''The Newz'' is the twenty-first studio album by the
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band
Nazareth
Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...
, released in March 2008. It is the first album by the band to feature new drummer
, who replaced original drummer
Darrell Sweet, who died in 1999.
Track listing
All songs by Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Jimmy Murrison, and Lee Agnew
*"Dying Breed" Includes the hidden track "The Goblin King" featuring Rammstein starting at 9:05; The vinyl edition doesn't contain the hidden track.
Personnel
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Pete Agnew
Pete Agnew (born 14 September 1946) is a Scottish bassist and backing vocalist for the hard rock band Nazareth. Born in Dunfermline, he is the sole continuous member who still is performing with the band, which released its first album '' Nazar ...
- bass guitar, backing vocals
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Dan McCafferty
William Daniel McCafferty (14 October 1946 – 8 November 2022) was a vocalist and songwriter best known as the lead singer for the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth from its founding in 1968 to his retirement from touring with the band in 2013.
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- lead vocals
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Jimmy Murrison
Jimmy Murrison (born 8 November 1964) is a Scottish lead guitar player, a member of the band Nazareth.
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Murrison played with the band 'Trouble in Doggieland' (a fellow member being Pete Agnew's son Lee) before acc ...
- guitars
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- drums
Chart performance
References
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Nazareth (band) albums
2008 albums
Edel Music albums