Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll

Studio album by Nazareth

Released

March 1976

Genre

Hard rock

Length

38:12

Label

A&M (USA)
Mountain Records (UK)
Vertigo (Europe)

Producer

Manny Charlton

Nazareth chronology

Greatest Hits
(1975)

Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll
(1976)

Hot Tracks
(1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll is the seventh studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1976.

The lead track, Telegram, is the definitive story of 1970's touring rock bands and describes the band's experience of hangovers, travel by aeroplane and limousine, customs, FM radio, girls, breakfast, press reception, soundcheck and finally the show over an insistent guitar riff that bursts into a short version of the Byrds hit before returning to the riff and the story. It includes the album title in the lyrics - this references a saying among guitar players: it doesn't matter if your guitar is fully in tune, as long as it's "close enough for rock 'n' roll". Telegram (Parts 1-3 only) was Nazareth's concert opener for many years, including the 1981 shows recorded for the Snaz album and is one of their finest achievements.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Manny Charlton, Dan McCafferty, Pete Agnew, Darrell Sweet unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Telegram" "Part 1: On Your Way" "Part 2: So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" "Part 3: Sound Check" "Part 4: Here We Are Again"	(Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet), (Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman)	7:54
2.	"Vicki"		2:24
3.	"Homesick Again"		4:30
4.	"Vancouver Shakedown"		4:04
5.	"Born Under the Wrong Sign"		3:56
6.	"Loretta"		3:18
7.	"Carry Out Feelings"		3:18
8.	"Lift the Lid"		3:51
9.	"You're the Violin"	Jeff Barry	4:43

30th anniversary bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"My White Bicycle" (single)	Ken Burgess, Kenyon Hopkins	5:21
11.	"You're the Violin" (edited A-side)	Jeff Barry	3:35
12.	"Loretta" (alternate single version)		2:36
13.	"Carry Out Feelings" (US single edit)		3:18
14.	"Lift the Lid" (alternate single version)		3:29
15.	"My White Bicycle" (original single version)	Ken Burgess, Kenyon Hopkins	3:28
16.	"Telegram" (edited version Parts 1 and 2)		4:28

Credits

Band members

Dan McCafferty - lead vocals
Manny Charlton - guitar, producer
Pete Agnew - bass, backing vocals, guitar, piano
Darrell Sweet - drums, percussion

Other credits

Nick Blagona - engineer
John Punter - engineer
Hipgnosis - sleeve design and photos

References

↑ Allmusic review

External links

Lyrics to songs from Close Enough for Rock 'N' Roll

Nazareth

Pete Agnew Jimmy Murrison Lee Agnew Carl Sentance Dan McCafferty Manny Charlton Darrell Sweet Zal Cleminson Billy Rankin John Locke Ronnie Leahy Linton Osborne

Studio albums	Nazareth Exercises Razamanaz Loud 'n' Proud Rampant Hair of the Dog Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll Play 'n' the Game Expect No Mercy No Mean City Malice in Wonderland The Fool Circle 2XS Sound Elixir The Catch Cinema Snakes 'n' Ladders No Jive Move Me Boogaloo The Newz Big Dogz Rock 'n' Roll Telephone

Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 'Snaz Live at the Beeb Homecoming Back to the Trenches Alive & Kicking Live in Brazil

Compilations	Greatest Hits Hot Tracks From the Vaults Greatest Hits Volume II Maximum XS The Anthology

Songs	"Broken Down Angel" "Bad Bad Boy" "My White Bicycle" "Morning Dew" The Ballad of Hollis Brown" "Hair of the Dog" "Love Hurts" "This Flight Tonight" "Dream On" "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"

Other	Discography

Book:Nazareth

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