Hair of the Dog (album)

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Hair of the Dog
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Studio album by
Released3 April 1975 [1]
Studio
Genre
Length40:34
Label Mooncrest
Producer Manny Charlton
Nazareth chronology
Rampant
(1974)
Hair of the Dog
(1975)
Greatest Hits
(1975)
Singles from Hair of the Dog
  1. "Love Hurts"
    Released: 8 November 1974
  2. "Hair of the Dog"
    Released: 14 March 1975
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hair of the Dog" 4:11
2."Miss Misery" 4:40
3."Guilty" (International editions) Randy Newman 3:38
4."Changin' Times" 6:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."a) Beggars Day" (Crazy Horse cover)
"b) Rose in the Heather [lower-alpha 1] "
a) Nils Lofgren 6:31
6."Whiskey Drinkin' Woman" 5:29
7."Please Don't Judas Me" 9:48
8."Love Hurts" (The Everly Brothers cover; originally track 3 on US edition) Boudleaux Bryant 3:53
  1. Title per original LP release; at least one later reissue lists this track as "Rose in Heather".

The remastered editions include both "Guilty" (track 3) and "Love Hurts" (track 8) plus the following bonus tracks:

1997 Castle Communications / Essential

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Down" (B-side to "Love Hurts" single) 3:55
10."Railroad Boy" (B-side to "Holy Roller" single)Darrell Sweet, Manny Charlton, Pete Agnew4:07
11."Hair of the Dog" (single edit) 3:21

2001 30th Anniversary Edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Down" (B-side to "Love Hurts" single) 3:55
10."Holy Roller" (single A-side) 3:23
11."Railroad Boy" (B-side to "Holy Roller" single)Darrell Sweet, Manny Charlton, Pete Agnew4:07
12."Hair of the Dog" (single edit) 3:21
13."Holy Roller" (extended alternate mix) 4:16

2010 Salvo Records Remaster

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."My White Bicycle" (Tomorrow cover; also available on the 30th anniversary edition of Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll album) Ken Burgess, Keith Hopkins 3:26
10."Holy Roller" (single) 3:25
11."Railroad Boy" (B-side of "Holy Roller") 4:07
12."Hair of the Dog" (BBC live recording) 3:47
13."Holy Roller" (BBC live recording) 4:22
14."Teenage Nervous Breakdown" (Little Feat cover; BBC live recording) Lowell George 4:22
15."This Flight Tonight" (Joni Mitchell cover; BBC live recording)Joni Mitchell3:38
16."Road Ladies" (Frank Zappa cover; BBC live recording)Frank Zappa7:03

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (1975–1976)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 7
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6] 20
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [7] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 27
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [9] 5
US Billboard 200 [10] 17

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [12] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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