Exercises (album)

Exercises
Exercises
Studio album by Nazareth
Released	July 1972
Studio	Trident Studios, London
Genre	Soft rock; folk rock; blues rock;
Length	35:04
Label	Peg (original UK release); Mooncrest (first UK reissue); Mountain Records (1975 UK reissue); Warner Bros. (original US release); A&M (1981 US reissue); Philips (Germany & Netherlands); Vertigo (New Zealand)
Producer	Roy Thomas Baker
Nazareth chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Exercises is the second studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1972. Although their music is most accurately described as "blues-tinged hard rock" (CD liner notes), this record is quite far from the band's more standard fare, featuring, quite surprisingly, a number of acoustic arrangements, several songs with orchestral strings, and traditional Scottish airs. Indeed, the album's "1692 (Glen Coe Massacre)" is about a real incident in Scottish history, namely, the massacre of Glencoe. The album is also significant for its Roy Thomas Baker production—only his third project, and well before his breakthrough works with Queen in the mid-seventies—and its oddly 'new wave' cover-art (designed by CCS Associates). An early version of the Razamanaz song, "Woke Up This Morning", also makes an appearance on Side 1. There were no cover versions on the album: it wouldn't be until their 10th studio album, No Mean City, that there was another album totally written by the band members.

Track listing

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

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Will Not Be Led"	3:03
2.	"Cat's Eye, Apple Pie"	3:04
3.	"In My Time"	3:28
4.	"Woke Up This Morning"	3:09
5.	"Called Her Name"	4:32

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Fool About You"	2:47
7.	"Love Now You're Gone"	2:25
8.	"Madelaine"	5:54
9.	"Sad Song"	2:13
10.	"1692 (Glencoe Massacre)"	3:59

Personnel

Nazareth

Dan McCafferty - vocals
Darrell Sweet - drums, backing vocals
Pete Agnew - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Manny Charlton - guitar, 12-string guitar, backing vocals

Additional musicians

David Hentschel - synthesizer (A4, B2, B5)
Jedd Lander - bagpipes (B5), harmonica (A2, B1)
Colin Frechter - string arrangements (A1, B4, B5)

Technical

Robert M. Corich - liner notes, remastering
Laura Vallis - design
Mike Brown - remastering
Roy Thomas Baker - producer
Dave Field - Logo Design

References

^ Allmusic review

External links

Lyrics to songs from Exercises

[1] Allmusic review

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v t e Nazareth
Pete Agnew Jimmy Murrison Lee Agnew Carl Sentance Dan McCafferty Manny Charlton Darrell Sweet Zal Cleminson Billy Rankin John Locke Ronnie Leahy Linton Osborne
Studio albums	Nazareth Exercises Razamanaz Loud 'n' Proud Rampant Hair of the Dog Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll Play 'n' the Game Expect No Mercy No Mean City Malice in Wonderland The Fool Circle 2XS Sound Elixir The Catch Cinema Snakes 'n' Ladders No Jive Move Me Boogaloo The Newz Big Dogz Rock 'n' Roll Telephone Tattooed on My Brain Surviving the Law
Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 'Snaz Live at the Beeb Homecoming Back to the Trenches Alive & Kicking
Compilations	Greatest Hits Hot Tracks From the Vaults Greatest Hits Volume II Maximum XS
Songs	"Broken Down Angel" "Bad Bad Boy" "My White Bicycle" "Morning Dew" The Ballad of Hollis Brown" "Hair of the Dog" "Love Hurts" "This Flight Tonight" "Holiday" "Dream On" "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"
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