Hair of the Dog

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Hair of the Dog
Hair of the Dog cover
Studio album by Nazareth
Released April 1975
Recorded 1974-1975
Genre Hard rock
Length 40:20
Label A&M Records
Producer Manny Charlton
Professional reviews
Nazareth chronology
Rampant
(1974)		 Hair of the Dog
(1975)		 Greatest Hits
(1975)

"Hair of the Dog" was the 6th studio album by album by the Scottish rock band Nazareth, released in 1975. It was released on A&M Records. The album was recorded at Escape Studios, in Kent, United Kingdom and is the band's biggest selling album to date, having sold two million copies worldwide.

After three albums with Roger Glover producing, Manny Charlton stepped into that position, one he filled for several subsequent albums.

It was Nazareth's first big hit album (aside from the minor success of Razamanaz), including classics such as "Love Hurts" (on the US version, but not the Canadian/European, it replaced the original "Guilty"), "Hair of the Dog", "Beggar's Day" and "Please Don't Judas Me".

The album title is often considered to be from a shortened form of the phrase describing a folk hangover cure, (The Hair of the dog that bit you). However, according to Dan McCafferty, the title is a play on "heir of the dog", ie. a "son of a bitch". This was the title the band had intended for the album but the label didn't approve; the title track is sometimes mistakenly called "Son of a Bitch" because of its chorus.

The remastered compact disc, first released in the mid-1990s, features bonus tracks.

In 2005, rapper Chris Classic incorporated riffs and lyrics from "Hair of the Dog" in "Unleashed", a new song he created for the 2006 Dodge Charger commercial.

In 2007, British girl group Girls Aloud sampled the guitar riff for their song "Sexy! No No No..."

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Hair of the Dog" – 4:09
  2. "Miss Misery" – 4:40
  3. Either of the following:
    • "Love Hurts" – 3:53 (American edition)
    • "Guilty" - 3:35 (European edition)
  4. "Changin' Times" – 6:03
  5. "Beggar's Day – 3:55
  6. "Rose in the Heather" – 2:35
  7. "Whiskey Drinkin' Woman" – 5:29
  8. "Please Don't Judas Me" – 9:48

The remastered edition includes both "Guilty" (track 3) and "Love Hurts" (track 9) plus the following bonus tracks:

  • "Down" - 3:55
  • "Railroad Boy" - 4:07
  • "Hair of the Dog" (single edit) - 3:21

[edit] Credits

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Nazareth
Dan McCafferty • Jimmy Murrison • Pete Agnew • Lee Agnew
Manny Charlton • Darrel Sweet • Zal Cleminson • Billy Rankin • John Locke • Ronnie Leahy
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Songs