Nazareth - Hard 'n' Heavy on CD

Description

One of Britain's hardest working bands, Dunfermline's Nazareth are road warriors par excellence. For four decades they have performed (in various line-ups, with two constants - bassist Pete Agnew and singer Dan McCafferty) in front of fervent audiences around the world and 2013 will witness yet another epic global trek to reach the faithful. Though successful with a variety of approaches, one constant has been their unimpeachable ability to rock out; to produce loud, proud tracks that satisfy their fans lust for sheer power, while remaining melodic and accessible. This collection brings together 18 of their finest heavy statements, including several hit singles, and proves that Nazareth can rock as hard and as well as any of their contemporaries. Drawing upon 35 years of material, it begins with their perennial concert opener, Telegram, takes in crunching highlights from their key 70s, 80s and 90s long players before resolving itself in the ominous The Gathering from the acclaimed 2008 album, The Newz. Current guitarist Jimmy Murrison has been with Nazareth for almost two decades now and it is to his enormous credit that tracks like The Gathering and Road Trip from The Newz and the live favourite Light Comes Down from Boogaloo (1998) are every bit as involving as the classic numbers that established Nazareth as one of Britain's finest purveyors of hard and heavy rock.