Loud 'n' Proud
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| Nazareth studio album | ||||
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Publication |
1973 (UK) |
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| Label (s) | B&C Mooncrest | |||
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Format (s) |
CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
8 (plus 4 bonus songs on CD) |
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running time |
53 minutes (including CD bonus) |
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Studio (s) |
The Gangshut, Jamestown, Scotland |
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Loud 'n' Proud is the fourth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth .
album
The LP was recorded in 1973 at The Gangshut Studio in Scotland under sound engineer Bob Harper and produced by Roger Glover , bassist for Deep Purple . It was first released on the B & C Mooncrest label in 1973. It is the band's fourth LP as a direct successor to the album Razamanaz , which was released that year . The cover was made by Dave Field and shows a proud peacock with splendid plumage , reflecting the album title . Most of the song material contained is riff-oriented hard rock pieces, but elements of the blues (not unusual for hard rock bands of those days) and a soulful ballad like Child in the Sun - played with acoustic guitar - are also used. It concludes with the almost ten-minute mammoth song The Ballad of Hollis Brown , originally composed by Bob Dylan .
At least on the European market, this disc became the band's most successful; in Sweden, Austria, Switzerland and Finland it reached number one in the LP charts and in Germany it came in at number two.
Singles
The song This Flight Tonight , a cover version by Joni Mitchell , was released as a single and together with the ballad Love Hurts became the group's most famous evergreen . By the way, Joni Mitchell was so impressed by the interpretation of her song that she actually announced it as the Nazareth title at her concerts. The single reached number 11 in Great Britain and number 2 in Germany.
The album opener Go Down Fighting was originally planned as a release, and a US version of the song has already been cut, but the idea of a single was rejected again. The single version can be found today as one of the bonus numbers on the remastered CD. Instead, Turn on Your Receiver was released as the second song.
Emergence
When Nazareth played in the opening act for Deep Purple in 1972, their bassist Roger Glover was impressed by the performance of the backing band. At the time, Nazareth was threatened with the end after the first two, rather stylistically disoriented discs. The ballad Morning Dew from the self-titled debut was a minor success, but the albums to date have not really caught on with any buyer group. The record company refused to fund further LPs and promotions, so a new sponsor and producer was needed, and he found himself in Roger Glover. He replaced the previous manager Bill Frehilly and produced the Nazareth LP Razamanaz , with which the breakthrough came and the group found and filled its niche in the hard rock genre. When the course was set, the Nazareth label pushed for a successor as soon as possible in order to keep the iron glowing. Just a few months after Razamanaz , Loud 'n' Proud was born in 1973 and established the Scots in almost all of Europe. The album also gained attention in America. The way for the worldwide success of Nazareth was now paved.
Track list
- Go Down Fighting (McCafferty / Charlton / Agnew (Sweet))
- Not Faking It (McCafferty / Charlton / Agnew (Sweet))
- Turn on Your Receiver (McCafferty / Charlton / Agnew (Sweet))
- Teenage Nervous Breakdown (George)
- Free Wheeler (McCafferty / Charlton / Agnew (Sweet))
- This Flight Tonight (Joni Mitchell)
- Child in the Sun (McCafferty / Charlton / Agnew (Sweet))
- The Ballad of Hollis Brown (Bob Dylan)
Web links
- Loud 'n' Proud on Allmusic (English)