Hair of the Dog [CD-ROM]

Nazareth | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: CD-ROM
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002GBD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,709 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #3 in Music > World Music > Europe > British Isles > Scotland
  • #26 in Music > World Music > Europe > British Isles > Britain

Editorial Reviews

2002 Japanese 20 bit K2 remastered reissue of the Scottish hard rock quartet's 1975 album with 6 bonus tracks added 'Love Hurts', 'Down', 'Holy Roller', 'Railroad Boy', 'Hairof the Dog' (single edit) & 'Holy Roller' (alternate mix).Packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Landmark Recording For the Hard Rock Genre, December 26, 2003

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Bud (Seminole, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hair of the Dog (Audio CD)

If there were a museum that showcased the most essential albums in hard rock, Nazareth's "Hair of the Dog" would surely be behind a glass display case. It streamlined all of the important aspects that characterized the genre; gritty, riff-driven rock and a great level of accessibility. The album is full of talking-guitar techniques, powerhouse structures, and most importantly, a flexibility that is rarely found in most heavy metal albums: ballads that meant something and rockers that meant even more. Nazareth was one of the few bands that could pull off an equal balance of driving rock and power ballads that didn't sound overdone and empty. For instance, it's hard to find a band that could execute the anthemic title track, then craft a ballad such as the rendition of 'Love Hurts.' (It's a shame however that the power-ballad category would be turned into nothing more than a musical joke in the next decade, due to acts like Poison, Whitesnake, or Warrant.) Some more interesting moments are found in 'Rose in the Heather,' the doom of 'Miss Misery,' and the paranoid closer 'Please Don't Judas Me,' one of the songs that shows that not all songs associated with the word 'experiment' are wastes of time. All told, "Hair of the Dog" is an essential piece of rock music, the blueprint for many acts to follow.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Arguably Nazareth's Best, But...., May 31, 2004

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"The Woj" (Downers Grove, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hair of the Dog (Audio CD)

Opt for the import version with the 6 bonus tracks instead of this release. A much better "bang for the buck" and the bonus tracks are pretty decent (compared to Judas Priest, Blue Oyster Cult, & Motorhead releases where the bonus tracks are virtually unlistenable). But man, can ya get much better on a intro than the title track, "Hair Of The Dog"? "The Dog" is a bonified classic, right up there with Montrose's "Rock The Nation" for top hard rock intro of the 70's.
This album is a must have for any fan of 70's hard rock. So if you ain't got it yet, add to cart.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Naz Done Right, March 6, 2010

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G. Smith (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hair of the Dog (Audio CD)

These new Slavo remasters of the Nazareth catalogue are superb: they feature fantastic sound, excellent liner notes, killer bonus tracks, and historical accuracy. So far, Salvo has remastered and rereleased everything from the first Naz album through "Hair of the Dog," and these are all well worth picking up. As for "Hair of the Dog" itself, the Salvo version preserves the track listing of the initial UK release, which has a great cover of Randy Newman's "Guilty" in place of the now mega-famous cover of B. Bryant's "Love Hurts," which the record company added to the US release at the last minute in the interest of trying to land a smash hit . . . which they did, of course. For my money, the originally intended cover of "Guilty" (included here in its proper spot as the third track) makes the album much more interesting and dark, but for those who side with the record company, don't worry: "Love Hurts" is included as a bonus track, along with lots of other fine material. No serious and self-respecting fan of hard rock should spend any amount of time on planet Earth without owning "Hair of the Dog," and this is the edition to buy.