2XS

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2XS

Studio album by Nazareth

Released

February 1983

Genre

Hard Rock

Length

40:55

Label

A&M

Producer

John Punter

Nazareth chronology

Snaz
(1981)

2XS
(1983)

Sound Elixir
(1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]

2XS is the thirteenth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in February 1983. 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 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"		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"		4:48
6.	"Back to the Trenches"	Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty	4:02
7.	"Dream On"		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

30th Anniversary Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Dream On" (single edit)	3:25
13.	"Juicy Lucy" (edited version)	4:10
14.	"Games" (edited version)	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)	3:26
18.	"Back to the Trenches" (extended version)	6:04
19.	"Love Leads To Madness" (alternate extended version)	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

Credits

Band members

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

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"

References

v t e Nazareth

Pete Agnew Jimmy Murrison Lee Agnew Dan McCafferty Manny Charlton Darrell Sweet Zal Cleminson Billy Rankin John Locke Ronnie Leahy

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

Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 'Snaz Live at the Beeb Homecoming Back to the Trenches Alive & Kicking Live in Brazil

Compilations	Greatest Hits Hot Tracks From the Vaults Greatest Hits Volume II Maximum XS

Songs	"My White Bicycle" "Morning Dew" The Ballad of Hollis Brown" "Hair of the Dog" "Love Hurts" "This Flight Tonight" Dream On

Other	Discography

Book:Nazareth

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