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The Catch

Studio album by

Nazareth

Released

September 1984^[1]

Studio

Castlesound Studios, Pencaitland, Scotland

Genre

Hard rock, AOR

Length

42:24

Label

Vertigo

Producer

John Eden

Nazareth chronology

Sound Elixir
(1983)

The Catch
(1984)

Cinema
(1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The Catch is the fifteenth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1984. The album in a way was a return to the Nazareth sound and tradition of the albums, covering songs like "Ruby Tuesday" and "Road to Nowhere".

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Party Down"		6:25
2.	"Ruby Tuesday" (The Rolling Stones cover)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	3:27
3.	"Last Exit Brooklyn"		4:00
4.	"Moondance"		4:44
5.	"Love of Freedom"		4:28
6.	"This Month's Messiah"		5:16
7.	"You Don't Believe in Us"		6:37
8.	"Sweetheart Tree"		3:00
9.	"Road to Nowhere"	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	4:01

1997 Essential remaster bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Do You Think About It" (EP B-side)	3:45
11.	"Last Exit Brooklyn" (edit)	3:58

2002 30th Anniversary bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Ruby Tuesday" (extended single mix)	Jagger, Richards	4:22
13.	"This Month's Messiah" (alternate version)		5:18

2011 Salvo bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Do You Think About It" (EP B-side)	3:45
11.	"Party Down" (single version)	4:53

The 2011 remastered CD release of The Catch was paired with Cinema

Personnel

Band members

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[3]	60
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[4]	12

References

^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 577. ISBN 9780862415419.
^ The Catch - Nazareth at AllMusic. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Nazareth – The Catch" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Nazareth – The Catch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

v t e 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 Tattooed on My Brain Surviving the Law
Live albums	BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 'Snaz Live at the Beeb Homecoming Back to the Trenches Alive & Kicking
Compilations	Greatest Hits Hot Tracks From the Vaults Greatest Hits Volume II Maximum XS
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" "Holiday" "Dream On" "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"
Other	Discography