Back to the Trenches

Back to the Trenches
Live album by
Released22 May 2001
GenreHard rock
Length144:41
LabelReceiver
ProducerNazareth
Nazareth chronology
Live at the Beeb
(1998)
Back to the Trenches
(2001)
Homecoming
(2002)
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Back to the Trenches is a double live album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 2001. A collection of thirty-one live tracks taken from the soundboards of six concerts, on both sides of the Atlantic, between 1972 and 1984, only nine of these tunes are featured on the band's acclaimed 1981 double live album 'Snaz. A line on the CD sleeve says, "This brings you Nazareth in their element - up there doing it".

The CD comes with a 52-page booklet containing old photos and interviews with Pete Agnew and Dan McCafferty. It also was issued on vinyl.

Pete Frame of Rock Family Trees fame was commissioned to draw up a Nazareth family tree based on info taken from an interview.

Disc one

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Disc two

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  • Tracks 1–4 Glasgow Apollo 1981
  • Tracks 5–11 Fort Pierce 1982
  • Tracks 12–14 Vancouver 1983
  • Tracks 15–17 Slough 1984

CD1 track listing

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All lyrics are written by Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet except indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Morning Dew"Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose7:05
2."Alcatraz"Leon Russell3:52
3."Vigilante Man"Gwen Guthrie, Woody Guthrie5:12
4."Razamanaz" 4:04
5."Night Woman" 3:26
6."Broken Down Angel" 4:00
7."Country Girl" 4:18
8."Woke Up This Morning" 4:40
9."Called Her Name" 4:18
10."Black Hearted Woman"Gregg Allman9:41
11."Talkin' to One of the Boys" 4:48
12."Broken Down Angel" 4:45
13."Heart's Grown Cold"Zal Cleminson5:40
14."Showdown at the Border"Zal Cleminson4:09

CD2 track listing

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All lyrics are written by Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet except indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hair of the Dog" 5:51
2."Expect No Mercy" 4:23
3."Love Hurts"Boudleaux Bryant4:06
4."Shapes of Things"Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith5:47
5."Boys in the Band" 3:11
6."Beggars Day"Nils Lofgren3:34
7."This Flight Tonight"Joni Mitchell3:55
8."Love Leads to Madness"McCafferty, Sweet, Charlton, Agnew, Rankin4:12
9."Gatecrash"McCafferty, Sweet, Charlton, Agnew, Rankin3:18
10."Preservation" 4:19
11."Back to the Trenches" 4:16
12."All Night Radio"McCafferty, Sweet, Charlton, Agnew, Rankin5:26
13."Razamanaz" 4:28
14."Whippin' Boy"McCafferty, Sweet, Charlton, Agnew, Rankin4:24
15."Ruby Tuesday"Keith Richards, Mick Jagger3:44
16."Telegram, Pts. 1-3" 5:50
17."This Month's Messiah" 4:59

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