Label: Salvo Records (Europe), SALVO388LP
Style: Hard Rock
Country: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Time: 34:35
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 252, 765 Mb
Listening
to Exercises by '70s Scottish hard rockers Nazareth just one time will
make you wonder how this could possibly be the same band that went on to
record such hard rock classics as "Hair of the Dog," "Bad, Bad, Boy,"
and "Love Hurts." Exercises, the band's sophomore effort, is a
collection of mostly acoustic tracks with lush harmonies and little sign
of the driving in-your-face rock that they showcased on their debut
Nazareth. The album has a few good moments but it certainly is a
document of a band that has made a temporary mistake in deciding their
musical direction. The band was known for being a pure powerful hard
rock band in concert and on later releases, but on this album they
decided to abandon the riff-heavy guitar assault they showcased as a
live act. On tracks like "Madelaine" and "In My Time," the band comes
across more like laid-back English pop balladeers Badfinger than their
real contemporaries like Deep Purple and Thin Lizzy. The role of
acoustic folkies does not suit Nazareth well. There are a few strong
moments on the album. "Woke Up This Morning" is a strong track that
provides a bluesy vocal performance by Dan McCafferty, driving rhythm,
and some great slide guitar work by Manny Charlton. "Called Her Name" is
another song where the listener will find the band hitting full stride
and sounding much more comfortable. Unfortunately, moments like these
are too far and few between on this album. Fortunately with the help of
Deep Purple bassist/producer Roger Glover, the band managed to return to
their hard rock style and finally captured their live sound on their
follow-up album, 1973's Razamanaz, which cemented their reputation as an
upper-echelon hard rock act of the '70s.
(allmusic.com/album/exercises-mw0000099835)
Blue vinyl. Gatefold, Reissue, Remastered.
01. A1 I Will Not Be Led (03:06)
02. A2 Cat's Eye, Apple Pie (03:04)
03. A3 In My Time (03:29)
04. A4 Woke Up This Morning (03:14)
05. A5 Called Her Name (04:24)
06. B1 Fool About You (02:47)
07. B2 Love, Now You're Gone (02:25)
08. B3 Madelaine (05:54)
09. B4 Sad Song (02:14)
10. B5 1692 (Glen Coe Massacre) (03:54)
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