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Nazareth emerged from Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1968 and developed into one of the most enduring hard rock bands of the 1970s. The original quartet featured singer Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton, bassist Pete Agnew, and drummer Darrell Sweet. Their music combined the intensity of British hard rock with blues, soul, and a striking ability to reinterpret material from outside the genre. McCafferty’s raw, instantly recognizable voice helped establish a sound that audiences could identify within seconds.
The band’s self-titled debut appeared in 1971, followed by Exercises in 1972. Nazareth’s career accelerated when Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover produced Razamanaz in 1973. The album delivered the hits “Broken Down Angel” and “Bad, Bad Boy,” while the follow-up Loud ‘n’ Proud featured the band’s celebrated interpretation of Joni Mitchell’s “This Flight Tonight.” Other recordings from this period, including “Shanghai’d in Shanghai,” “My White Bicycle,” and “Holy Roller,” showed how effectively Nazareth could blend powerful guitar-driven arrangements with memorable melodies.
The 1975 album Hair of the Dog became a cornerstone of the group’s international reputation. Its tough title track was balanced by the unforgettable recording of “Love Hurts,” which became a major hit in North America and elsewhere. Throughout the decade, albums such as Close Enough for Rock ‘n’ Roll, Play ‘n’ the Game, Expect No Mercy, and No Mean City expanded the catalog. Nazareth built a formidable live reputation, later captured on ‘Snaz, while maintaining a steady schedule of studio releases.
As the 1980s unfolded, the band continued exploring heavy rock, ballads, and more polished production on records including Malice in Wonderland, The Fool Circle, 2XS, and Sound Elixir. “Dream On,” “Love Leads to Madness,” and “Where Are You Now” demonstrated another side of their songwriting and recording. Numerous lineup changes followed over the decades, including the deaths of Darrell Sweet in 1999, Manny Charlton in 2022, and Dan McCafferty in 2022. Pete Agnew continued as the band’s central link to its original lineup, joined in later years by guitarist Jimmy Murrison, drummer Lee Agnew, and vocalist Carl Sentance.
Nazareth’s later studio albums, from No Jive and Move Me to The Newz, Rock ‘n’ Roll Telephone, Tattooed on My Brain, and Surviving the Law, reflect a career that extended over half a century. The recordings include more than familiar rock radio hits: there are deep album cuts, original non-album singles, B-sides, soundtrack songs, live-only covers, and archival recordings. This A-to-Z list brings those releases together and places each recording alongside its original album or other official release.
Complete List Of Nazareth Songs From A to Z
0–E
- “1692 (Glencoe Massacre)” – Exercises (1972)
- “Alcatraz” – Razamanaz (1973)
- “All Nite Radio” – Sound Elixir (1983)
- “All the King’s Horses” – Expect No Mercy (1977)
- “Animals” – Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
- “Another Year” – The Fool Circle (1981)
- “A Veteran’s Song” – Cinema (1986)
- “Back 2B4” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
- “Backroom Boys” – Sound Elixir (1983)
- “Back to School” – Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
- “Back to the Trenches” – 2XS (1982)
- “Bad, Bad Boy” – Razamanaz (1973)
- “Beggar’s Day” – Hair of the Dog (1975)
- “Better Leave It Out” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Big Boy” – Malice in Wonderland (1980)
- “Big Dog’s Gonna Howl” – Big Dogz (2011)
- “Black Hearted Woman (Live)” – BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1991)
- “Boom Bang Bang” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
- “Born to Love” – Play ’n’ the Game (1976)
- “Born Under the Wrong Sign” – Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll (1976)
- “Boys in the Band” – 2XS (1982)
- “Bring It on Home to Mama” – Move Me (1994)
- “Broken Down Angel” – Razamanaz (1973)
- “Burning Down” – Move Me (1994)
- “Busted” – Expect No Mercy (1977)
- “Butterfly” – Big Dogz (2011)
- “Called Her Name” – Exercises (1972)
- “Can’t Keep a Good Man Down (1977 Archival Recording)” – Expect No Mercy (2004 expanded edition) (2004)
- “Can’t Shake Those Shakes” – Move Me (1994)
- “Carry Out Feelings” – Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll (1976)
- “Cat’s Eye, Apple Pie” – Exercises (1972)
- “Change” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “Changin’ Times” – Hair of the Dog (1975)
- “Cheerleader” – Boogaloo (1998)
- “Child in the Sun” – Loud ’n’ Proud (1973)
- “Ciggies and Booze” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Cinema” – Cinema (1986)
- “Claimed” – Big Dogz (2011)
- “Claim to Fame” – No Mean City (1979)
- “Cocaine (Live)” – The Fool Circle (1981)
- “Country Girl” – Nazareth (1971)
- “Cover Your Heart” – No Jive (1991)
- “Crack Me Up” – Move Me (1994)
- “Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment)” – Heavy Metal film soundtrack (1981)
- “Crazy Molly” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “Cry Wolf” – No Jive (1991)
- “Danger Danger (Live)” – Live in Brazil (2007)
- “Day at the Beach” – The Newz (2008)
- “Dear John” – Nazareth (1971)
- “Demon Alcohol” – Move Me (1994)
- “Desolation Road” – Gone Dead Train single B-side (1978)
- “Donna – Get off That Crack” – Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
- “Don’t Throw Your Love Away” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “Down” – Love Hurts single B-side (1974)
- “Down Home Girl” – Play ’n’ the Game (1976)
- “Do You Think About It” – Ruby Tuesday 12-inch EP B-side (1984)
- “Do You Wanna Play House” – No Jive (1991)
- “Dream On” – 2XS (1982)
- “Dressed to Kill” – The Fool Circle (1981)
- “Dying Breed” – The Newz (2008)
- “Empty Arms, Empty Heart” – Nazareth (1971)
- “Enough Love” – The Newz (2008)
- “Every Time It Rains” – No Jive (1991)
- “Every Young Man’s Dream” – The Fool Circle (1981)
- “Expect No Mercy” – Expect No Mercy (1977)
F–J
- “Fallen Angel” – Malice in Wonderland (1980)
- “Falling in Love” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Fast Cars” – Malice in Wonderland (1980)
- “Fat Man” – Nazareth (1971)
- “Flying” – Play ’n’ the Game (1976)
- “Fool About You” – Exercises (1972)
- “Freewheeler” – Loud ’n’ Proud (1973)
- “Friends” – Dear John single B-side (1972)
- “Games” – 2XS (1982)
- “Gatecrash” – 2XS (1982)
- “Gimme What’s Mine” – Expect No Mercy (1977)
- “Girls” – Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
- “Glad When You’re Gone” – Rampant (1974)
- “Gloria” – The Newz (2008)
- “God of the Mountain” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
- “Go Down Fighting” – Loud ’n’ Proud (1973)
- “God Save the South” – Boogaloo (1998)
- “Goin’ Down (Live)” – Live at the Beeb (1998)
- “Goin’ Loco” – The Newz (2008)
- “Gone Dead Train” – Expect No Mercy (1977)
- “Good Love” – I Don’t Want to Go On Without You single B-side (1976)
- “Greens” – Gone Dead Train single B-side (1978)
- “Guilty” – Hair of the Dog (1975)
- “Hair of the Dog” – Hair of the Dog (1975)
- “Hang on to a Dream” – Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
- “Hard Living” – Hard Living single (1972)
- “Heart’s Grown Cold” – Malice in Wonderland (1980)
- “Helpless” – Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
- “Hire and Fire” – No Jive (1991)
- “Hit the Fan” – Cinema (1986)
- “Holiday” – Malice in Wonderland (1980)
- “Holy Roller” – Holy Roller single (1975)
- “Homesick Again” – Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll (1976)
- “I Don’t Want to Go On Without You” – Play ’n’ the Game (1976)
- “If You See My Baby” – If You See My Baby single (1972)
- “I Had a Dream” – Nazareth (1971)
- “In My Time” – Exercises (1972)
- “I Ran” – Sound Elixir (1983)
- “I Want to Do Everything for You” – Play ’n’ the Game (1976)
- “I Will Not Be Led” – Exercises (1972)
- “Java Blues (Live)” – ’Snaz (1981)
- “Jet Lag” – Rampant (1974)
- “Juicy Lucy” – ’Snaz (new studio recording) (1981)
- “Juliet” – Cinema (1986)
- “Just Another Heartache” – Cinema (1986)
- “Just a Ride” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (Deluxe Edition) (2014)
- “Just to Get into It” – No Mean City (1979)
K–O
- “Keeping Our Love Alive” – No Jive (1991)
- “Keep on Travellin’” – The Newz (2008)
- “Kentucky Fried Blues” – Expect No Mercy (1977)
- “Kentucky Fried Blues (Alternate Recording)” – Expect No Mercy (2004 expanded edition) (2004)
- “Lady Luck” – Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
- “L.A. Girls” – Play ’n’ the Game (1976)
- “Laid to Waisted” – The Very Best of Nazareth (2001)
- “Lap of Luxury” – No Jive (1991)
- “Last Exit Brooklyn” – The Catch (1984)
- “Let Me Be Your Dog” – Move Me (1994)
- “Let Me Be Your Leader” – The Fool Circle (1981)
- “Let the Whiskey Flow” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Liar” – The Newz (2008)
- “Lifeboat” – Big Dogz (2011)
- “Life of a Dog (1977 Archival Recording)” – Expect No Mercy (2004 expanded edition) (2004)
- “Lift the Lid” – Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll (1976)
- “Light Comes Down” – Boogaloo (1998)
- “Light My Way” – Rampant (1974)
- “Little Part of You” – The Fool Circle (1981)
- “Local Still” – Sound Elixir (1983)
- “Loggin’ On” – The Newz (2008)
- “Lonely in the Night” – 2XS (1982)
- “Long Long Time” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
- “Loretta” – Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll (1976)
- “Love Breaks” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Loved and Lost” – Rampant (1974)
- “Love Hurts” – Love Hurts single (1974)
- “Love Hurts (Orchestral Version)” – Love Hurts orchestral single (1994)
- “Love Leads to Madness” – 2XS (1982)
- “Love, Now You’re Gone” – Exercises (1972)
- “Love of Freedom” – The Catch (1984)
- “Loverman” – Boogaloo (1998)
- “Madelaine” – Exercises (1972)
- “May Heaven Keep You” – Boogaloo (1998)
- “May the Sunshine” – No Mean City (1979)
- “Mean Streets” – The Newz (2008)
- “Mexico” – 2XS (1982)
- “Milk and Honey” – Sound Elixir (1983)
- “Mind Bomb” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Miss Misery” – Hair of the Dog (1975)
- “Moondance” – The Catch (1984)
- “Moonlight Eyes” – The Fool Circle (1981)
- “Moonlight Eyes (1977 Archival Version)” – Expect No Mercy (2004 expanded edition) (2004)
- “Morgentau (German Version of Morning Dew)” – Morgentau promotional single (1981)
- “Morning Dew” – Nazareth (1971)
- “Morning Dew (1981 Studio Re-recording)” – ’Snaz (studio bonus recording) (1981)
- “Move Me” – Move Me (1994)
- “My White Bicycle” – My White Bicycle single (1975)
- “Never Dance with the Devil” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “New York Broken Toy” – Expect No Mercy (1977)
- “New York Broken Toy (1977 Alternate Recording)” – Expect No Mercy (2004 expanded edition) (2004)
- “Night Woman” – Razamanaz (1973)
- “No Mean City (Parts 1 & 2)” – No Mean City (1979)
- “No Mean Monster” – Big Dogz (2011)
- “Not Faking It” – Loud ’n’ Proud (1973)
- “Nothing So Good” – Boogaloo (1998)
- “Not Today” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
- “One from the Heart” – Cinema (1986)
- “One Set of Bones” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
- “On the Run” – Where Are You Now single B-side (1983)
- “Open Up Woman” – Boogaloo (1998)
- “Other Side of You” – Cinema (1986)
P–T
- “Paper Sun (Live)” – Live at the Beeb (1998)
- “Party Down” – The Catch (1984)
- “Party in the Kremlin” – Boogaloo (1998)
- “Piece of My Heart” – Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
- “Place in Your Heart” – Expect No Mercy (1977)
- “Please Don’t Judas Me” – Hair of the Dog (1975)
- “Pole to Pole” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “Pop the Silo” – The Fool Circle (1981)
- “Preservation” – 2XS (1982)
- “Psycho Skies” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Punch a Hole in the Sky” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
- “Push” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “Radio” – Big Dogz (2011)
- “Rags to Riches” – Sound Elixir (1983)
- “Railroad Boy” – Holy Roller single B-side (1975)
- “Rain on the Window” – Sound Elixir (1983)
- “Razamanaz” – Razamanaz (1973)
- “Red Light Lady (Parts 1 & 2)” – Nazareth (1971)
- “Revenge Is Sweet” – Expect No Mercy (1977)
- “Right Between the Eyes” – No Jive (1991)
- “Rip It Up” – Move Me (1994)
- “Road Ladies (Live)” – Live at the Beeb (1998)
- “Road to Nowhere” – The Catch (1984)
- “Road Trip” – The Newz (2008)
- “Robber and the Roadie” – Boogaloo (1998)
- “Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
- “Rose in the Heather” – Hair of the Dog (1975)
- “Rubik’s Romance” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “Ruby Tuesday” – The Catch (1984)
- “Runaway” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Sad Song” – Exercises (1972)
- “Salty Salty” – Cinema (1986)
- “See Me” – The Newz (2008)
- “See You See Me” – Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
- “Shanghai’d in Shanghai” – Rampant (1974)
- “Shapes of Things” – Rampant (1974)
- “Ship of Dreams” – Malice in Wonderland (1980)
- “Shot Me Down” – Expect No Mercy (1977)
- “Showdown at the Border” – Malice in Wonderland (1980)
- “Silent Symphony” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “Silver Dollar Forger (Parts 1 & 2)” – Rampant (1974)
- “Simple Solution (Parts 1 & 2)” – No Mean City (1979)
- “Sinner” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Sleeptalker” – Big Dogz (2011)
- “Snaefell (Instrumental)” – Born Under the Wrong Sign 1976–1979 archival box set (2026)
- “Sold My Soul” – Razamanaz (1973)
- “Somebody to Roll” – Play ’n’ the Game (1976)
- “Space Safari” – Rampant (1974)
- “Speakeasy” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
- “Spinning Top” – Hard Living single B-side (1972)
- “Stand by Your Beds” – Move Me (1994)
- “Star” – No Mean City (1979)
- “State of Emergency” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “Steamroller” – Move Me (1994)
- “Strange Days” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Sunshine” – Rampant (1974)
- “Sweetheart Tree” – The Catch (1984)
- “Sweet Kiss” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Take the Rap” – 2XS (1982)
- “Talkin’ ’Bout Love” – Malice in Wonderland (1980)
- “Talkin’ to One of the Boys” – Malice in Wonderland (1980)
- “Talk Talk” – Boogaloo (1998)
- “Tattooed on My Brain” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “Teenage Nervous Breakdown” – Loud ’n’ Proud (1973)
- “Telegram: On Your Way / So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star / Sound Check / Here We Are Again” – Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll (1976)
- “Tell Me That You Love Me (Single Version)” – Tell Me That You Love Me single (1992)
- “The Ballad of Hollis Brown” – Loud ’n’ Proud (1973)
- “The Gathering” – The Newz (2008)
- “The Goblin King (Hidden Track)” – The Newz (2008)
- “The Key” – Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
- “The King Is Dead” – Nazareth (1971)
- “The Right Time” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
- “The Rowan Tree / Tell Me That You Love Me” – No Jive (1991)
- “The Secret Is Out” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “The Toast” – Big Dogz (2011)
- “Thinkin’ Man’s Nightmare” – No Jive (1991)
- “This Flight Tonight” – Loud ’n’ Proud (1973)
- “This Flight Tonight (1991 Re-recording)” – No Jive (expanded edition) (1991)
- “This Month’s Messiah” – The Catch (1984)
- “Time and Tide” – Big Dogz (2011)
- “Too Bad, Too Sad” – Razamanaz (1973)
- “Trouble” – Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
- “Turning a New Leaf” – Malice in Wonderland (1980)
- “Turn on Your Receiver” – Loud ’n’ Proud (1973)
- “Tush (Live)” – ’Snaz (1981)
U–Z
- “Vancouver Shakedown” – Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll (1976)
- “Vicki” – Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll (1976)
- “Victoria” – The Fool Circle (1981)
- “Vigilante Man” – Razamanaz (1973)
- “Waiting” – Boogaloo (1998)
- “Waiting for the Man” – Play ’n’ the Game (1976)
- “Waiting for the World to End” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “Walk by Yourself” – The Very Best of Nazareth (2001)
- “Wanna Feel Good?” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (Deluxe Edition) (2014)
- “Warning” – The Newz (2008)
- “Watch Your Back” – Big Dogz (2011)
- “We Are the People” – The Fool Circle (1981)
- “Whatever You Want Babe” – No Mean City (1979)
- “What Goes Around” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “What’s in It for Me” – No Mean City (1979)
- “When Jesus Comes to Save the World Again” – Big Dogz (2011)
- “When the Lights Come Down (Live)” – The Very Best of Nazareth (2001)
- “Where Are You Now” – Sound Elixir (1983)
- “Whippin’ Boy” – Sound Elixir (1983)
- “Whiskey Drinkin’ Woman” – Hair of the Dog (1975)
- “White Boy” – Cinema (1986)
- “Why Don’t You Read the Book” – Sound Elixir (1983)
- “Wild Honey” – Play ’n’ the Game (1976)
- “Winner on the Night” – Winner on the Night single (1989)
- “Winter Sunlight” – Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
- “Witchdoctor Woman” – Nazareth (1971)
- “Woke Up This Morning” – Exercises (1972)
- “Woke Up This Morning (1973 Re-recording)” – Razamanaz (1973)
- “You Call Me” – Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
- “You Don’t Believe in Us” – The Catch (1984)
- “You Gotta Pass It Around” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “You Had It Comin’” – Move Me (1994)
- “You Love Another” – 2XS (1982)
- “You Made Me” – Surviving the Law (2022)
- “You’re the Violin” – Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll (1976)
NAZARETH STUDIO ALBUMS
Nazareth (1971)
Exercises (1972)
Razamanaz (1973)
Loud ’n’ Proud (1973)
Rampant (1974)
Hair of the Dog (1975)
Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll (1976)
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Play ’n’ the Game (1976)
Expect No Mercy (1977)
No Mean City (1979)
Malice in Wonderland (1980)
The Fool Circle (1981)
2XS (1982)
Sound Elixir (1983)
The Catch (1984)
Cinema (1986)
Snakes ’n’ Ladders (1989)
No Jive (1991)
Move Me (1994)
Boogaloo (1998)
The Newz (2008)
Big Dogz (2011)
Rock ’n’ Roll Telephone (2014)
Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
Surviving the Law (2022)
NAZARETH OFFICIAL LIVE ALBUMS
‘Snaz (1981)
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1991)
Live at the Beeb (1998)
Back to the Trenches (2001)
Homecoming (2002)
Alive & Kicking (2002)
The River Sessions Live 1981 (2004)
Live in Brazil (2007)
NAZARETH OFFICIAL COMPILATION AND ARCHIVAL ALBUMS
Greatest Hits (1975)
Hot Tracks (1977)
The Very, Very Best of Nazareth (1984)
The Ballad Album (1985)
The Ballad Album Vol. 2 (1990)
The Singles Collection (1990)
From the Vaults (1993)
Greatest Hits Volume II (1998)
The Very Best of Nazareth (2001)
Maximum XS: The Essential Nazareth (2004)
The Complete Singles Collection (2004)
The Anthology (2009)
The Singles (2012)
The Ultimate Collection (2020)
The UK A’s and B’s 1972–80 (2026)
Born Under the Wrong Sign 1976–1979 (2026)
NAZARETH EPs
Hot Tracks (UK EP) (1977)
Nazareth Live (EP) (1980)
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