Customer Reviews

Boogaloo

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4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
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Checkout the latest material from any rock band that is 30 years old (if you can still find any),and the reaction is usually "a couple of good tracks" with the remainder of the album fast forgotten.With Nazareth its different! Even as a dedicated fan of over 20 years this album is everything you would expect from a debut offering,I was truly stunned,blown away!

This is what hardrock is all about,yet its not any tired old offering, familiar guitar riffs dredged up from drink sodden wrinklies.The album is crammed with glorious tuneful songs, rasping vocals from one of the most underrated rock singers around and tongue in the cheeck lyrics about drinking and women.

This is Nazareth at their best.After several average albums in the 1980's (when rock music lost its way),the 1990's albums No Jive and Move Me announced that the band were back rocking, yet something was still missing.

Buy Boogaloo.Play Boogaloo very loud. You will then be in no doubt that Nazareth are back, playing as Loud and Proud as ever.

I own all of Nazareth's albums, at least 20 or so, and I wanted to let the album age a bit before forming my opinion - but I have to say this is the best album they have ever made! Fast songs, slow songs, funky songs, boogie songs - and all are excellent. It seems to combine all the different genres of music the band has experimented with into one incredible sound. Usually a bands best effort comes early in their career, so this album is a truly amazing feat - even a triumph. Even their best albums have 1 or 2 bad songs, but I just cannot criticize any of the tracks on this album. Light Comes Down, Talk Talk, Robber and the Roadie, Loverman, Light Comes Down, and Waiting are the top tier of songs, and the rest of the songs are very respectable and clever. It is an extremely fastpaced album, and the final ballad doesn't really match their finer ones, but the Southern boogie/blues track "God Saved The South" is excellent lyrically and has a great feel, and is the the only song on the album that lets you catch your breath. Some of Nazareth's albums are all over the place, and seem to sound like 3 different albums mixed together - but on Boogaloo the variety is wonderful, yet all the songs still mesh together well. This album is wonderful, I've given it incredible replay over the past 1 to 2 years, 5 STARS with no hesitation on my part - and I'm being objective. I own almost every classic hard rock album ever made, and this one is a treasure.

I liked it a lot. I was born in 67 in Moscow - Nazareth is still one of the most popular bands in Russia among my generation. This CD sounded as good as their best ballads. Go Dan!

As a Naz-fan you can be nothing but proud to hear Boogaloo. I mean, my God, from the first second in, you are blown away by the sheer power of this beast of an album! Top quality songs, Dan's best vocal performance ever, top guitars, top and hard sound, top energy, top everything! There is so much good songs on here, so it's very hard to find anyone that is shining more than the other. Just do yourself a favour, buy the thing. You will not be disappointed. This is maybe the last album you will hear from Naz, because of Darrell Sweets sad demise. A fine testament of what rock`n roll is all about.It shines!!!

If you get a chance to see Nazareth live do so.

If you like Naz buy this recording!

"It is wall to wall on Wall Street" and the best investment advice I have for anyone out there is to buy this recording.

I often prattle on to long in my reviews. I have to words for this exclent Naz--buy it! Wait three words--buy it now!

Bias warning: I'm on a big UFO binge and this is the only non-UFO making it into the player at this time. How can anybody not like Naz?

Been a Nazareth fan for 20 years. I have a list of albums too long to list. This one blew me away just like Hair of the Dog. I still have goosebumps. These guys will always Rock, Heres Proof.

I am a die-hard hard rock fan,and this is the best new album by anyone in the hard rock catagory in quite a while. It is by far Nazareth's best album since "2XS",and the heaviest,most complete since "Hair of the Dog". With the opening "Light Shines Down" you can tell Nazareth is back into hard and heavy guitar rock,and Dan's vocals are the icing on the cake on top of this "pure" sound. Nazareth's new line up should continue to fuel the band for a few more albums,if not more,and they will probably get better as this line-up matures. If you liked Nazareth before,you will love them even more after hearing this album! Especially when you hear "God Save the South". Without a doubt,the best song they have done in 20 years!

another nazareth classic these guys never cease to amaze. from the first track, LIGHT COMES DOWN,you know your gonna get your bands worth! this disc is full of great naz rockers. check out LOVERMAN, TALK TALK, and the off the wall PARTY IN THE KREMLIN it kicks if you love nazareth its a must have or even if you've never heard them give this one a shot you won't be disappointed.

As with many, if not most Nazareth albums, you must give this album some serious listening time before coming to any conclusions as far as rating it. The first few listens won't be too impressive (typical for Nazareth). But a true Nazareth fan understands that their music almost always tends to grow on you and sooner or later (usually sooner) you're putting away your other favorite rock band albums in favor of Nazareth, who have always been under-rated for whatever reason. Nazareth is simply a band whose tunes are hard to get out your head. Why? There's just something about this band that prompts you to pick up a beer and crank it up on the best stereo you've got. It's typical Nazareth - happy, up-beat rock that is fun to listen to. "Cheerleader" is about the only song on this album I still haven't gotten in to yet after about a month. The rest are great. Narareth really brings out some excellent, truly original blend of horns and guitars on this CD and they show the audience that they still have what it takes to really rock and not just make noise. The horns really add a touch of class just like some of the background vocals Nazareth has used in the past.
This band and CD is a real class rock act and I highly recommend it, especially to a Nazareth fan.

After a long line of rather weak albums, Nazareth have finally managed to record something that is at least a bit comparable to the band's earlier heights. The opening "Light comes down" is the albums best song with its groove, and a pre chorus that really send pleasant chills down my spine. The fast rocking "Cheerleader" together with the captivating "Talk, talk" are also very attractive songs which show that Nazareth haven't lost the ability to really rock. I don't think this release will earn Nazareth any new fans, but it's a treat for us older ones to see that the boys still have it. I just hope that the weak efforts for the last 20 years haven't totally scared away former Nazareth fans! Do yourself a favour and give this album a chance.