Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll [EXTRA TRACKS] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [IMPORT]

Nazareth

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 29, 1998)
• Original Release Date: April 29, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Castle Essential
• ASIN: B000006PM7
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #498,632 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Digitally remastered reissue of the Scottish hard rocker's 1976 album 'Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll' with three bonustracks: the top 40 U.K. single 'Holy Roller', plus 'You're The Violin' (Edit) and 'Carry Out Feelings' (U.S. Single Edit). 12 tracks total. Also features the original cover art. 1998 Castle release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Guitars Are Close Enuf For Rock 'n' Roll !, May 27, 2001

By	Peter Stirling (Aurora, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

The Opening tune "Telegram" is worth the price of the entire CD! After the huge success of Hair Of The Dog & Greatest Hits, Nazareth was able to prove that they could still deliver.

This was one of the last albums from the bands "Classic" period of the mid 70's. The CD has a few hits and a few misses. "Vancouver Shakedown" is a tribute to one of Nazareth's strongest markets and the opening riff was later recycled into "Holiday" their last radio hit in 1980.

"Carry Out Feelings" was an attempt to rekindle the ballad market that they fired up with "Love Hurts" a few years earlier and is a good tune. "Born Under The Wrong Sign" & "Loretta" are funky but one tires of them very quickly. Alas, their next album "Play 'n' The Game" continued on in this poor fashion and the band did not return to form until the fantastic "Expect No Mercy"

"Lift The Lid" and "Viloin" show off a lot of Manny's suberb guitar work.The bonus tracks are radio edits of the lighter material and the single "Holy Roller" which is also available on some of the greatest hits packages.

Again, "Telegram" may be the best song the band ever made, but casual fans should find a greatest hits package that includes this song. Only hard core fans need to be exposed to the rest of the tunes.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly a naz masterpiece!, January 14, 1999

By	[e-mail] (FAIRVIEW, PA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Close Enough for Rock 'N' Roll (Audio CD)

this one is a solid gem from the boyz of dunfermline. the studio version of telagram just the start of in my oppinion the best album they've done to date,songs 5and6 Born under the wrong sign and loretta make for one killer exacta a definite do for all you naznets

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Quickie, April 24, 2000

By A Customer

Couple of classics on here...(Telegram the opener for a kick off) and a couple of extra tracks from the original I have tucked away. Still great after all these years BUY IT ! I'm off to get my copy out and play it loud. ...SENT A TELEGRAM TODAY....