Loud 'n' Proud

Loud 'n' Proud
Loud 'n' Proud
Studio album by Nazareth
Released	9 November 1973 (UK) ; 14 February 1974 (US)
Recorded	1973
Genre	Hard rock
Length	37:07
Label	Mooncrest (UK), A&M (US)
Producer	Roger Glover
Nazareth chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Loud 'n' Proud is the fourth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, and their second to be released in 1973. It is the first of two albums the band released to reach #1 in the Austrian charts.

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.	"Go Down Fighting"		3:07
2.	"Not Faking It"		4:01
3.	"Turn On Your Receiver"		3:19
4.	"Teenage Nervous Breakdown" (Little Feat cover)	Lowell George	3:43
5.	"Free Wheeler"		5:31

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"This Flight Tonight" (Joni Mitchell cover)	Joni Mitchell	3:24
7.	"Child in the Sun"		4:51
8.	"The Ballad of Hollis Brown" (Bob Dylan cover)	Bob Dylan	9:11

1996 Castle Communications Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"This Flight Tonight" (Joni Mitchell cover; US version)	Joni Mitchell	3:24
10.	"Go Down Fighting" (US version)		3:05
11.	"The Ballad of Hollis Brown" (Bob Dylan cover; edited version)	Bob Dylan	5:09

2001 30th Anniversary Bonus Track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Free Wheeler" (edited version)	4:37

2010 Salvo Records Remaster Bonus Tracks

BBC Sessions:

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Turn On Your Receiver"	3:37
10.	"Too Bad Too Sad"	2:52
11.	"Razamanaz"	3:52
12.	"Bad Bad Boy"	3:34

BBC live recordings, recorded for The Bob Harris Show. First transmission date 13 August 1973.

Personnel

Band members

Dan McCafferty - lead vocals
Darrell Sweet - percussion, drums, backing vocals
Pete Agnew - bass guitar, Fuzz bass (track 8), backing vocals
Manny Charlton (Manuel Charlton) - lead, slide and acoustic guitars, backing vocals

Other credits

Roger Glover - producer, bass guitar, percussion (track 5)
Mike Brown, Robert M. Corich - remastering
Geoff Emerick, Bob Harper, John Mills - engineers
Dave Field - sleeve

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[2]	1
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[3]	17
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[4]	3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	8
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[6]	9
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	10
US Billboard 200^[8]	150

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	33

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[10]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
Sweden (GLF)^[11]	Gold	30,000^[11]
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Allmusic review
^ "Austriancharts.at – Nazareth – Loud 'n' Proud" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3919a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ 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 – Loud 'n' Proud" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Nazareth – Loud 'n' Proud". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^ "Nazareth | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^ "Nazareth Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1974. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Nazareth – Loud 'n' Proud". Music Canada.
^ ^a ^b "Nazareth Gold" (PDF). Billboard. 14 September 1974. p. 60.

External links

Lyrics to songs from Loud 'n' Proud

[1] Allmusic review

[ac_Austria_Nazareth-2] "Austriancharts.at – Nazareth – Loud 'n' Proud" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

[group=-3] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3919a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[FINI-4] 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.

[ac_Germany4_Nazareth-5] "Offiziellecharts.de – Nazareth – Loud 'n' Proud" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

[ac_Norway_Nazareth-6] "Norwegiancharts.com – Nazareth – Loud 'n' Proud". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

[ac_UK_Nazareth-7] "Nazareth | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

[ac_Billboard200_Nazareth-8] "Nazareth Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

[9] "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1974. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

[CanadaNazarethLoud_'n'_ProudalbumCertRef-10] "Canadian album certifications – Nazareth – Loud 'n' Proud". Music Canada.

[CB-11] "Nazareth Gold" (PDF). Billboard. 14 September 1974. p. 60.

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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 Tattooed on My Brain Surviving the Law
Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 'Snaz Live at the Beeb Homecoming Back to the Trenches Alive & Kicking
Compilations	Greatest Hits Hot Tracks From the Vaults Greatest Hits Volume II Maximum XS
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" "Holiday" "Dream On" "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"
Other	Discography