Hair of the Dog was the sixth studio album by the
ScottishScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
rock band
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, released in 1975. It was released on
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. The album was recorded at Escape Studios, in
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,
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and is the band's biggest selling album to date, having sold two million copies worldwide.
After three albums with
Deep PurpleDeep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as any one genre. The band...
's
Roger GloverRoger David Glover is a Welsh bassist, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. Glover is best known as the bassist and songwriter for rock band Deep Purple.-Early career:...
producing,
Manny CharltonManny Charlton is notable for being the guitarist and founding member of the Scottish hard rock band, Nazareth from 1968 to 1990.-Charlton with Nazareth :...
stepped into that position, one he filled for several subsequent albums.
It was Nazareth's first big hit album (aside from the minor success of
Razamanaz), including classics such as "
Love Hurts"Love Hurts" is the name of a song written and composed by Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant, and first recorded by The Everly Brothers in July 1960. It was released that December on the album A Date with The Everly Brothers, but was never released as a single by the Everlys...
" (on the US version, but not the Canadian/European, it replaced the original "Guilty"), "Hair of the Dog", "Beggar's Day" and "Please Don't Judas Me".
The album title is often considered to be from a shortened form of the phrase describing a folk
hangoverA hangover describes the sum of unpleasant physiological effects following heavy consumption of alcoholic beverages. The most commonly reported characteristics of a hangover include headache, nausea, sensitivity to light and noise, lethargy, dysphoria, diarrhea and thirst...
cure, (
The Hair of the dogHair of the dog is a colloquial English expression predominantly used to refer to ingestion of alcohol as treatment for a hangover. It is occasionally used with respect to dealing with the after effects of use of other recreational drugs...
that bit you).
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Hair of the Dog was the sixth studio album by the
ScottishScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
rock band
NazarethNazareth is a Scottish rock band that had several hard rock hits in the mid 1970s, including the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant penned ballad, "Love Hurts".-Career:...
, released in 1975. It was released on
A&M RecordsA&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
. The album was recorded at Escape Studios, in
KentKent , originally Cantia, is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent...
,
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
and is the band's biggest selling album to date, having sold two million copies worldwide.
After three albums with
Deep PurpleDeep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as any one genre. The band...
's
Roger GloverRoger David Glover is a Welsh bassist, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. Glover is best known as the bassist and songwriter for rock band Deep Purple.-Early career:...
producing,
Manny CharltonManny Charlton is notable for being the guitarist and founding member of the Scottish hard rock band, Nazareth from 1968 to 1990.-Charlton with Nazareth :...
stepped into that position, one he filled for several subsequent albums.
It was Nazareth's first big hit album (aside from the minor success of
Razamanaz), including classics such as "
Love Hurts"Love Hurts" is the name of a song written and composed by Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant, and first recorded by The Everly Brothers in July 1960. It was released that December on the album A Date with The Everly Brothers, but was never released as a single by the Everlys...
" (on the US version, but not the Canadian/European, it replaced the original "Guilty"), "Hair of the Dog", "Beggar's Day" and "Please Don't Judas Me".
The album title is often considered to be from a shortened form of the phrase describing a folk
hangoverA hangover describes the sum of unpleasant physiological effects following heavy consumption of alcoholic beverages. The most commonly reported characteristics of a hangover include headache, nausea, sensitivity to light and noise, lethargy, dysphoria, diarrhea and thirst...
cure, (
The Hair of the dogHair of the dog is a colloquial English expression predominantly used to refer to ingestion of alcohol as treatment for a hangover. It is occasionally used with respect to dealing with the after effects of use of other recreational drugs...
that bit you). However, according to
Dan McCaffertyDan McCafferty is the lead singer for the Scottish hard rock band, Nazareth. McCafferty is one of the founding members of Nazareth, which was founded in 1968. He has appeared on all of Nazareth's albums. He has released two solo albums...
, the title is a play on "heir of the dog", ie. a "son of a bitch". This was the title the band had intended for the album, but the label didn't approve. The title track is sometimes mistakenly called "Son of a Bitch" because of its chorus ("now you're messin' with a son of a bitch").
The remastered
compact discA Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store sound recordings exclusively, but later it also allowed the preservation of other types of data. Audio CDs have been commercially available since October 1982...
, first released in the mid-1990s, features bonus tracks.
Side one
- "Hair of the Dog
"Hair of the Dog" is the title track of Nazareth's 1975 album Hair of the Dog. It is sometimes called "Son of a Bitch" because of a lyric in the chorus . The song was later covered by such bands as Guns N' Roses, on their 1993 album "The Spaghetti Incident?"; Warrant; and Britny Fox...
" – 4:09
- "Miss Misery" – 4:40
- Either of the following:
- "Love Hurts
"Love Hurts" is the name of a song written and composed by Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant, and first recorded by The Everly Brothers in July 1960. It was released that December on the album A Date with The Everly Brothers, but was never released as a single by the Everlys...
" – 3:53 (USA edition)
- "Guilty" - 3:35 (Canadian and European edition)
- "Changin' Times" – 6:03
Side two
- "Beggars Day / Rose in the Heather" – 6:31
- "Whiskey Drinkin' Woman" – 5:29
- "Please Don't Judas Me" – 9:48
Remastered edition
The remastered edition includes both "Guilty" (track 3) and "Love Hurts" (track 9) plus the following bonus tracks:
- "Down" - 3:55
- "Railroad Boy" - 4:07
- "Hair of the Dog" (single edit) - 3:21
Band members
- Dan McCafferty
Dan McCafferty is the lead singer for the Scottish hard rock band, Nazareth. McCafferty is one of the founding members of Nazareth, which was founded in 1968. He has appeared on all of Nazareth's albums. He has released two solo albums...
- vocals
- Manny Charlton
Manny Charlton is notable for being the guitarist and founding member of the Scottish hard rock band, Nazareth from 1968 to 1990.-Charlton with Nazareth :...
- guitars, synthesiser
- Pete Agnew
Pete Agnew is the bassist for the Scottish rock band, Nazareth.Agnew has been with the band since its founding in 1968....
- bass, backing vocals
- Darrell Sweet
Darrell Antony Sweet was a drummer for the Scottish hard rock band, Nazareth. He was a co-founder of Nazareth, which was formed in 1968....
- drums, backing Vocals
Additional musicians
- Max Middleton
David Maxwell "Max" Middleton . He is an English composer and keyboardist and was originally a docker on the Liverpool docks. Middleton is known for his work on the Fender Rhodes Electric piano, the Minimoog synthesizer and his percussive playing style of the Hohner Clavinet...
- keyboards