No Mean City
Album Summary
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 the band's sound was heavier, considering the addition of guitarist Zal Cleminson of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. It 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. It was their first album since their second release, Exercises in 1972, not to contain at least one cover song.
Tracklist
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A1 Just To Get Into It
4:18
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A2 May The Sunshine 4:53
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A3 Simple Solution (Parts 1 & 2) 4:58
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A4 Star 4:54
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B1 Claim To Fame 4:30
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B2 Whatever You Want Babe 3:50
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B3 What's In It For Me 4:20
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B4 No Mean City (Parts 1 & 2) 6:26
Total Runtime: 38:09
Most Popular Members
Manny Charlton
Zal Cleminson
John Locke
Darrell Sweet
Dan McCafferty
Pete Agnew
Billy Rankin
Ronnie Leahy
Lee Agnew
Jimmy Murrison
Carl Sentance
Linton Osborne
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Artist Discography
Nazareth (1971)
Exercises (1972)
Loud ānā Proud (1973)
Razamanaz (1973)
Play ānā the Game (1976)
Close Enough for Rock ānā Roll (1976)
Malice in Wonderland (1980)
The Fool Circle (1980)
2 X S (1982)
Sound Elixir (1983)
The Catch (1984)
Cinema (1986)
Snakes ānā Ladders (1989)
No Jive (1991)
The Story Of Nazareth (1992)
Move Me (1994)
Boogaloo (1998)
Very Best Of Nazareth (2001)
Extended Versions: The Encore Collection (2002)
The Singles Collection (2007)
The Newz (2008)
Big Dogz (2011)
Rock ānā Roll Telephone (2014)
Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
Surviving the Law (2022)
