# Sound Elixir

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{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Sound Elixir
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Nazareth](/source/Nazareth_(band))
| cover      = Sound_Elixir.jpg
| border     = yes
| released   = June 1983
| genre      = [Hard rock](/source/Hard_rock)
| length     = 40:03
| label      = [Vertigo](/source/Vertigo_Records)
| producer   = [Manny Charlton](/source/Manny_Charlton)
| prev_title = [2XS](/source/2XS)
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [The Catch](/source/The_Catch_(album))
| next_year  = 1984
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Sound Elixir
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Where Are You Now
 | single1date = July 1983<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Nazareth&titel=Where+Are+You+Now&cat=s|title=Nazareth singles}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic |class=album |id=sound-elixir-mw0000262560 |label=Nazareth: ''Sound Elixir'' > Review |first=Jason  |last=Anderson |accessdate=23 February 2018}}</ref>
}}

'''''Sound Elixir''''' is the fourteenth studio album by the Scottish [hard rock](/source/hard_rock) band [Nazareth](/source/Nazareth_(band)), released in June 1983 by [Vertigo Records](/source/Vertigo_Records).

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = [Pete Agnew](/source/Pete_Agnew), [Manny Charlton](/source/Manny_Charlton), [Dan McCafferty](/source/Dan_McCafferty), [Darrell Sweet](/source/Darrell_Sweet_(musician)) and [Billy Rankin](/source/Billy_Rankin_(guitarist))  
| title1 = All Nite Radio
| writer1 = 
| length1 = 4:08
| title2 = Milk And Honey
| writer2 = 
| length2 = 4:08
| title3 = Whippin' Boy
| writer3 = 
| length3 = 4:45
| title4 = Rain On The Window
| writer4 = 
| length4 = 4:23
| title5 = Backroom Boys
| writer5 = 
| length5 = 3:23
| title6 = Why Don't You Read The Book?
| writer6 = 
| length6 = 3:45
| title7 = I Ran
| writer7 = 
| length7 = 4:31
| title8 = Rags To Riches
| writer8 = 
| length8 = 3:27
| title9 = Local Still
| writer9 = 
| length9 = 3:32
| title10 = Where Are You Now
| writer10 = 
| length10 = 4:05
}}

===1999 [Castle Music](/source/Castle_Music) Bonus Tracks===
{{ tracklist
| title11          = On the Run
| note11           = B-side
| writer11         =  
| length11         = 3:23
| title12          = Where Are You Now 
| note12           = alternate take
| writer12         =  
| length12         = 4:32
| title13          = Milk and Honey 
| note13           = alternate edit
| writer13         =  
| length13         = 4:20
}}

===2002 30th Anniversary Bonus Tracks===
{{ tracklist
| title14          = Whippin' Boy 
| note14           = extended version
| writer14         =  
| length14         = 5:16
| title15          = All Nite Radio
| note15           = radio edit
| writer15         =  
| length15         = 3:11
}}

The 2011 remastered CD release of Sound Elixir was paired with [2XS](/source/2XS), comprising tracks 12 through 21. No bonus material was added.

==Personnel==

===Band members===
*[Dan McCafferty](/source/Dan_McCafferty) – lead vocals
*[Manny Charlton](/source/Manny_Charlton) – guitars
*[Billy Rankin](/source/Billy_Rankin_(guitarist)) – guitars, backing vocals, keyboards
*Pete Agnew – bass, backing vocals
*Darrell Sweet – drums, percussion

===Other credits===
*[Calum Malcolm](/source/Calum_Malcolm) – engineer, keyboards
*Arthur Ward – art direction
*Matthew Curtis – graphic design

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1983)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Germany|52|id=28899|artist=Nazareth|album=Sound Elixir|rowheader=true|access-date=February 6, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|8|artist=Nazareth|album=Sound Elixir|rowheader=true|access-date=February 6, 2024}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Nazareth
| state      = collapsed
}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Nazareth (band) albums
Category:1983 albums
Category:Vertigo Records albums
Category:MCA Records albums

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