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Nazareth Album: “Loud 'N' Proud”
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Release Date:1996-03-10
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Metal
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Label:Castle
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:5017615837926
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Review - :
After putting themselves on the {\hard rock} map with {^Razamanaz}, {$Nazareth} took their new, forceful style even further the next year on {^Loud & Proud}. With {$Roger Glover} once again at the controls, the group added even higher levels of distortion and energy to create one of the hardest rocking items in their catalog: {&"Go Down Fighting"} starts the album with a sonic boom thanks to its blend of furious riffing with a breathless tempo, and the group's cover of {&"Teenage Nervous Breakdown"} transforms this {$Little Feat} into a runaway locomotive of {\hard rock} riffing. However, the album's definitive moment of heaviness is their extended reworking of {$Bob Dylan}'s {&"The Ballad of Hollis Brown,"} which drenches the tune in ungodly levels of feedback to create an ominous, horror movie-style feel. {^Loud & Proud} also produced another hit single for the group with a cover of {$Joni Mitchell}'s {&"This Flight Tonight,"} which transforms the wistful original into a throbbing {\rock} song. The end result of this ultra-heavy approach is that the album lacks the accessibility and high level of experimentation that characterized {^Razamanaz}. That said, the album does retain a few stylistic curve balls to keep listeners on their toes: {&"Turn on Your Receiver"} is a mid-tempo slice of {\country rock} (complete with an exaggerated Southern accent in the vocal) and {&"Child in the Sun,"} a stately {\ballad} dominated by acoustic guitars. In the end, {^Loud & Proud} lacks the crossover appeal of {^Razamanaz} but remains a bracing collection of rockers that will entertain {$Nazareth} fans and anyone else with a yen for 1970s hard rock. ~ Donald A. Guarisco, All Music Guide
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