Album: Greatest Hits by Nazareth (1996)
Genre: Hard Rock | Mood: Gritty
Record Label: Frontiers Records
Format: Compilation

Description: Greatest Hits is a good 12-track collection that contains the bulk of the hard rock group's best-known material, including "Love Hurts," "Bad Bad Boy, " "Hair of the Dog, " "Holy Roller" and "Shanghai'd in Shanghai." There are more extensive compilations available, but for most casual fans, this set has all the necessary items.

Artist Background: Nazareth are a Scottish hard rock band, founded in 1968, that had several hits in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, and established an international audience with their 1975 album Hair of the Dog. Perhaps their best-known hit single was a cover of the ballad "Love Hurts", in 1975. As of 2012, the band continue to record and tour. Nazareth formed in December 1968 in Dunfermline, Scotland, from the remaining members of semi-professional local group The Shadettes (formed in 1961) by vocalis... Part of the Dunfermline, Scotland, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Hard Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Uriah Heep, Slade, Deep Purple, Ian Gillan

Music Scene: Part of the Dunfermline, Scotland, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Hard Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Hard Rock, Gritty, 1990s, Compilation, Frontiers Records


Greatest Hits is a good 12-track collection that contains the bulk of the hard rock group's best-known material, including "Love Hurts," "Bad Bad Boy, " "Hair of the Dog, " "Holy Roller" and "Shanghai'd in Shanghai." There are more extensive compilations available, but for most casual fans, this set has all the necessary items.

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