Exercises (album)

For other uses, see Exercise (disambiguation).

Exercises

Studio album by Nazareth

Released

July 1972

Genre

Rock, folk rock, hard rock

Length

35:04

Label

Peg (original UK release)
Mooncrest (first UK reissue)
Mountain (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)

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 hardrock" (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.

Track listing

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

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
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

30th anniversary bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"If You See My Baby" (B-side)	2:56
12.	"Woke Up This Morning" (alternate edit)	3:30
13.	"Love Now You're Gone" (alternate edit)	3:15
14.	"1692 (Glencoe Massacre)" (alternate edit)	3:20

Personnel

Band members

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 Fretcher - string arrangements (A1, B4, B5)

Other credits

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

References

↑ Allmusic review

External links

Lyrics to songs from Exercises

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

Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 'Snaz Live at the Beeb Homecoming Back to the Trenches Alive & Kicking Live in Brazil

Compilations	Greatest Hits Hot Tracks From the Vaults Greatest Hits Volume II Maximum XS The Anthology

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" "Dream On" "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"

Other	Discography

Book:Nazareth

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