Hair Of The Dog - NAZARETH***

Hair Of The Dog/Miss Misery/Guilty/Changin' Times/Beggars Day/Rose In The Heather/Whisky Drinkin' Women/Please Don't Judas Me

Although the well received Hair Of The Dog failed to chart in the UK it became the Scottish hard rock group Nazareth’s top seller in the States. However, their hits would soon start to dry up. (US:17)

“Dan McCafferty's punishing raw whisky-soaked voice plus stellar songwriting make this effort easily one of the best hard rock albums released in the mid-seventies.”

“An overlooked gem. Every single track blends the best features of 1970s hard rock with some elaborate prog-rock passages.”

“Hair Of The Dog doesn't have anything resembling a weak song, but what it does have is one hard hitting, earth-shaking, bone crunching song after another. And every one is perfectly balanced between Danny McCafferty menacing, growling vocals and Manny Charlton's snarling, crushing and searing guitars.”

“A fine album from start to finish and truly one of the heaviest ever. Top volume is totally necessary if one is to fully appreciate the feral savagery of songs like Miss Misery and Changin' Times. All the cuts are essential. However, the one that is just flat out awe inspiring and in a league all of its own is the prog epic Please Don't Judas Me. The other-worldly percussion, spacey synths, and fierce guitar work make this one a deep and powerful piece of music.”

“Nazareth’s most metallic moment, this one is a true classic of 70s hard rock. The title track, with its screaming refrain, is one of the best hard rock groovers ever written, covered by everyone.”

“Nazareth’s Hair Of The Dog is a masterpiece. One great song after another. The kind of album you can put on and listen to all the way through without skipping tracks.”

“This streamlined all the important aspects that characterized gritty, riff-driven rock, with a great level of accessibility. The album is full of talking guitar techniques, powerhouse structures, and most importantly, a flexibility that is rarely found in most heavy metal albums, ballads that mean something and rockers that meant even more. Nazareth were one of the few bands that could pull off an equal balance of driving rock and power ballads that didn't sound overdone and empty.”