Nazareth - 'No Jive' (Griffin)

Review Score: (6/10)
Although I only have something like a half a dozen Nazareth CD's,I can tell you that 'No Jive' is a decent all new material effort.Almost as good as the last album I've heard of theirs,'Sound Elixer'.The disc's first two cuts,"Hire And Fire" and "Do You Wanna Play House",I remember they included in their set the last time I saw them play live.Those two as well as "Keeping Your Love Alive" and "Thinking Man's Nightmare" are the best tracks here.'No Jive' has the trademark hard rock vocals of Dan McCafferty fully intact.Guitarist Manny Charlton left awhile back to be replaced by Billy Rankin(2nd guitarist on the 'Snaz' 2-lp).I notice the cover art here is similar to that of their 'Exercises' lp.I can NOW hear where Axl Rose just might've got some of his influence.

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