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1979 studio album by Ted Nugent
State of Shock is the fifth solo studio album by American rock musician Ted Nugent .[6] It was released in May 1979 by Epic Records .
State of Shock closed a decade in which Nugent took his hard-rocking wildman persona to the top of the charts. Although the album reached the U.S. Top 20 and quickly went gold , it is Nugent's first solo album not to attain a platinum certification .[7]
The best known track remains the album opener "Paralyzed", which was performed live on a 1980 episode of the TV show Fridays , and turned up again a year later on Great Gonzos! The Best of Ted Nugent . Other highlights include "Saddle Sore" and "Alone", a rare power ballad for him, sung by Charlie Huhn . A live show from this era is captured on the 1997 archive release Live at Hammersmith '79 .
Track listing [ edit ]
All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except "I Want to Tell You", written by the Beatles 's George Harrison
Side one Title 1. "Paralyzed" 4:09 2. "Take It or Leave It" 4:07 3. "Alone" 5:20 4. "It Don't Matter" 3:08 5. "State of Shock" 3:22
Side two Title 6. "I Want to Tell You " 4:52 7. "Satisfied" 5:49 8. "Bite Down Hard" 3:21 9. "Snake Charmer" 3:19 10. "Saddle Sore" 3:16
Personnel [ edit ]
Band members
Ted Nugent – lead and rhythm guitars, lead vocals (on tracks 1, 2, 5), backing vocals, percussion
Charlie Huhn – lead vocals (on tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9), backing vocals
Walt Monaghan – bass
Cliff Davies – drums, lead vocals (on track 10), backing vocals, producer
Additional musicians
Leah Kilburn – backing vocals (on track 3)
Production
Lew Futterman – producer
Tim Geelan – engineer
David Gotlieb, Lou Schlossberg – assistant engineers
David McCullough – mixing assistant
Bob Heimall – art direction
Gerard Huertia – lettering
Ron Pownall – photography
David Krebs, Steve Leber – directors
Album
Certifications [ edit ]
Country
Organization
Year
Sales
U.S.
RIAA
1979
Gold (500,000)[11]
Canada
CRIA
1979
Gold (50,000)[12]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Random Notes". Rolling Stone . No. 289. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. April 19, 1979. p. 66.
^ Strong, M. C. (1995). The Great Rock Discography . Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd. pp. 594–5 . ISBN 0-86241-385-0 .
^ Stone, Doug. "Ted Nugent - State of Shock review" . AllMusic . Retrieved December 19, 2011 .
^ Dome, Malcolm (February 2005). "State of Shock". Classic Rock . No. 76. p. 109.
^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies . Collector's Guide Publishing . p. 208. ISBN 978-1894959025 .
^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. p. 511.
^ "Ted Nugent" . tsort.info. Retrieved July 9, 2011 .
^ "Ted Nugent Chart History: Billboard 200" . Billboard.com . Billboard . Retrieved October 8, 2018 .
^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 31, No. 17, July 21 1979" . Library and Archives Canada . July 21, 1979. Retrieved December 19, 2011 .
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 220. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 .
^ "RIAA Database: Search for Ted Nugent" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 16, 2011 .
^ "Gold Platinum Database: Search for Ted Nugent" . Music Canada . Retrieved December 16, 2011 .
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