Expect No Mercy

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Expect No Mercy
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1977 [1]
Recorded Le Studio (Morin-Heights, Quebec)
Genre Hard rock
Length35:20
Label Mountain
Producer Manny Charlton
Nazareth chronology
Play 'N' the Game
(1976)
Expect No Mercy
(1977)
No Mean City
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Expect No Mercy is the ninth studio album by Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1977. The original version was rejected by the label and these versions were the bonus tracks on the Salvo CD. The originally released version saw the reintroduction of a heaviness after the two previously more laid back albums and the tracks were noticeably shorter with only the final track clocking in at over four minutes.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet unless otherwise noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Expect No Mercy" 3:27
2."Gone Dead Train" Jack Nitzsche, Russ Titelman 3:44
3."Shot Me Down" Manny Charlton 3:29
4."Revenge Is Sweet"Manny Charlton3:04
5."Gimme What's Mine" 3:45
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Kentucky Fried Blues" 3:08
7."New York Broken Toy" 3:37
8."Busted" Harlan Howard 3:40
9."Place in Your Heart"Manny Charlton3:01
10."All the King's Horses"Charlton, McCafferty4:23

30th Anniversary Edition Bonus Tracks

All lyrics are written by Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet except indicated unless otherwise noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Greens" (B-Side) 2:50
12."Desolation Road" (B-Side) 2:58
13."Gone Dead Train" (Edited Version) Jack Nitzsche, Russ Titelman 3:31
14."Expect No Mercy" (Alternate Version) 2:54
15."Place in Your Heart" (Alternate Edited Version)Manny Charlton4:31
16."Kentucky Fried Blues" (Edited Version) 2:49
17."Expect No Mercy" (Live) 3:19

Salvo Records Remaster Bonus Tracks

All lyrics are written by Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet except indicated unless otherwise noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Kentucky Fried Blues" (First Version) 3:17
12."Gone Dead Train" (First version) 3:24
13."Shot Me Down" (First version)Manny Charlton3:44
14."Greens" 4:16
15."Life of a Dog" 3:49
16."New York Broken Toy" (First Version) 2:49
17."Revenge Is Sweet" (First Version)Manny Charlton3:07
18."Desolation Road" 3:09
19."Can't Keep a Good Man Down" 4:18
20."Moonlight Eyes" 2:48

Personnel

Band members

Other credits

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [4] 78
US Billboard 200 [5] 82

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [6] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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