Released: 1973 Producer: Roger Glover After pursuing a Rolling Stones-style… Read Full Bio ↴Released: 1973
Producer: Roger Glover
After pursuing a Rolling Stones-styled blend of rock and country elements on their first two albums, Nazareth segued into a harder rocking style with 1973's Razamanaz. The resulting album has a lot of energy and drive and much of this can be credited to Roger Glover's production, which tempers the group's tendency to experiment with different musical styles by imposing an overall sound that play's up the group's hard rock edge. The end result is an album that rocks consistently throughout but works in intriguing musical elements to keep things interesting. For instance, Alcatraz and Night Woman work a glam-styled tribal drum rhythm into the group's sound, and Vigilante Man starts out as a straight blues tune but soon mutates into a stomping slice of heavy metal. The most successful experiments come when the group works a country element into their rock attack: Broken Down Angel sounds like an early 1970s Rolling Stones track with heavier guitars, and Bad Bad Boy sounds like an old rockabilly tune as played by a 1970s hard rock band. Both tunes cleverly mix some effective pop hooks into their stew of hard rock and country elements and became hit singles in England as a result. Other Razamanaz highlights include the title track, a furious rocker that became a permanent part of the band's live set list, and Woke Up This Morning, a heavy blues tune with darkly comic lyrics about a man with terminally bad luck. To sum up, Razamanaz is one of the finest albums in the Nazareth catalog and a gem of 1970s hard rock in general.
Producer: Roger Glover
After pursuing a Rolling Stones-styled blend of rock and country elements on their first two albums, Nazareth segued into a harder rocking style with 1973's Razamanaz. The resulting album has a lot of energy and drive and much of this can be credited to Roger Glover's production, which tempers the group's tendency to experiment with different musical styles by imposing an overall sound that play's up the group's hard rock edge. The end result is an album that rocks consistently throughout but works in intriguing musical elements to keep things interesting. For instance, Alcatraz and Night Woman work a glam-styled tribal drum rhythm into the group's sound, and Vigilante Man starts out as a straight blues tune but soon mutates into a stomping slice of heavy metal. The most successful experiments come when the group works a country element into their rock attack: Broken Down Angel sounds like an early 1970s Rolling Stones track with heavier guitars, and Bad Bad Boy sounds like an old rockabilly tune as played by a 1970s hard rock band. Both tunes cleverly mix some effective pop hooks into their stew of hard rock and country elements and became hit singles in England as a result. Other Razamanaz highlights include the title track, a furious rocker that became a permanent part of the band's live set list, and Woke Up This Morning, a heavy blues tune with darkly comic lyrics about a man with terminally bad luck. To sum up, Razamanaz is one of the finest albums in the Nazareth catalog and a gem of 1970s hard rock in general.
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Razamanaz
Nazareth Lyrics
Alcatraz Now lay me down on Market Street I'm lookin' for some…
Bad Bad Boy I'm a bad, bad, boy And I'm gonna steal your love Said…
Broken Down Angel She used to be someone you could depend on To brighten…
Night Woman She's a night woman of my dreams And I saw her…
Razamanaz We've got to get it together You bring the wine, we'll…
Sold My Soul I prayed to God and Jesus But I guess they didn't…
Too Bad Too Sad Once I had a girl She called me on the phone Said…
Vigilante Man Have you seen that vigilante man Have you seen that vigilant…
Woke Up This Morning Woke up this morning, my dog was dead, Someone disliked him…
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