Razamanaz

1973 studio album by Nazareth

Razamanaz

Studio album by

Nazareth

Released

5 May 1973 (UK)
August 1973 (US)

Recorded

December 1972 – March 1973

Studio

The Ganghut, Jamestown, Scotland with Pye Mobile Unit and mixed at AIR Studios, London, England

Genre

Hard rock^[1]

Length

34:24

Label

Mooncrest (UK)
A&M (US)

Producer

Roger Glover

Nazareth chronology

Exercises
(1972)

Razamanaz
(1973)

BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
(1973)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Galeria Musical	^[3]

Razamanaz is the third studio album by the British hard rock band Nazareth, released in May 1973. It was the band's first LP record to break the charts and was produced by Roger Glover of Deep Purple, who the band was on tour with at the time. "Woke Up This Morning" was re-recorded for this album.

Track listing

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

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Razamanaz"		3:52
2.	"Alcatraz"	Leon Russell	4:23
3.	"Vigilante Man"	Woody Guthrie	5:21
4.	"Woke Up This Morning"		3:53

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Night Woman"	3:29
6.	"Bad Bad Boy"	3:55
7.	"Sold My Soul"	4:49
8.	"Too Bad, Too Sad"	2:55
9.	"Broken Down Angel"	3:45

1996 Castle Communications Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Hard Living" (B-side to Bad Bad Boy single in the UK)		3:03
11.	"Spinning Top" (B-side to Bad Bad Boy single in the UK)		3:06
12.	"Woke Up This Morning" (original version from Exercises album)		3:13
13.	"Witchdoctor Woman" (B-side to Broken Down Angel single, originally released on Nazareth album)	Charlton, McCafferty	4:07

2001 30th Anniversary Bonus Track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Razamanaz" (alternate edit)	3:26

This remastered CD added three bonus tracks and extensive liner-notes:
The master tapes for tracks 10 and 11 could not be located and here were 'cleaned up' from vinyl.

2010 Salvo Records Remaster Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Hard Living" (B-Side of Bad Bad Boy)		3:03
11.	"Spinning Top" (B-Side of Bad Bad Boy)		3:06
12.	"Razamanaz" (BBC Session)		4:15
13.	"Night Woman" (BBC Session)		3:25
14.	"Broken Down Angel" (BBC Session)		4:02
15.	"Vigilante Man" (BBC Session)	Woody Guthrie	5:04

BBC sessions were recorded at Maida Vale Studios for the Bob Harris Show on BBC Radio 1. Producer: Pete Rizkema. Engineer: Bill Aitken. First transmission date: 26 March 1973.

Covers

"Razamanaz" was covered by US punk band The Meatmen on their 1985 album War of the Superbikes.
"Razamanaz" was covered by Danish technical thrash metal band Artillery on their 1990 album By Inheritance.
"Razamanaz" was also recorded by Quiet Riot vocalist Kevin DuBrow, it appears on In for the Kill, a 2004 covers album.
"Razamanaz" was also recorded by the Supersuckers. It appears on the 1992 compilation album The Songs All Sound the Same, listed as "Razzmanazz".
"Razamanaz" was covered by Norwegian metal band Artch on their 1991 album For the Sake of Mankind.
"Razamanaz" was covered by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay on their 1993 album Knowing Just as I.
"Razamanaz" was covered by English heavy metal band Saxon on their 2023 album More Inspirations.

Personnel

Nazareth

Dan McCafferty - lead vocals
Darrell Sweet - drums, percussion, backing vocals, liner notes
Pete Agnew - bass guitar, backing vocals
Manny Charlton - electric and acoustic guitars, slide guitar, banjo, backing vocals

Technical

Roger Glover - producer, bass guitar, percussion
Alan Perkins - recording engineer (Pye Mobile Recording Unit)
Geoffrey Emerick - sound engineer (AIR)
Patrick Watters, Fin Costello - photography
Mike Brown - remastering
Robert M. Corich - remastering, liner notes, recovery of bonus tracks
Dave Field - design

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[4]	39
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[5]	4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	48
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	11
US Billboard 200^[8]	157

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[9]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Top 10 Nazareth Songs
^ Allmusic review
^ Galeria Musical review
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2393". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Nazareth – Razamanaz" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ "Nazareth Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Nazareth – Razamanaz". Music Canada.