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Loud N Proud

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I have no idea why these guys take the back seat to their 70s contemporaries such as Sabbath,Deep Purple and Zeppelin.All legendary bands in their own right,I think Nazareth should be right up there with them.This album along with Razamanaz and Hair Of The Dog have to be some of the most aggressive and raw hard rock/metal from the 70's.This band has so much more tunes than "Love Hurts" and "Hair Of The Dog".The vocalist sounds like a madman which is great!!!!Similar to the stylings of brian johnson of ac/dc.The drumming and the guitars go together so well.

Standouts:

Ballad Of Hollis Brown-One of the darkest hard rock songs I have ever heard.The drum is loud and non-stop.This dark riff just oozes through the song which sends tingles down your spine.Amazing song.A Bob Dylan cover i think.

Flight Tonight-Great progressive metal tune.Probably one of the few fast metal songs of Nazareth one could sing along to.A radio staple.

Child In The Sun-The softer side of Nazareth.Begins with a great vocal melody along with a soft guitar workout.Similar to Slash's style on songs like the beginning of Paradise City and Fall To Pieces.Drums kick in and you hear some excellent guitar work throughout.Soft song by Nazareth but still pretty raw and not sappy at all.

Not Faking It-Great rocker.Love how the speed of the song changes every so often.Sounds punkish at first then turns into a "Paranoid" like rocker with awesome guitars and vocals.

This album along with Hair Of The Dog and Razamanaz are Nazareth's essential recordings for any new fans.Anyone into Sabbath,Zeppelin,or Deep Purple will definitely dig this overlooked band.

(Alot of ppl call many bands underrated,but if you look at the number of ppl who review Nazareth albums on this site,the number of ppl says it all.)

LOUD N' PROUD is another great Nazareth album. The cover version of Joni Mitchell's "This Flight Tonight", as well as the original "Go Down Fighting", are both great, and there are other exceptional songs here as well. Nazareth come across here as a Scottish Montrose or Ted Nugent, and this is one of their great early albums. Any kid related to the ROLLING STONE reviewer who dissed these guys should be loaded down with homework in school as punishment for his/her relative's criticism of the greatest band ever to come out of Scotland.

This album is full throttle rock from beginning to the end. I think this is Nazareth at its most heaviest moments(with Hair Of The Dog and Razamanaz). I cannot put it to words. this album is great.

Like most people I was introduced to Scotland's finest rock band by way of their kick-ass 7" single "Bad Bad Boy" when it first hit the UK airwaves in July 1973 (it capitalized on their 3rd album released in March of that year - the blisteringly good "Razamanaz"). "Loud 'N' Proud" was their follow up LP and like its predecessor, it had plenty of Seventies rock swagger to recommend it.

Here's the details - released in February 2010, this UK CD on Salvo Records SALVOCD033 breaks down as follows (51:09 minutes):

Tracks 1 to 8 are the album "Loud 'N' Proud" released November 1973 in the UK on Mooncrest Records CREST 4 and March 1974 on A&M Records SP-3609 in the USA. As with "Razamanaz", it featured the same band line-up (Dan McCafferty on Lead Vocals, Manny Charlton on Guitars & Vocals, Pete Agnew on Bass & Vocals and Darrell Sweet on Drums & Vocals) with ROGER GLOVER of DEEP PURPLE fame producing the album to great effect.

Tracks 9 to 12 are "Turn On Your Receiver", "Too Bad Too Sad", "Razamanaz" and "Bad Bad Boy" - BBC SESSIONS recorded live-in-the-studio for The BOB HARRIS Show on the UK's Radio 1 - first broadcast 13 August 1973.

Each of these Salvo issues comes in a tri-gatefold card sleeve with the 'Loud, Proud & Remastered' logo on the front cover. When folded out, you get a repro of the original UK LP artwork and live shots from the period (the disc is in the right flap, the booklet in the left). The 16-page colour booklet is superb, liner notes by band expert JOEL McIVER, pictures of rare European picture sleeves, a USA A&M white-label promo of "This Flight Tonight", centred by a black and white snap of the band looking suitably liquored up on the steps of a snazzy jet - all of it very nicely done.

But the really big news for the fans (as it is on the other Salvo CDs) is the fantastic new SOUND. TIM TURAN at Turan Audio has remastered the original tapes and a truly fabulous job has been done - loud, clear, and ballsy - without ever being overbearing.

As a follow-up album, "Loud 'N' Proud" had a lot to live up to - and the general consensus is that it only 'kind-of' delivered. It was a rushed effort. Three of its songs were cover versions - "Teenage Nervous Breakdown" by Little Feat, "This Flight Tonight" by Joni Mitchell (lyrics above and a hit single) and "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown" by Bob Dylan. That left only 5 originals dashed off in only 1 week in the studio. Yet "Turn On Your Receiver" and the funky guitar workout of "Freewheeler" were cracking great rock tracks and still are. The speedy "Not Faking It" is typically catchy rocking Nazareth fare, while the slow "Child In The Sun" stretched the band out across is its bluesy length. Overall - it was good album rather than a great one.

The BBC stuff is fantastic though - rough and rocking, but still 'so' tight - the band were clearly on fire and had truly found their boogie stride. They make for genuinely superb extra tracks.

A great reissue then of a good rock album. And it's cheap too. Recommended.

PS: This is the 3rd title in Salvo's UK reissue of Nazareth's back catalogue - "Nazareth and Exercises" (their first and second albums on 1CD) is their first, "Razamanaz" is their second - each is reviewed separately.

This album is a very close second to Hair Of The Dog! It rocks all the way thru!!

Nazareth are probably the least known hard rock band from the 70's. It's a shame. They are actually a really talented band that focus NOT on guitar solos, but on catchy vocal melodies, loud choruses, and solid guitar riffs. I guess that makes them similar to KISS in that regard. However, KISS was never nearly as consistent or interesting in my opinion. Nazareth had a gifted lead singer who screams like a demon, but was capable of emotion when the moment was right. A talented band that deserves more recognition than what they've been given thus far.

If you like Nazareth, you must have this album! Not Fakin It, Go down Fightin, this albums great!

This, for me, was a blast from the past. Got this one around '78/'79 and fell in love with immediately. I know everyone has Hair of the Dog, that was my gateway album to Nazareth too. But this one has a more upbeat tempo, with the exception of my favorite song on the album, a cover of a Bob Dylan song, The Ballad of Hollis Brown. That song has fantastic drive, heavy metal intensities, just bad ass bass and a hell of a powerful dirge. Don't let this one get away, it's been out of production for a very long time and now that's it's here, GRAB IT IMMEDIATELY!!! You will not be disappointed.

Nazareth were not the best songwriters, but their early material packed a whole lot of power. This album is a very good example. As mentioned in previous reviews, 'Not Fakin' It' is definitely as raw and heavy as early heavy metal gets. Nobody can outscream Dan Mcaffertey, and that's everybody from death metal bands like Slayer to AC/DCs Brian Johnson. It's quite evident that 'This Flight Tonight' was meant to be a soft pop ballad with deep lyrics, but Nazareth supercharges it with so much octane and wallop, it rightfully becomes their own song. The galloping riff nearly predates speed metal (unless you count Deep Purple's more dated sounding 'Hard Loving Man'). Instead of a solo, Manny lays out a soaring and atmospheric guitar note that simulates flying through the clouds like a seagull. Pure genius I tell you!

As for 'The Ballad of Hollis Brown', it's very droning as a song but as a sounscape or a sketch, it's quite powerful and VERY eerie. Strong images are conjured up with the lyrics, especially towards the end when the drums pound along with the shocking shotgun blasts. Very unique.

This one is truely amazing album with all the great stuff. If you're just into Nazareth or you just know "LOVE HURTS", try this album and you will want for more of Nazareth. This original 1973 released is not going old in turn of music and lyrics quality. It still rocks after all these years.
"GO DOWN FIGHTING" is great opener or apetitizer. "NOT FAKING IT" has interesting (and funny?) lyrics with catchy rock tunes. "TURN ON YOUR RECEIVER" and "THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT" have appeared on almost all of NAZARETH's Greatest hits. So no need to say how good and "classic" rock tunes they are.
"CHILD IN THE SUN" is the slow ballad but not to my taste. Anyway, it is good song. "THE BALLAD OF HOLLIS BROWN" is angst-ridden Dylan's style song. Listen to the lyrics and you will feel the frustration and desperation of HOLLIS BROWN whoever he is.
"TEENAGE NEVERVOUS BREAKDOWN" is great fast rocker song which doesn't appear on much of "GREATEST HITS" albums which is a real pity.