Snakes 'n' Ladders

Snakes 'n' Ladders
Snakes 'n' Ladders
Studio album by Nazareth
Released	23 January 1989
Genre	Hard rock
Length	49:04
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Joey Balin
Nazareth chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Snakes 'n' Ladders is the seventeenth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1989 by Vertigo Records. This was the last album with Manny Charlton, who retired from the band in 1990.

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Are Animals"	Manny Charlton	4:05
2.	"Lady Luck"		4:09
3.	"Hang On to a Dream" (Tim Hardin cover)	Tim Hardin	4:36
4.	"Piece of My Heart" (Erma Franklin cover)	Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy	4:28
5.	"Trouble"		4:58
6.	"The Key"	Manny Charlton	3:18
7.	"Back to School"	Agnew, Charlton, McCafferty, Sweet, Billy Rankin	4:53
8.	"Girls"		3:43
9.	"Donna - Get Off That Crack"	Manny Charlton	4:23
10.	"See You, See Me"		5:00
11.	"Helpless" (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cover)	Neil Young	4:58

1997 Castle Communications bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Winner on the Night" (German single)	Dan McCafferty	4:12
13.	"Woke Up This Morning" (live)		5:34
14.	"Bad Bad Boy" (live)		4:36

Three bonus tracks above are from German single Winner on the Night.

2002 (30th anniversary) bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Hang On to a Dream" (Tim Hardin cover; single edit)	Tim Hardin	3:38
16.	"Lady Luck" (extended version)		6:00
17.	"We Are Animals" (edited alternate take)	Manny Charlton	3:28
18.	"Trouble" (single version)		3:33

Personnel

Band members

Dan McCafferty – vocals
Manny Charlton – guitars, keyboards & computer programming
Pete Agnew – bass guitar
Darrell Sweet – drums

Other credits

Joey Balin – producer
Engineered and mixed by Martin Heyes
Sleeve design – A.Backhausen, Cologne
Illustration – Marc Klinnert
Manny Elias – drum programming
Phil Spalding – additional bass parts
Dzal Martin – additional guitar parts
Danny Cummings – percussion on "Trouble"
Mark Feltham – harmonica on "Lady Luck"

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[3]	10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[4]	26

References

^ "Nazareth albums".
^ AllMusic review
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Nazareth – Snakes 'n' Ladders". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Nazareth – Snakes 'n' Ladders". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

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[2] AllMusic review

[ac_Norway_Nazareth-3] "Norwegiancharts.com – Nazareth – Snakes 'n' Ladders". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

[ac_Switzerland_Nazareth-4] "Swisscharts.com – Nazareth – Snakes 'n' Ladders". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

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