Greatest Hits (Nazareth album) explained

Greatest Hits
Type:	Compilation album
Artist:	Nazareth
Cover:	Greatest HitsNazareth.jpg
Released:	21 November 1975^[1]
Recorded:	1972–1975
Genre:	Hard rock
Length:	44:05
Label:	Vertigo (Europe) A&M (US)
Producer:	Roger Glover
Prev Title:	Hair of the Dog
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll
Next Year:	1976

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1975. By this time Nazareth had experienced considerable success with albums and singles. This compilation showcased tracks from the band's third album Razamanaz through their sixth album Hair of the Dog, as well as some non-album singles.

As part of the remastering of Nazareth's back-catalogue by Castle Communications in the mid-1990s, the original album was expanded in 1996 to encompass the self-titled first album through to the ninth studio offering, Expect No Mercy, whilst retaining the original running-order of the vinyl release.

As part of the same CD-remastering programme, Greatest Hits Volume II was released in 1998, on CD only. This covered the later period of the band.

Track listing

• The 1996 remastered CD (Castle Communications ESMCD 369) added five bonus tracks listed above)^[2] and extensive booklet-notes, by Rob Corich (who did the remastering) and by McCafferty, Agnew and Sweet.

• The album was re-issued on CD in the UK again by Salvo Records in 2010. Again, the original running order was preserved with additional tracks added afterward to make the album a more comprehensive overview of the band's career. Two of these eight bonus tracks are from significantly later in the band's career, with "Dream On" coming from 1982's 2XS, and "Every Time It Rains" from 1991's No Jive.^[3]

Personnel

• Dan McCafferty – vocals
• Darrell Sweet – drums
• Manny Charlton – guitar
• Pete Agnew – bass guitar, guitar
• Roger Glover – producer

Charts

Year-end charts

External links

• Lyrics to songs from Greatest Hits

Notes and References

1. Web site: BPI certification.
2. Web site: Greatest Hits (Castle) . . April 21, 2011.
3. Web site: Greatest Hits by Nazareth (Bonus Tracks)(Remastered) . . April 21, 2011.
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 213.
5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040812035533/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_metal.html. August 12, 2004. Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002. Jam!. March 23, 2022.