Exercises (album)

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1972 studio album by Nazareth

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
| Nazareth
(1971)  | Exercises
(1972)  | Razamanaz
(1973)

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Professional ratingsReview 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

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

Side oneNo.| Title| Length

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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 twoNo.| Title| Length

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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

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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

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1. ^ Allmusic review

## External links

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* Lyrics to songs from Exercises

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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"

Other|

* Discography

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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