Greatest Hits (Nazareth album)

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Released November 1975 Length 44:05 Release date November 1975 Genres Rock music, Hard rock		Recorded 1972–1975 Artist Nazareth Producer Roger Glover

Label A&M (USA)Vertigo (Europe) Greatest Hits(1975) Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll(1976) Nominations Juno Award for International Album of the Year Similar Nazareth albums, Rock music albums

Greatest Hits is an compilation album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1975. By this time Nazareth had experienced considerable success with albums and singles. This compilation showcased tracks from the band's third album Razamanaz through their sixth album Hair of the Dog, as well as some non-album singles.

As part of the remastering of Nazareth's back-catalogue by Castle Communications in the mid-1990s, the original album was expanded in 1996 to encompass the self-titled first album through to the ninth studio offering, Expect No Mercy, whilst retaining the original running-order of the vinyl release.

As part of the same CD-remastering programme, Greatest Hits Volume II was released in 1998, on CD only. This covered the later period of the band.

Track listing

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

1996 Castle CD Bonus Tracks

The 1996 remastered CD (Castle Communications ESMCD 369) added five bonus tracks listed above) and extensive booklet-notes, by Rob Corich (who did the remastering) and by McCafferty, Agnew and Sweet.

2010 Salvo CD Bonus Tracks

The album was re-issued on CD in the UK again by Salvo Records in 2010. Again, the original running order was preserved with additional tracks added afterward to make the album a more comprehensive overview of the band's career. Two of these eight bonus tracks are from significantly later in the band's career, with "Dream On" coming from 1982's 2XS, and "Every Time It Rains" from 1991's No Jive.