In 1968, the Nazareth rock band was founded in the Scottish city of Dunfermline. The discography of this collective to date consists of thirty albums. You can familiarize yourself with the work of the album group in chronological sequence from this article.
Group Information
Nazareth was founded in 1968 by vocalist Dan McCafferty, lead guitarist Manny Charlton, bassist Pete Agnew and drummer Darel Sweet. The group exists to this day, but the only member of the original composition of the group is bass player Pete Agnew.
Popularity came to the group in 1973, after three consecutive events - at first Nazareth performed at the opening of the cult band Deep Purple, then Roger Glover - bassist and producer of Deep Purple - undertook to produce the next album of the beginning group, finally released the album, bringing Nazareth popularity and critical acclaim.
At the moment, in addition to Pete Agnew, Nazareth includes his son Lee Agnew as a drummer, as well as guitarist Jimmy Murison and vocalist Carl Sentance.
Classical Discography Nazareth
Albums that were released before 1990 are considered to be classic in the work of the group, since it was in this year that the first changes took place in the group: the guitarist left the band, for some time he was also a producer - Manny Charlton, and Billy Rankin replaced him.
Nazareth's discography began with the self-titled album, which was released in 1971, and was warmly received by critics, but did not attract interest from the audience. In 1972, the album Exercises was released, which also remained inconspicuous. The situation changed in 1973, with the release of the album RazAmaNaz, produced by Roger Glover. In the same year, another disc called Loud'n'Proud saw the light of day took first places in several charts, and also took 10th place in sales in England. The next album, Rampant, is noteworthy in Nazareth's discography by the fact that keyboards were first used in it. After that, the team decided to abandon cooperation with Glover, and Charlton took up the promotion of the group. The Hair of the Dog album, released in 1975, achieved maximum commercial success in the history of the group. It was sold in quantities exceeding two million copies, and in 2002 it ranked 51st on the list of "100 Best Rock Albums of All Time". Below are photos of early Nazareth discography albums .
Also in 1975, Greatest Hits was released. Particularly productive in Nazareth's discography was 1976 - three albums saw the light at once. The first one, Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll, was rather inconspicuous in comparison with Hair of the Dog. The second was another Hot Tracks hit collection, and the third was Play 'n' the Game. The group dedicated this album to its manager Bill Fehilli, who died in a plane crash. The disc also did not bring success in England and the USA, however, it strengthened the growing popularity of the group in Canada. The next two albums - Expect No Mercy (was criticized for being too adult sounding for their genre) and No Mean City - were released in 1977 and 1979, respectively.
The 80s Nazareth discography began with the album Malice in Wonderland. This album was produced by Jeff Baxter, guitarist for Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan. Despite the next change of producer, the record again did not have tremendous success. The next album, released in 1981, The Fool Circle, was marked by an evasion of softer sound. In the charts, he did not rise above 60th place. Also this year, Snaz released a live album. In 1982, the world saw the release of 2XS, which included one of Nazareth's most famous songs - Dream on. The albums Sound Elixir and The Catch, released in 1983 and 1984, were recognized as exclusively commercial - almost nothing was left of the former Nazareth sound. Cinema (1986), Snakes 'n' Ladders (1989) and the BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1990) have completed discography of the Nazareth classic.
Further discography
In 1991, the first Nazareth album was released, in which Billy Rankin took the place of the guitarist, No Jive. In 1994, the guitarist was replaced again - he was Jimmy Murison, who performs this role to this day. In this composition, the group recorded three albums: Move Me (1994), Boogaloo (1998) and the concert Live At The Beeb (1998). In 1999, the composition again underwent a forced update, in connection with the death of drummer Darel Sweet. His place was taken by Lee Agnew.
In the new millennium, Nazareth's discography began with live albums from Homecoming and Alive and Kicking, released in 2002 and 2003. The first studio album after a ten-year hiatus was The Newz of 2008. Today, Nazareth's latest albums are Big Dogz (2011) and Rock 'n' Roll Telephone (2014).
In 2014, Dan McCafferty, who performed the role of a vocalist, left the group. His place was taken by Carl Sentance. As of today, Nazareth has not released any albums.