sheep of Moore's catalogue (by critics and himself), was first released in Japan in 1983 at which point Gary had established a loyal following. Moore was working on Greg Lake's second solo album and tour at the time and did not authorize the release. Following "Dirty Fingers" was released internationally in 1984 while Gary was promoting his latest album "Victims of the future" and expectedly did not endorse the commercial presence of "Dirty Fingers".

On a personal level, I do regard "Dirty Fingers" as the ultimate hard rock album and possibly my favorite album ever, but let's stick to the facts: On this album Gary focuses on guitar, having brought in full-time American vocalist Charlie Huhn (ex"Ted Nugent"), drummer extraordinaire Tommy Aldridge, bassist Jimmy Bain and key player Don Airey. Two of the album's features make "Dirty Fingers" one of the greatest albums ever; Huhn's divine vocal performance-uncovering the full extent of his charisma, totally expressive and colorful in his singing while demonstrating the most intense wailing.

The other feat is of course Gary's playing; to be fair Gary is extraordinary each and every time, but on "Dirty Fingers" one gets the impression that the virtuoso has surpassed himself. Nothing compares to the opening riffs of "Hiroshima", "Don't let me be misunderstood", "Nuclear attach" and "Lonely nights", furthermore the solos on each track are probably the most accomplished shredding ever captured on tape. By playing the album one can simply not forget the shocking choruses of "Hiroshima", "Nuclear attack" and "Kidnapped".I can go on and on appraising this album, still one could rightfully conclude that Moore's most disregarded album is possibly his greatest work in hard rock in a series of amazing releases.