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The Scottish hard rock quartet Nazareth had a handful of hard rock hits in the late '70s, including the proto-power ballad "Love Hurts." Formed in 1968, the band featured vocalist Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton, bassist Pete Agnew, and drummer Darrell Sweet. The band had relocated to London by 1970, and they released their self-titled debut album in 1971. Both Nazareth and 1972's Exercises received favorable attention by British hard rockers, but it was 1973's Razamanaz that moved them into the U.K. Top Ten (both "Broken Down Angel" and "Bad Bad Boy" were hit singles). Loud 'n' Proud and Rampant (both 1974) followed the same formula, yet were slightly less successful.
Released the following year, Hair of the Dog established Nazareth as an internationally popular hard rock band. Featuring their revamped version of the Everly Brothers' "Love Hurts," the album sold over a million copies in the U.S. Until the end of the '70s, the band continued successfully as a quartet, releasing a series of Top 100 albums. In 1979, they added former Sensational Alex Harvey Band guitarist Zal Cleminson to their lineup; he left after recording two albums - 1979's No Mean City and 1980's Malice in Wonderland - and was replaced by former Spirit keyboardist John Locke. Following the 1981 live album 'Snaz, guitarist Bill Rankin also joined the group; Locke left soon after his addition and Rankin switched to keyboards.
By this time, their commercial appeal had dwindled across both the U.K. and the U.S. By the mid-'80s, Nazareth was left without a record contract, so the band was put on hiatus for a few years. They returned in 1992 with No Jive, which failed to gain an audience in America and Europe. In 1999, Nazareth resurfaced yet again with Boogaloo.
Track List:
1 Let Me Be Your Dog Rankin 4:36
2 Can't Shake Those Shakes Paul, Rankin 3:22
3 Crack Me Up Rankin 3:42
4 Move Me Rankin 3:45
5 Steamroller Agnew, McCafferty, Rankin 4:28
6 Stand by Your Beds Agnew, Hardwell, Rankin 4:13
7 Rip It Up Rankin 3:34
8 Demon Alcohol Rankin 2:58
9 You Gad It Comin' Rankin 5:00
10 Bring It Home to Mama Rankin 4:00
11 Burning Down Rankin 4:45
12 Love Hurts[*] Bryant 4:06
13 Razamanaz[*] Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty ... 4:34
Composed by: Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet
14 The My White Bicycle[*] Burgess, Hopkins 2:56
15 This Flight Tonight[*] Mitchell 4:00
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The Scottish hard rock quartet Nazareth had a handful of hard rock hits in the late '70s, including the proto-power ballad "Love Hurts." Formed in 1968, the band featured vocalist Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton, bassist Pete Agnew, and drummer Darrell Sweet. The band had relocated to London by 1970, and they released their self-titled debut album in 1971. Both Nazareth and 1972's Exercises received favorable attention by British hard rockers, but it was 1973's Razamanaz that moved them into the U.K. Top Ten (both "Broken Down Angel" and "Bad Bad Boy" were hit singles). Loud 'n' Proud and Rampant (both 1974) followed the same formula, yet were slightly less successful.
Released the following year, Hair of the Dog established Nazareth as an internationally popular hard rock band. Featuring their revamped version of the Everly Brothers' "Love Hurts," the album sold over a million copies in the U.S. Until the end of the '70s, the band continued successfully as a quartet, releasing a series of Top 100 albums. In 1979, they added former Sensational Alex Harvey Band guitarist Zal Cleminson to their lineup; he left after recording two albums - 1979's No Mean City and 1980's Malice in Wonderland - and was replaced by former Spirit keyboardist John Locke. Following the 1981 live album 'Snaz, guitarist Bill Rankin also joined the group; Locke left soon after his addition and Rankin switched to keyboards.
By this time, their commercial appeal had dwindled across both the U.K. and the U.S. By the mid-'80s, Nazareth was left without a record contract, so the band was put on hiatus for a few years. They returned in 1992 with No Jive, which failed to gain an audience in America and Europe. In 1999, Nazareth resurfaced yet again with Boogaloo.
Track List:
1 Let Me Be Your Dog Rankin 4:36
2 Can't Shake Those Shakes Paul, Rankin 3:22
3 Crack Me Up Rankin 3:42
4 Move Me Rankin 3:45
5 Steamroller Agnew, McCafferty, Rankin 4:28
6 Stand by Your Beds Agnew, Hardwell, Rankin 4:13
7 Rip It Up Rankin 3:34
8 Demon Alcohol Rankin 2:58
9 You Gad It Comin' Rankin 5:00
10 Bring It Home to Mama Rankin 4:00
11 Burning Down Rankin 4:45
12 Love Hurts[*] Bryant 4:06
13 Razamanaz[*] Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty ... 4:34
Composed by: Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet
14 The My White Bicycle[*] Burgess, Hopkins 2:56
15 This Flight Tonight[*] Mitchell 4:00
Log:
Code:
EAC extraction logfile from 23. January 2006, 11:12 for CD
Nazareth / move me
Used drive : SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-248F Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 97
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\Rat\My Documents\Nazareth - move me.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Range quality 100.0 %
CRC 86A8DE8D
Copy OK
No errors occured
End of status report