 NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - Hailing from the highlands of Scotland, Nazareth began as a four-piece band in the late 1960s. The Anthology (AM&/UMe), released today, October 20, 2009, collects the highlights and collectibles from Nazareth's earliest days through their evolution, lasting well into their 40th anniversary of recording, all on 38 tracks in this 2-CD set. Best-known for creating several solid classic-rock staples, they found pop chart success in the U.S. by taking the opposite approach with a timeless ballad. "Love Hurts" was a runaway success for the group. A cover version of an Everly Brothers' early 1960 recording, more than a decade later Nazareth hit the Top 10 and remained on the charts for 23 weeks. Counterbalanced by the edgier "Hair of the Dog," whose chorus offers an anthem-like sing-along, "now you're messin' with a son of a bitch," they carved a niche for themselves on the FM dial that still resonates on AOR and classic-rock stations to this day. Along with lead vocalist Dan McCafferty's unique vocal interpretations and solid musical covers, like their thundering version of Joni Mitchell's "This Flight Tonight," Little Feat's "Teenage Nervous Breakdown" and the Stones' plaintive "Ruby Tuesday," the band also created other memorable and identifiable gems of their own. Whether it was their rock mandate to "Razamanaz" you, always "Go Down Fighting" or take a "Holiday," their versatility and commitment to a hardworking ethic-on stage and in the studio-has never faltered. And this collection definitely proves it! The Anthology, Disc 1 Razamanaz
Bad Bad Boy
Broken Down Angel
Woke Up This Morning
Go Down Fighting
Turn On Your Receiver
Teenage Nervous Breakdown
This Flight Tonight
Sunshine
Shanghai'd In Shanghai
Hair Of The Dog
Love Hurts
My White Bicycle
Holy Roller
Telegram
Expect No Mercy
Gone Dead Train
Place In Your Heart
No Mean City The Anthology, Disc 2 Just To Get Into It
May The Sunshine
Whatever You Want Babe
Holiday
Heart's Grown Cold
Moonlight Eyes
Cocaine (Live)
Little Part Of You
Dream On
Where Are You Now
Ruby Tuesday
This Month's messiah
Piece Of My Heart
Winner On The Night
Every Time It Rains
Thinkin' Man's Nightmare
Steamroller
When The Lights Come Down
Goin' Loco
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