Rampant (album)

Rampant
Rampant
Studio album by Nazareth
Released	May 1974
Recorded	Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Hard rock
Length	39:43
Label	Mooncrest
Producer	Roger Glover, Manny Charlton
Nazareth chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Rampant is the fifth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1974. It was their third album to be produced by Roger Glover, and proved to be the last time they would work with him.

The track "Loved and Lost" was sampled by DJ Shadow on "Enemy Lines" from his 2011 album The Less You Know, The Better.

Track listing

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

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Silver Dollar Forger (Parts 1 & 2)"	5:36
2.	"Glad When You're Gone"	4:17
3.	"Loved and Lost"	5:12
4.	"Shanghai'd in Shanghai"	3:43

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Jet Lag"		6:43
6.	"Light My Way"		4:09
7.	"Sunshine"		4:15
8.	"a) Shapes of Things" "b) Space Safari"	a) McCarty, Relf, Samwell-Smith b) Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet	6:21

30th Anniversary Bonus Tracks

09-shapes of "thrinliling" (shapes of breakdown things)

Salvo Records Remaster Bonus Tracks

Salvo Records released a version in 2010 with the following bonus tracks:

09-light my way (live in concert)

10-silver dollar forger (live in concert)

11-shapes of things (live in concert)

12-sunshine (live in concert)

Personnel

Band members

Dan McCafferty – vocals, photography
Pete Agnew – bass guitar, guitar, background vocals, liner notes
Manny Charlton – guitars, producer, photography
Darrell Sweet – drums, background vocals, liner notes, photography

Additional musicians

Vicki Brown, Barry St. John, Liza Strike – background vocals
Jon Lord – synthesizer, piano on "Glad When You're Gone" and "Shanghai'd In Shanghai"

Other credits

Roger Glover – producer
Richard Roy – assistant mastering engineer
Red Steel – revised notes
Louie Austin – engineer
Robert M Corich and Mike Brown – remastering
Mick Carpenter – project coordinator

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[3]	1
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[4]	80
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[5]	3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[7]	3
UK Albums (OCC)^[8]	13
US Billboard 200^[9]	157

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[10]	34

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[11]	Gold	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 576. ISBN 9780862415419.
^ AllMusic review
^ "Austriancharts.at – Nazareth – Rampant" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2393". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^ 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 – Rampant" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Nazareth – Rampant". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^ "Nazareth Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^ "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 – Rampant". Music Canada.

External links

Lyrics to songs from Rampant

[1] Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 576. ISBN 9780862415419.

[2] AllMusic review

[ac_Austria_Nazareth-3] "Austriancharts.at – Nazareth – Rampant" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

[group=-4] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 2393". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

[FINI-5] 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-6] "Offiziellecharts.de – Nazareth – Rampant" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

[ac_Norway_Nazareth-7] "Norwegiancharts.com – Nazareth – Rampant". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

[ac_UK2_-8] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

[ac_Billboard200_Nazareth-9] "Nazareth Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

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

[CanadaNazarethRampantalbumCertRef-11] "Canadian album certifications – Nazareth – Rampant". Music Canada.

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v t e 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 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