Oct 23, 2013 This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Focusing mostly on Nugent's strongest era, the mid-to-late '70s, Greatest includes nearly all of Nugent's best-known tracks: 'Dog Eat Dog,' 'Free for All,' 'Cat Scratch Fever,' 'Just What the Doctor Ordered,' and 'Motor City Madhouse.' Additionally, it includes such often overlooked yet strong album cuts as, 'Hey Baby,' 'Stormtroopin','. 182 rows Watch the video for Cat Scratch Fever from Ted Nugent's Cat Scratch Fever for free,.
Cat Scratch Fever
Studio album by
Released
May 13, 1977
Recorded
January and March 1977
Studio
Columbia Recording Studios, New York City and CBS Studios, London, UK
'Home Bound' / 'Death by Misadventure' Released: 1978
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[1]
Classic Rock
[2]
Christgau's Record Guide
B[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
8/10[4]
Rolling Stone
(favorable)[5]
Cat Scratch Fever is the third studio album by American hard rock musician Ted Nugent. The album was released on May 13, 1977, by Epic Records. Vocalist Derek St. Holmes, who had left the band during the recording of the album Free-for-All, had come back for touring in 1976 and was again the principle lead singer on this album.
A commercial success, the album has been certified multi-platinum by the RIAA.[6] Nugent released his next album, Double Live Gonzo!, the following year.
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Ted Nugent, except 'Live It Up', written by Nugent and Derek St. Holmes. All songs arranged by Nugent, Rob Grange, St. Holmes and Cliff Davies.
Side one
No.
Title
Length
1.
'Cat Scratch Fever'
3:41
2.
'Wang Dang Sweet Poontang'
3:17
3.
'Death by Misadventure'
3:31
4.
'Live It Up'
4:02
5.
'Home Bound' (instrumental)
4:43
Side two
No.
Title
Length
6.
'Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard'
5:44
7.
'Sweet Sally'
2:34
8.
'A Thousand Knives'
4:48
9.
'Fist Fightin' Son of a Gun'
2:51
10.
'Out of Control'
3:27
1999 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.
Title
Length
11.
'Cat Scratch Fever' (live)
4:52
12.
'Wang Dang Sweet Poontang' (live)
5:44
Personnel[edit]
Band members
Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever Live 2013 Full
Derek St. Holmes – rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals, arrangements
Ted Nugent – lead and rhythm guitar, backing and lead (1, 2, 7) vocals, percussion
Rob Grange – bass guitar, backing vocals, arrangements
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^Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 207. ISBN978-1894959025.
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^'Top Albums/CDs - Volume 28, No. 8, November 19, 1977'. Library and Archives Canada. September 3, 1977. Retrieved 2011-12-14.
^'Ted Nugent Official Charts'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
^ ab'Ted Nugent Chart History: Hot 100'. Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
^'Top Singles - Volume 28, No. 1, October 01, 1977'. Library and Archives Canada. 1 October 1977. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
^'Gold Platinum Database: Search for Ted Nugent'. Music Canada. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
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