2XS

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2XS is the thirteenth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in February 1982. The album includes the rock radio hit "Love Leads To Madness" and the song "Dream On", which has become one of the band's biggest hits and was later covered by Helix.

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Leads to Madness"	Rankin	4:08
2.	"Boys in the Band"	Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty	3:06
3.	"You Love Another"		3:58
4.	"Gatecrash"	Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet, Rankin	3:19
5.	"Games"	Rankin	4:48
6.	"Back to the Trenches"	Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty	4:02
7.	"Dream On"	Rankin	3:28
8.	"Lonely in the Night"	Agnew, Charlton, Sweet, Rankin	4:21
9.	"Preservation"	Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty	4:02
10.	"Take the Rap"		2:42
11.	"Mexico"	Agnew, McCafferty, Sweet, Rankin	2:53

1999 Castle Music reissue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Dream On" (single edit)	Rankin	3:25
13.	"Juicy Lucy" (edited version)	Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet	4:10
14.	"Games" (edited version)	Rankin	4:48
15.	"You Love Another" (edited version)		3:20
16.	"Love Leads to Madness" (alternate single version)		3:41
17.	"Dream On" (mono version)	Rankin	3:26

2002 30th Anniversary Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
18.	"Back to the Trenches" (extended version)	Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty	6:04
19.	"Love Leads to Madness" (alternate extended version)	Rankin	7:11

The 2011 remastered CD release of 2XS was paired with Sound Elixir, comprising tracks 1 through 11 of 21 tracks. No bonus material was added

Personnel

Band members

• Dan McCafferty – lead vocals
• Manny Charlton – guitars
• Billy Rankin – guitars, backing vocals
• John Locke – keyboards
• Pete Agnew – bass, backing vocals
• Darrell Sweet – drums, backing vocals, percussion

Chart performance

Album

Country	Peak	Weeks
Norway	9	10
Germany	42	11
Canada	74	3
United States	122	10

Singles

"Love Leads to Madness" / "Take the Rap"

Country	Peak	Weeks
South Africa	3	14
United States (Top Mainstream Rock Tracks)	19	9
Canada	44	5
United States (Bubbling Under Singles)	105	2

"Dream On" / "Take the Rap"

Country	Peak	Weeks
Switzerland	2	11
Austria	4	12
Germany	15	23

"Games" / "You Love Another"