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Nazareth - Expect No Mercy (1977) (Remaster Edit 2006)
Limited Edition digitally remastered Japanese pressing of this 1977 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve featuring five bonus tracks: 'Expect No Mercy' (Live), 'Gone Dead Train' (Edit), 'Expect No Mercy' (Alternate), 'Place In Your Heart' (Alternate Edit) and 'Kentucky Fried Blues' (Edit).
On this 1977 album, Nazareth makes a full-blooded return to the hard rock sound they had neglected since their success with Hair of the Dog. The result is a potent, driving slab of hard rock that will please Nazareth fans and devotees of 1970s hard rock alike. The album sets its frenzied tone right off the bat with its title track, a blistering rocker that features Dan McCafferty spitting out a sharp-edged vocal about life's cruelty over a series of fast and relentless guitar riffs. The remainder of the album prominently features a similarly brutal string of rockers: standouts include "Revengemore… Is Sweet," a paean to getting even that combines chugging guitar riffs with a stomping beat, and "Gimme What's Mine," a fierce declaration of dominance that layers Southern rock-styled riffs over a churning bassline. Despite this preponderance of hard rocking tunes, Expect No Mercy isn't just a guitar-fest. It also takes time to explore country-rock (there is an excellent, rocked-up cover of the country standard "Busted" as well as a honky tonk-style original called "Place in Your Heart") and even a little bit of funk (a hard-grooving slice of funk-rock fusion called "New York Broken Toy"). The album never takes the daring stylistic chance within the hard rock formula that distinguished Razamanaz or Hair of the Dog, but this is minor quibble in light of the album's high levels of consistency and quality. In short, Expect No Mercy is a treat for Nazareth fans and a solid listen for any hard rock fan who wants a good indication of the group's style...Manfred Mandel
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size: 130 MB
Genre : Hard Rock
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Tracklist:
01. Expect No Mercy 3.26
02. Gone Dead Train 3.44
03. Shot Me Down 3.29
04. Revenge Is Sweet 3.04
05. Gimme What's Mine 3.45
06. Kentucky Fried Blues 3.08
07. New York Broken Toy 3.37
08. Busted 3.40
09. Place In Your Heart 3.01
10. All The King's Horses 4.23
11. Greens 2.50
12. Desolation Road 2.58
13. Gone Dead Train (Edited Version) 3.31
14. Expect No Mercy (Alternate Version) 2.54
15. Place In Your Heart (Alternate Edited Version) 3.04
16. Kentucky Fried Blues (Edited Version) 2.49
17. Expect No Mercy (Live) 3.19
