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Rampant | ||||
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Released | 26 April 1974 (UK) 4 July 1974 (US) | |||
Recorded | Montreux, Switzerland | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 50:26 (39:43 vinyl). | |||
Label | UK: Mooncrest (original release) Mountain Records (later 1974 reissue) Castle (1992 & 1997 CD reissues) Snapper (2004 CD reissue) US: A&M Europe: Vertigo | |||
Producer | Roger Glover, Manny Charlton | |||
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Rampant is the fifth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1974. It was the third of their LP albums to be produced by Roger Glover, and proved to be the last time they would work with him.
The track "Loved and Lost" was sampled by DJ Shadow on "Enemy Lines" from his 2011 album The Less You Know, The Better .
All tracks are written by Pete Agnew, Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Darrell Sweet unless otherwise noted
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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9. | "Shanghai'd in Shanghai" (US version) | 3:42 | |
10. | "Shapes of Things" (single edit) | McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith | 3:21 |
11. | "Sunshine" (edited version) | 2:59 | |
12. | "Silver Dollar Forger" (edited version) | 3:49 |
Salvo Records released a version in 2010 with the following bonus tracks:
No. | Title | Length |
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9. | "Down" (B-side single to "Love Hurts") | 3:54 |
10. | "Razamanaz" (BBC live recording from Golders Green Hippodrome, London, 24. 11. 1977]]) | 4:32 |
11. | "Night Woman" (BBC live recording from Golders Green Hippodrome) | 4:00 |
12. | "Alcatraz" (BBC live recording from Golders Green Hippodrome) | 4:22 |
13. | "Vigilante Man" (BBC live recording from Golders Green Hippodrome) | 5:43 |
14. | "Morning Dew" (BBC live recording from Golders Green Hippodrome) | 7:38 |
15. | "Broken Down Angel" (BBC live recording from Golders Green Hippodrome) | 4:26 |
16. | "Woke Up This Morning" (BBC live recording from Golders Green Hippodrome) | 4:58 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [10] | Gold | 50,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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