Rampant (album)

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Rampant
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Studio album by
Nazareth
ReleasedMay 1974 [1]
Recorded Montreux, Switzerland
Genre Hard rock
Length39:43
Label Mooncrest
Producer Roger Glover, Manny Charlton
Nazareth chronology
Loud 'n' Proud
(1973)		Rampant
(1974)		 Hair of the Dog
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Rampant is the fifth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1974. It was their third album to be produced by Roger Glover, and proved to be the last time they would work with him.

Contents

The track "Loved and Lost" was sampled by DJ Shadow on "Enemy Lines" from his 2011 album The Less You Know, The Better .

Background

It was recorded in 1974 on the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux, Switzerland, with the help of the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio and produced by former Deep Purple's bassist Roger Glover, whose last collaboration was with the group.

With this album, Nazareth makes a slight musical change incorporating Southern rock intonations into some of his songs ("Glad When You're Gone", "Jet Lag" or the title that opens the "Silver Dollar Forger". AllMusic critic Donald A. Guarisco compares the sound of the album as a cross between the sound of early AC/DC albums and Lynyrd Skynyrd's most "Hard rock" titles.

Track listing

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

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Silver Dollar Forger (Parts 1 & 2)"5:36
2."Glad When You're Gone"4:17
3."Loved and Lost"5:12
4."Shanghai'd in Shanghai"3:43
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Jet Lag" 6:43
6."Light My Way" 4:09
7."Sunshine" 4:15
8."a) Shapes of Things"
"b) Space Safari"		a) McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith
b) Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet		6:21

30th Anniversary Bonus Tracks

09-shapes of "thrinliling" (shapes of breakdown things)

Salvo Records Remaster Bonus Tracks

Salvo Records released a version in 2010 with the following bonus tracks:

09-light my way (live in concert)

10-silver dollar forger (live in concert)

11-shapes of things (live in concert)

12-sunshine (live in concert)

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Other credits

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  2. ↑ AllMusic review
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