Broken Down Angel

"Broken Down Angel"
Single by Nazareth
from the album Razamanaz
B-side	Witchdoctor Women
Released	April 1973
Format	7-inch single
Genre	Rock
Length	3:45
Label	Mooncrest
Writer(s)	McCafferty, Sweet, Agnew, Charlton
Producer(s)	Roger Glover
Nazareth singles chronology

"Broken Down Angel" is a song and single by Scottish rock group, Nazareth. It was first released in 1973. ^[1]

Background

The song features Dan McCafferty on lead vocals, Darrell Sweet on percussion, Pete Agnew on bass guitar and Manny Charlton on electric guitar. It was taken from their 1973 album Razamanaz and proved to be very popular on their tours undertaken in 1973.^[2] The same year it was featured on a live album, BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert.

The song was the first of eleven of Nazareth's singles to chart in the UK. It reached 9 in 1973, staying on the chart for 11 weeks.^[3]

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
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