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> I dig their 4 album in a row run ,razamanaz ,loud
> n proud,rampant ,hair of the dog .
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> Cheers

Agreed 100%.

First Nazareth I heard was Rampant back in 1974... in high school my buddies and I would get together and play cool new albums that we discovered. At one of these listening parties, I brought Scorpions- Fly To The Rainbow and somebody else brought Rampant (I was hooked by the opening track “Silver Dollar Forger”), which led me to go back and check out 1973’s Razamanaz and Loud N Proud albums. When Hair Of The Dog came out in 1975 we were primed and ready for it. Those 4 albums were a great run that made their reputation.

Their next 3 albums had moments, but were inconsistent overall. Then Zal Cleminson of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band joined, re-energized the band for the next 2 albums No Mean City and Malice In Wonderland, then departed.

As they shifted styles from 1981 onward things went downhill, and the only album I really liked was Cinema from 1986. Then Manny Charlton left in 1989 and I completely lost interest.

Good history of the band here from Classic Rock Magazine:

https://www.loudersound.com/features/nazareth-everything-you-need-to-know