No Mean City (album)

No Mean City

Studio album by Nazareth

Released

January 1979

Genre

Hard rock, blues rock

Length

37:06

Label

A&M

Producer

Manny Charlton

Nazareth chronology

Expect No Mercy
(1977)

No Mean City
(1979)

Malice in Wonderland
(1980)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Smash Hits	3/10^[2]

No Mean City is the tenth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1979. The album title comes from the 1935 novel No Mean City and features artwork illustrated by Rodney Matthews. With this record that stood dormant the band's sound was heavier, considering the addition of guitarist Zal Cleminson of Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Sold very well at the time, with the main single Star, preceded by Whatever you want babe. The popularity of the album allowed the band to play with several big names such as Thin Lizzy, on their 1978/79 tour.

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Just to Get into It"		4:24
2.	"May the Sunshine"		4:55
3.	"Simple Solution, Parts 1&2"	Zal Cleminson	4:59
4.	"Star"	Charlton, McCafferty	4:55
5.	"Claim to Fame"	Manny Charlton	4:30
6.	"Whatever You Want Babe"	Manny Charlton	3:42
7.	"What's in It for Me"	Manny Charlton	4:19
8.	"No Mean City, Parts 1&2"	Agnew, Charlton, Cleminson, McCafferty, Sweet	6:32

30th anniversary bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"May the Sunshine" (single edit)	Agnew, Charlton, Cleminson, McCafferty, Sweet	3:31
10.	"Whatever You Want Babe" (single edit)	Manny Charlton	2:59
11.	"Star" (US Version)	Charlton, McCafferty	4:55
12.	"No Mean City" (alternate edit)	Agnew, Charlton, Cleminson, McCafferty, Sweet	3:32
13.	"Simple Solution" (edit)	Zal Cleminson	4:16

Earlier remasters included the song Greens as a bonus track. This is not available on the 30th Anniversary remaster of No Mean City, but is instead found on the same such remaster of Expect No Mercy.

Personnel

Band members

Pete Agnew - bass guitar, backing vocals
Dan McCafferty - lead vocals
Manny Charlton - guitars
Zal Cleminson - guitars
Darrell Sweet - drums

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (February 8–21, 1979): 25.

External links

Lyrics to songs from No Mean City

Nazareth

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

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 The Anthology

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" "Dream On" "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"

Other	Discography

Book:Nazareth

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