Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent

Track Listings

1. Stranglehold

2. Stormtroopin'

3. Hey Baby

4. Just What the Doctor Ordered

5. Snakeskin Cowboys

6. Motor City Madhouse

7. Where Have You Been All My Life

8. You Make Me Feel Right at Home

9. Queen of the Forest

10. Stormtroopin' [Live][*]

11. Just What the Doctor Ordered [Live][*]

12. Motor City Madhouse [Live][*]

13. Magic Party [*][Outtake]

Tracks:

Cat Scratch Fever
Just What The Doctor Ordered
Free-For-All
Dog Eat Dog
Motor City Madhouse
Paralyzed
Stranglehold
Baby Please Don't Go
Wango Tango
Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
Yank Me, Crank Me
Homebound
Give Me Just A Little

Customer Reviews:

coolsweetjoy.......2007-05-13

I really enjoy this cd. It came on time and in great condition.

Perro comiendo perro!.......2007-05-10

Unos de los íconos del Heavy Metal de los 70s viene con una colección de éxitos bastante representativa figurando en primera plana Cat Scratch Fever,Dog Eat Dog y Wango Tango (mi favorita).Fanáticos y añoradores del Heavy Metal,no se pueden perder este CD!!

JA..... JA JA.......2006-12-04

In Germany how do you say we have our superior technology, our superior culture. In Germany persons such as Ted Nugent are revered as gods. However this album plunged me into misery for lack of energy and brought about tremendous malaise. You see in Germany that is our highest pleasure. Therefore I award this CD the best German award of CD. We must support those who delight in violence and also dirt and filth. In West Berlin we with rim glasses of ridiculously cosmopolitan design do regard Nugent with derision which for us is affection, combined with humiliation which we also love.

Underrated.......2006-10-17

All these people with reviews that say Ted is not that good are so stupid i can't stand it. Complete fools. All of them. They don't know good muisc if it smacked them right in the face.
Ted Nugent is one of the most underrrated guitarist of all time. He can flat out play. Not only that he puts on one of the coolest shows of all time. He did it in the 70s and still rocks your socks off today. I saw him over the summer at Moondance Jam and he was amazing.
This showcases some of Ted's best songs. This album rocks for anyone who likes and appreciates good hard rocking.

A good overview of the Nuge's best work.......2006-07-31

While many of today's music fans only know Ted Nugent for his pro-hunting stance and his lack of subtlety, Great Gonzos: The Best of Ted Nugent, shows the man in his best setting as an excellent guitarist who wrote several hard rock classics. This compilation covers Ted in his peak years from 1975 through 1980 when he was selling millions of records and, as Henry Rollins once stated, blowing audiences into little pieces. The excellent rockers "Just What the Doctor Ordered" and "Motor City Madhouse", along with one of the great long tracks of the classic rock era, "Stranglehold", are from Ted's self-titled debut album. "Free for All" and "Dog Eat Dog" are the best tracks from his Free for All release. His most popular album, Cat Scratch Fever, is represented by the essential title track, which like Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water", is instantly identified by its opening guitar riff, and the melodic instrumental "Homebound." The tracks "Yank Me, Crank Me", "Baby Please Don't Go", and "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" are from the Double Live Gonzo release and show Ted's stellar reputation as a live performer. "Paralyzed", originally released on State of Shock, and "Wango Tango", which appeared on Scream Dream, are the best tracks from those albums. The remastered version also features the strong rocker "Give Me A Little", which actually sounds it was recorded recently, since its sound is similar to that of his latest release, Craveman. While this is a very good representation of his peak, it feels incomplete as several great rockers such as the minor hit single "Hey Baby", the underrated melodic rocker "A Thousand Knives", and the live version of "Stormtroopin'", which has an absolutely wicked solo from the Nuge that must be heard to be believed, are not featured. Also worth noting is there are no tracks from the decent Weekend Warriors album. While not definitive, Great Gonzos hits most of the high points of Ted Nugent's peak and is a good place for newcomers to start.

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Finely aged rock!
Remember when you were the first one you knew to own this album?
Uncle Ted
classic heavy metal album that never received its due
5 star album by 5 star idiot

Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Manufacturer: Sony
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Spirit of the Wild

ASIN: B00000JBEE
Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

Stranglehold
Stormtroopin'
Hey Baby
Just What The Doctor Ordered
Snakeskin Cowboys
Motor City Madhouse
Where Have You Been All My Life
You Make Me Feel Right At Home
Queen Of The Forest
Stormtroopin' (Live)
Just What The Doctor Ordered (Live)
Motor City Madhouse (Live)
Magic Party (Outtake)

Customer Reviews:

Finely aged rock!.......2007-03-08

Hasn't dated at all - it's still mighty fine rock'n'roll delivered by the original clean living wild man who owns over 30 Gibson Byrdlands (no wonder they're so hard to get hold of!). Lots of classic tracks and Stranglehold borders on the 'porn soundtrack' but in the best possible way! Relive your youth (no put down that KISS album you fool!) and try out Motor City Madhouse remastered!

Remember when you were the first one you knew to own this album?.......2007-02-11

I remember making this album popular in my area playing it at parties back in the day, starting the day the album was released. (The local record store would let me know when something new came out).

Everyone would say variations of "Whoa! Who's that dude?"

On the tour supporting the album Ted Nugent came to town, and I couldn't hear out of my right ear for a week.

In any case, this was the one great album by Nugent for me, because it still had Derek St. Holmes, singing, and he had a perfect rock voice.
But that being said no one rocks electric rock guitar any better than the "Nuge".

This is an album any fan of the "Golden Age of Classic Rock" should own.

Uncle Ted.......2007-01-14

This cd rocks, but I find Free for All his best cd, but everyone who likes good ol Uncle Ted should own it. After Free for All and Great White Buffalo live version Uncle Ted losses his edge.

classic heavy metal album that never received its due.......2006-10-30

If you grew up in the midwest, this album was in every self respecting rock and roll animal's collection. Growing up in Chicago in the 1970's, this album was a rock and roll bible..right up there with Led Zep II, Deep Purple's "Made in Japan", Sabbath's Paranoid and Beatle's "WHite Album".

These songs would have never been as good without the amazing singing of Derek ST. Holmes. What a shame that he left (or Ted got rid of him). He was a real integral part of the songs.

"Stranglehold" is the standout song. This is a macho/nonsensical song that simply provides an excuse to hear killer guitar riffs and psychodelic sounds. It works. Play it in your car and it will make you feel like a teen again.

I always loved "Snakeskin cowboys" a rocker that is very catchy and fast paced.

"Hey Baby" is a cover of a classic blues tune and this faster paced version works well.

"Just what the Doctor Ordered" is the last great song off the album.

The other songs are also good. There is no filler here.

This album should have put Ted Nugent in the upper realm of hard rockers. He did not catch on nationally until "Cat Scratch Fever" which is a more novelty work then these more blues based songs.

Ted was a true talent and even a truer wildman. That probably affected his career. Not that Ted did not get famous b/c he did get huge. However, I think a large part of his fame was attributed to his infamy rather than his talent.

The band that played on this album was compareable to anybody else from that period.

I am not a Ted Nugent fan, am no head banging freak but this is a terrific, rocking, high quality album. This and "Free for All" are his best works.

When he sang about pootang he lost his credibility

5 star album by 5 star idiot.......2006-08-08

One of the greatest hard rock albums of all time by one of the greatest idiots of all time . Right up there with Machine Head , Paranoid , Alice Coopers Killer and Mountains Climbing . Even Ted would agree .

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Pure raw super r'n'r !
Skip this double disc and get the Re-Mastered version.
Insanely Brutal Guitar Solo's
TED'S FINEST HOUR
Great "Uncle Ted"!!!!!!!

Double Live Gonzo!
Ted Nugent
Manufacturer: Sony
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Cat Scratch Fever

ASIN: B0000025C3
Release Date: 1990-09-24

Tracks:

Just Whats The Doctor Ordered
Yank Me, Crank Me
Gonzo
Baby, Please Don't Go
Great White Buffalo
Hibernation

Tracks:

Stormtroopin'
Stranglehold
Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
Cat Scratch Fever
Motor City Madhouse

Customer Reviews:

Pure raw super r'n'r !.......2007-07-19

Pure rock'n'roll energy at high voltage, this is what Uncle Ted's delivers here. This album is rightly super famous, it is really a shot (a shot!!) of pure energy. Ted is unstoppable here, he is like one of those wild animal he loves to hunt. His riffs played through his precious Byrdland are of the highest caliber (and never a word has been so well chosen!) even to today's standards. This album is essential to understand where all that hair metal from the eighties came from (by the way each time I see Ted's with a guitar in the seventies I understand where John Sykes for example took a lot of his cool attitude and look from ... I love him too be sure). I guess this album has been incredibly popular in the seventies and the building riffs of these song from Ted's songbook are the roots of thousands of tunes and riffs from the hair guys (but even their wild looks and their sexist macho attitude). I can't choose a tune here even if "Stranglehold" really attacks you with such a strong riff that it's almost incredible and it blows me away each time I listen to it (and Ted didn't had the full shred distortion we had today, you can hear its EXTREMELY beautiful and absolutly original archtop guitar tone). "Cat Scratch Fever" is splendid and the full run from "Just what the doctor ordered" 'till the instrumental "Hybernation" may be considered some of the best hard rock ever played (hard rock not nu-metal kids). After the long and strechted out instrumental "Hybernation" comes the second full gas run of the album, from "Stormtroopin" to "Motor city Madhouse". You can't lose this thing for real, it's too much, too much. Exceptional "Wang Dang Sweet Pootang". I mean this Gonzo live it's even more fantastic than what I remembered. I had this vynil of Gonzo Live in my school days, but rediscovering this album nowadays something like 25 years later, makes it perfectly clear to me that Ted's music was not a small thing and that he was not a clown dressed like a caveman. He was and still is a natural born performer, an extremely talented guitarist and his music was (and still is) extremely good, despite his lyrics that some may call stupid but are simply funny r'n'r lyrics to me. I don't take them too seriously ... they're only funny R'n'R lyrics. What do you expect from a man in a caveman dress? Some Shakespeare? I can't do nothing but love Ted and this album and to envy the people that attended these concerts in the seventies. Hunt those who don't like this album (just joking guys!)! Long live Uncle's Ted!!! PS (the rock candy remastered edition makes justice of this hard rock masterpiece)

Skip this double disc and get the Re-Mastered version........2007-01-15

This double cd has a number of great performances, unfortunately the sound on the 2 disc set is wretched. In order to do the Great Gonzo justice, pick up the remasted version (on one Disc no less) from Rockcandy records. You will not be disapointed!

Insanely Brutal Guitar Solo's.......2006-08-07

Double Live Gonzo is an all time classic Heavy Metal Masterpiece! The versions of Stormtroopin and Motor City Madhouse are incredible! The Guitar solo's are mind blowing!

TED'S FINEST HOUR.......2006-04-27

HOT DAMN, SWEET BAM-A-LAMB! I give this 4 stars only because it needs to be remastered. An otherwise, balls to the wall, screaming bloody murder, rock and roll show. Sr. Nugent is the man... the main man... the king of the forest. Don't let anyone tell you different. If you did, Ted might come to your house and knock your lights out.

Great "Uncle Ted"!!!!!!!.......2006-02-24

This is one of the greatest CD's of all time! However, it does need to be remastered. This is Ted at his best!! I have seen him a few times, and I have no idea where he gets his energy from. Maybe all the venison he eats.
A must have for anyone who likes great guitar licks and out-and-out ROCK.

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Meatloaf Gets The Hammerdown!
Solid, Well-Rounded Effort by Nugent
Kamikaze's on the hundreth floor
Ted's best because of group effort
THE NUGE (with special guest MEATLOAF!)

Free-for-All
Ted Nugent
Manufacturer: Sony
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Ted Nugent
Cat Scratch Fever
Weekend Warriors
Double Live Gonzo!
Scream Dream

ASIN: B00000JBEF
Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

Free-For-All
Dog Eat Dog
Writing On The Wall
Turn It Up
Street Rats
Together
Light My Way
Hammerdown
I Love You So I Told You A Lie
Free-For-All (Live)
Dog Eat Dog (Live)
Street Rats (Alternate Version)

Customer Reviews:

Meatloaf Gets The Hammerdown!.......2007-03-08

Probably Meatloaf's best work! A great album remastered with extras. Ted makes his Gibson Byrdland sing again, vocals are shared with 'The Meat'. Mr Nugent is surely 1 bullet short of a magazine but BOY can he play guitar. Great simple tunes, expertly delivered. If you can get hold of Ted's instructional DVD (he starts out by shooting a keyboard to blazes with his shotgun and pistol) it's well worth the entertainment value. I bought this to relive some of my teenage years and it's aged just fine!

Solid, Well-Rounded Effort by Nugent.......2007-01-06

I'll concur with an earlier reviewer that Nugent benefitted tremendously by the checking/influence of Derek St. Holmes. His best work certainly came from his collaboration with St. Holmes. For my money, Nugent's 1975 debut is a hard rock jewel that still stands up well today and is a classic.

Free for All, Nugent's follow-up, is far from a flop, however. With St. Holmes leaving during the recording of the album, Ted got a little-known (at the time) Meat Loaf to sing vocals. While this may seem unlikely to work and mesh with Ted's style, it actually is a very solid production. Meat Loaf is a tremendous vocalist and has a golden voice, and he shows it here, especially on the ballad Together, which (as another reviewer mentions) is a forgotten jewel. I like the energy of Turn it Up and the seedy/menacing sounding Street Rats. The two live tracks tacked on (title track & Dog Eat Dog) plus the St. Holmes version of Street Rats are nice additions.

An excellent effort and a great addition to anyone's 70's hard rock classic collection, I rank Free for All slightly behind Ted's self-titled debut, and ahead of the next effort, Cat Scratch Fever. From there on, Ted went unchecked and descended into efforts that couldn't hold a candle to his work from '75-'77. Good stuff, go get it!

Kamikaze's on the hundreth floor.......2006-06-29

After the outstanding debut album of the Ted Nugent Band in late 1975 and subsequent tour, the wheels of this great 4-man rock n' roll machine started to come off; namely in the person of lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Derek St. Holmes. St. Holmes was unsatisfied at the direction that the band was taking under the control of who else? He may have been right. Though the album that Derek left right in the middle of recording, 'Free-for-All', was still a major contribution to the mid 70's hard rock lexicon and a major success it missed his powerful vocals, only heard on the classic "Dog Eat Dog", "Turn it Up" and "Light My Way"; all standout cuts. Derek's temporary replacement, Meat Loaf, does fill in admirally, especially on the strangleholdesque "Writing on the Wall", the albums second finest composition, but the Meatman was a odd choice, great singer but not in the raw style of his predecessor (see the bonus "Street Rats" with the St. Holmes vocal, a great song regardless but better with the original singer). The title track, the only number sung by Ted, is an alltime classic and ranks right up there with "Stranglehold" and "Cat Scratch Fever" in my opinion of his very best. Many feel that 'Free-for-All' is the ultimate Nugent lp, but I feel his Epic debut is the better record, mostly because of seemingly democractic nature of a full band's effort. St. Holmes would return for the next reoord and then leave for most of the next two decades. Not coincidentally, the original Ted Nugent band would soon splinter completely and Ted's conception of being a true solo artist became complete, to the detrament of the rest of his career.

Ted's best because of group effort.......2006-03-13

This is Ted Nugent's best album. It's also interesting because of the diversity of involvement including vocals from Meat Loaf, Derek St Holmes, and Ted himself and some diversity in the songwriting credits. Ted writes 6 songs by himself but other band members cover the duties for three others. It helps because Ted's writing has always been somewhat limited by his habit of writing everything in the key of A minor because of the advantages this gives to guitar players. A number of songs on this album are in this category as were a few on the first album. The other songwriters bring different structures to bear which I think actually better showcase Ted's guitar playing by providing a better backdrop for his solos. The other reviews refer to the Derek St Holmes departure and return while this was being made. St Holmes was back some for Cat Scratch Fever, but was gone for good after that. Ted had taken over all control at that point and the lack of any real creativity is sadly evidenced on all further albums. But, back to this album:

1. Free for All - One of Ted's songs but a little different than his usual structure. An excellent opener.
2. Dog Eat Dog - Ted's A minor stuff but very solid. Lyrically, he had not yet degenerated to writing all the rhyming yank me crank me garbage. There's some interesting visuals conjured by the song.
3. Writing on the Wall - Son of Strangehold but more diverse and filled with powerful vocals from Meat Loaf.
4. Turn It Up - Ted's again but this is a fun little ditty.
5. Street Rats - Ted's A minor stuff again but again really solid. As above, he was putting some efforts into lyrics and I have always remembered the phrase "post-war anti-social" as a reference point for a more realist and cynical opposition far beyond the idealism of the anti-war hippies.
6. Together - Best song on the album. A proto power ballad. Written by the drummer, Cliff Davies, and the bass player, Rob Grange. Some great work by Ted on guitar. Great vocals by Meat Loaf. Very un-Ted-like but it's a beautiful song.
7. Light My Way - A Derek St Holmes / Rob Grange rocker that gives Ted a great backing riff to solo against.
8. Hammerdown - A heavy rocker written by Ted (in E minor another guitar friendly key) with Meat Loaf providing very strong vocals.
9. Love You so I told You a Lie - A Cliff Davies tune that is a great closer to the album. Meat Loaf again does great work.

Overall, this is the last album when it appears there was any counterwight to Ted's ego. Ergo, it's the last really good album. Cat Scratch Fever had a few moments but it was pretty much downhill from there. I am reviewing this because I recently purchased the remastered version of some Ted songs to make my own personal best-of and realized that I was buying every song from this album. And, they still sounded fresh to me. It's a shame that there wasn't a way for the band to co-exist because the other members had complementary talents that made it posible for Ted's guitar work to be highlighted better.

THE NUGE (with special guest MEATLOAF!).......2006-01-11

Thats right. When Ted Nugents first lead vocalist decided to quit half way through production of the second album, The Nuge found himself in sort of a jam. He knew the licks that he had for this second album were god damned nasty, and tasty at that. He knew the public needed some crazy riff rock to party to, and get blitzed to, while they drove around in their GTO's and watched the girlies in the super super tight dyed jeans. But who was gonna sing? Nuge really wasn't about to... not yet anyway, eventually he would take on his own vocals, but not yet. The time was not right. So, who, in 1976 do you get to complete a metal/riff/sleaze record? Who else.. MEATLOAF! Thats right Mr. Two out of Three Ain't bad, Mr. Paradise by The dashboard light, Mr. (going this far) I would do Anything for Love but I won't do that.... MEATLOAF!
Crazy right? Well, The Nuge was a crazy dude. FREE FOR ALL, in my ears, may be Ted Nugents greatest album. Meatloaf was a great singer, and when you hear him singing "without a doubt, I'll whip it out" over crazy rock riffery, you are gonna just wanna go and PARTY! Get this disc, it's a wicked good time!

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Outstanding
jeremy holloway
Five Stars for Fred Bear Alone
This Album is Just Not Good at All
WOW!

Spirit of the Wild
Ted Nugent
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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Ted Nugent

ASIN: B000002IZ9
Release Date: 1995-05-02

Tracks:

Thighraceous
Wrong Side Of Town
I Shoot Back
Tooth, Fang And Claw
Lovejacker
Fred Bear
Primitive Man
Hot Or Cold
Kiss My Ass
Heart And Soul
Spirit Of The Wild
Just Do It Like This

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding.......2005-09-10

This CD an outstanding for the sportsman. Anyone who engages in any aspect of the outdoors and appreciates the bond with nature will understand and appreciate the songs and lyrics from this CD. The message that uncle Ted puts out is clear and motivates others to enjoy the spirit of the wild.

jeremy holloway.......2005-02-15

spirit of the wild is one of the greats by the motor city mad man it has every thing great vocals great guitar solos great songs. like fred bear heart and soul and kiss my ass is probally the best song the cd. spirit of the wild is a must have for all nuge fans

Five Stars for Fred Bear Alone.......2005-02-12

This album is great. Ted's guitar and vocals are very very good. The album isn't as good as Cat Scratch Fever, but it's worth the 10 bucks just for Fred Bear. All the people who said this album was bad and the lyrics & guitar were laughable don't know what music is. They couldn't play a guitar if they tried (no-talent morons), otherwise they'd realize that Ted was one of the revolutionary guitarists of the 70's. Just listen to his solos and you know he's the real deal. All of his songs are interesting and innovative. This album's totally worth it.

This Album is Just Not Good at All.......2005-02-07

The song lyrics are laughable, the vocals are sorry, and the guitar is even below Ted's previous capabilities. All in all a pretty pathetic effort from Ted the Sledge.

WOW!.......2004-12-07

don't get me started.....it STINKS. don't get me wrong, i love a little wang dang sweet doe tang as much as any guy, but this has to to be one of the top three or four worst albums ever produced (and i own tubthumping by chumbawumba). fred bear in particular was such a poor and pathetic tribute to the legend that had it been written 15 or 20 years ago....it still would have stunk. this guy has no guitar chops and has the most asinine lyrics i've ever heard. pure garbage...use this one as a coaster.

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Love Grenade
Ted Nugent
Manufacturer: Eagle Records
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ASIN: B000TZUPCO
Release Date: 2007-09-04

Tracks:

Love Grenade
Still Raising Hell
Funk U
Girlscout Cookies
Journey to the Center of the Mind
Geronimo & Me
Eagle Brother
Spirit of the Buffalo
Aborigini
Stand
Broadside
Bridge Over Troubled Daughters
Lay With Me

Album Description

So just who the hell does this Nugent guy think he is, anyway?

Apparently, he is far beyond the thinking stage as he throttles mercilessly into his 5th decade of ferocious hi-energy Motor City Madhouse rhythm and blues-rock-n-roll mayhem. Look at the titles of these songs. The lyrics. Check out the title of this record. Listen to the sheer audacity and authority of this firestorm of rock. Doesn't this guy ever quit? Is he incapable of backing down? Can one man smile, laugh & dance this much in a single lifetime? Is it legal to have this much fun, defiance, energy and soul? Ted Nugent's legendary guitar identity is truly unique and special. If ever there was an unadulturated classic full bluntal, natural Gibson guitar tone, Nugent has created and perfected it. From the Amboy Dukes of the 1960s, through classic American anthems with his Ted Nugent band, the 1990s Damn Yankees right to this very day, the Nuge defines flat out American G-force horsepower rock with pure, unbridled enthusiasm, heart & soul. Here on LOVE GRENADE, once again surrounded by worldclass virtuoso musicians Barry Sparks and Tommy Clufetos, this is a band to reckon with.

Nugent's first studio album in 5 years, "Love Grenade" is a sonic assault on the body, mind and soul. Featuring the soon to be classic "Love Grenade", "Stand" and a 40th anniversary re-recording of the Amboy Dukes classic "Journey To The Center Of The Mind" this is Ted Nugent at his unadulterated finest.

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If you like stuff that doesnt suck buy this CD

Awesome Rock n Roll

The Ultimate Ted Nugent

The Best Nugent Compilation Yet

the ultimate collection from the wild man of Detroit

The Ultimate Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000063CNL
Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

Stranglehold
Stormtroopin'
Hey Baby
Just What The Doctor Ordered
Snakeskin Cowboys
Motor City Madhouse
Where Have You Been All My Life
Free-For-All
Dog Eat Dog
Writing On the Wall
Turn It Up
Street Rats
Hammerdown
Cat Scratch Fever
Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
Death By Misadventure

Tracks:

Out Of Control
Live It Up
Homebound
Need You Bad
Weekend Warriors
Smokescreen
Paralyzed
Take It Or Leave It
State Of Shock
Snake Charmer
Wango Tango
Scream Dream
Jailbait Live
Yank Me Crank Me Live
The Flying Lip Lock Live
Baby, Please Don't Go Live

Customer Reviews:

If you like stuff that doesnt suck buy this CD.......2007-04-17

It Rocks. Its cheaper than getting it at the store.

If you need to be convinced to buy this you need a serious check on your priorities. I suggest you give up an credentials of coolness and go get yourself an izod shirt and get some Manilow.

Awesome Rock n Roll.......2006-10-05

Wow Mr. Michigan as I like to call him Ted Nugent releases his best 32 song dual disc THE ULTIMATE TED NUGENT. Friggin awesome man this is what I'm talking about. "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Stranglehold" alone make this collection of great music a must have. One of the greatest artists and arguably the greatest guitarist of all-time. This is a great piece of music to have in your collection I highly recommend it to anyone. 5 1/2 stars!! BUY IT NOW!!!!!!

The Ultimate Ted Nugent.......2006-05-27

I thought the $25 price for a cd these days seemed steep. But, if you're a true metal head, and love the Nug, you have to have this CD. Every cut on this 2 disc set, ROCKS THE HOUSE!!! Don't stop. Buy it. You won't be disappointed. Wish I were getting a kick back for this review. I'd be rich.

-bl

The Best Nugent Compilation Yet.......2005-10-04

This compilation has all of Ted's famous tracks from his days at the top of the rock n' roll mountain and then some. Also, all of the tracks on this greatest hits are remastered which is a fact that doesn't seem to be listed anywhere under any of this titles descriptions.

the ultimate collection from the wild man of Detroit.......2005-04-23

the ultimate collection from ted nugent is easily the best compilation from this great guitarist from detroit.it contains all his great hits from the 70's likestrangelhold,stormtroopin,snakeskin cowboys,just what the doctor ordered,free for all,hammerdown,paralyzed,take it or leave it,wango tango.ted's guitar smokes in each and every song in this brlliant compilation which contains some of the best hard rock music ever.the best part of this superb compilation is the excellent remastering which leaves this cd much better than his other compilation out of control.very highly recommended.

Loaded for Bear: The Best of Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes

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visiting some old friends
Not definitive but a good overview...
Strange bedfellows
No Missionary Mary?
Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes

Loaded for Bear: The Best of Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes
Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes
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Spirit of the Wild
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Free-for-All
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ASIN: B00000JBEH
Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

Journey To The Center Of The Mind
Baby Please Don't Go
Psalms Of Aftermath
Colors
Down On Phillips Escalator
Night Time
Mississippi Murderer
Scottish Tea
Dr. Slingshot
Flight Of The Bird
Why Is A Carrot More Orange Than A Orange
Saint' Phillips Friend
You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire
Migration
Prodigal Man
Good Natured Emma
For His Namesake
Loaded For Bear

Customer Reviews:

visiting some old friends.......2007-05-08

This is about what I expected. It can't replace the 2 albums I used to own, but it had the songs I wanted to hear most. The band I was in back in high school(37-38 yrs. ago)used to play "Good Natured Emma" and "Migration" so I'm particularly happy to have those again. I really wasn't interested in and don't really care for the stuff from the first album, but that doesn't detract from my enjoyment of the rest of the CD. Not bad for a compilation.

Not definitive but a good overview..........2006-12-24

Let me first state my bias: "Journey to the Center of the Mind" is the song that convinced me I needed to become a guitarist, so it's the most important song in my own personal history...a genuinely life-changing thing, so it should come as no surprise that the Amboy Dukes were my favorite band in that time period. The music on this CD is all drawn from the three albums (and one single) released on the Mainstream Records label (when the band was still known only as The Amboy Dukes, without Ted Nugent's name being featured) and purports to be the best of that time period. For my money, the stuff from the first album is interesting from an historical perspective but is definitely the weakest material presented here (tracks 2-6). Tracks 1 and 7-12 come from their second album ("Journey...") featuring a stronger line-up of musicians and a lot of their best stuff (one glaring omission from this album is the song "Surrender to Your Kings": one of the RIPPING-EST Dukes tunes ever, it SHOULD have been included). Track 13 ("You Talk Sunshine...") was their attempt at a follow-up to their hit "Journey...". It's a decent song in-and-of-itself, and I'm glad it's included here, but if you listen to "Journey..." and then listen to "You Talk Sunshine...", it's almost hilarious to hear how these guys practically broke their own necks trying to re-create "Journey..." and score another hit. I've never heard a more blatant example of self-plagiarization. Tracks 14-18 come from the "Migration" album, and the compilers managed to get all the best stuff from this album. HOWEVER (and this is my biggest bitch with this collection), someone decided to re-edit the great "Prodigal Man" to disastrous effect. In the original recording, the solo section starts off with a beatiful drum solo by Dave Palmer; bassist Greg Arama then joins him and takes a bass solo that 99% of all rock bassists would never have been able to accomplish; those two are then joined by Andy Solomon playing some of his exquisite Jimmy Smith-inspired jazz organ stuff; and finally Ted Nugent comes in with one of his most blistering guitar solos ever. This section has a very organic flow to it that just builds and builds and is one of the Amboy Dukes finest moments. So some MORON comes along and shuffles the solos around and completely destroys the flow! This might not be so noticeable to someone who's never heard the song before, but to someone familiar with the original, it's absolutely JARRING.

In closing, I think it's important to note that, although Ted Nugent is featured prominently in these recordings (and rightly so: he WAS a brilliant and unique guitarist and the evidence here is ample), the Amboy Dukes were a great BAND, and Ted WASN'T the only virtuoso therein. If you're a fan of the arena-rock Nuge of the late 70's, you might not be too interested in this music, but if you want to hear a great and largely-overlooked progressive rock band from the late 60's, this collection is well-worth checking out.

Strange bedfellows.......2005-08-19

Ted Nugent and Steve Farmer had to be one of the strangest combos in rock history, and it still amazes me how well they sounded together. Nugent's early guitar work was distinctive, fluid and original, more refined than much of his later stuff. Farmer's songwriting antics were just as original, although his attempts at psychedelic "deepness" were sometimes hilarious. (And he hasn't changed much, check out his "Journey to the Darkside...")

Nugent claims he didn't know the songs were about drugs... does anyone believe that for a minute?

This disc is missing some notable songs, including "Surrender To Your Kings" and "Inside the Outside". Also, for no good reason, this version of "Prodigal Man" has been remixed, with instrumental passages out of their original order. Who would do such a thing?

But this music is definitely worth hearing... the Amboy Dukes showed WAY more imagination and talent than your average 60's American garage band.

No Missionary Mary?.......2004-12-12

This is a very good compilation of the original Amboy Dukes! The sound quality is excellent and nice packaging as well with the Mainstream logo present on this Sony release. Most of the tunes on their 67' debut and their 68' release "Journey To The Center Of The Mind" are awesome garage/psych rock and are included here on Loaded For Bear. Songs NOT included that I would loved to have had on this CD are: "I Feel Free" and "Missionary Mary". I mainly bought this because it contains "Colors" and "Why Is A Carrot More Orange Than An Orange?" which are omitted on other Dukes' compilations for some reason. Two examples of fine ACID ROCK. Ted Nugent's guitar playing during the Dukes' era is among the best of any guitar player in the country. His conviction and execution is almost flawless and the flaws lend very well too. Check out their 3rd album Migration (CD on Repertoire), Nugent is fantastic. I love the Amboy Dukes' first 4 LP's on Mainstream, but sadly, Mainstream producer Bob Shad did very little to promote the groups on the label. He eventually dropped every group from the label, even sold away Janis and Big Brother to Columbia in 68' for a hefty sum. Consequently, most of the rock groups that released a full length album on the label commands high prices and are sought after collector's items! Mainstream signed some other great psychedelic bands, most notable: Big Brother and The Holding Co., The Tangerine Zoo, The Jellybean Bandits (See my Amazon review of this classic), The Art Of Lovin' and The Stone Circus. My favorite Amboy Dukes' tune without a doubt is D.O.P.E. This music was made to be played LOUD!

Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes.......2003-08-10

Great Heavy Metal music on this compilation from Ted Nugent's self-contained band, the Amboy Dukes. "Journey Through the Center of the Mind" is one of the best songs ever made and "Baby Please Don't Go" is a great cover also done by the band Them with Van Morrison. The rest of the CD has great music that is and was ahead of its time before the existence of Led Zeppelin and the rest of Heavy Metal. Great music from a great musician, Ted Nugent, because it is worth the price of admission.

Average customer rating:

Terrible Ted's Best......
GO TED!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nut Case
cat scratch remastered
WHAT A WINNER,HE SHOULD LIVE ON FOREVER

Cat Scratch Fever
Ted Nugent
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Free-for-All
Ted Nugent
Weekend Warriors
Scream Dream
Spirit of the Wild

ASIN: B00000JBEG
Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

Cat Scratch Fever
Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
Death By Misadventure
Live It Up
Home Bound
Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard
Sweet Sally
A Thousand Knives
Fist Fightin' Son Of A Gun
Out Of Control
Cat Scratch Fever (Live)
Wang Dang Sweet Poontang (Live)

Amazon.com

Ted Nugent's third and best-selling album for Epic cemented his position as a hard-rock icon. With this 1977 album the Motor City Madman loudly proclaimed that he would leave his loin-clothed, alpha-male stamp on the mangy hide of rock music. Songs such as the anthemic title track and "Sweet Sally" brought a melodic sensibility to hard rock that would later inform the music of Cheap Trick. The instrumental "Home Bound" expands on the soaring guitar line of Steve Miller's "Swingtown," and "Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard" stands as a testament to the rock & roll lifestyle rivaled only by Kiss's "Rock and Roll All Nite." This remastered reissue includes bonus live versions of "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" that testify to the sexually charged excitement of Nugent's fierce live show. --Michael Wells

Customer Reviews:

Terrible Ted's Best.............2007-07-31

Cat scratch fever....the 3rd solo album from Ted Nugent. By far the most intense and offending(to some people).With titles like the title track and wang dang sweet poon tang....you know some people will roll their eyes at such songs...BUT...it was the late 70's where there were still freedoms and the PC brigade was not yet alive
I was 16 when this album came out and knew that older adults might dislike this album but to us teenagers...this album tapped in to the times...
I have to chuckle at the few reviews that slam Ted for being a conservative....Boo Hoo and cry me a river about his political beliefs...I liked this album for non political reasons
"Death my misadventure" and "Live it up" are by far the best...tighest tracks on this album and the band is playing well all throughout...
A must have for any music collector....

GO TED!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-05-10

The music is good, the vocals are strong, and the fact that he drives liberals nuts is "priceless".

Nut Case.......2007-02-21

Nugent is a gun-toating member of the Deliverance Wing of the Republican party.

cat scratch remastered.......2007-01-11

Very refreshing to hear a more full and heavy sounding version of these classic rock tracks.GET IT!!!

WHAT A WINNER,HE SHOULD LIVE ON FOREVER.......2006-07-28

I LOVE TED NUGENT WHO IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST FROM DETROIT. HE IS ONE OF THE FINEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME WHO PRODUCED SEVERAL EXCELLENT ALBUMS LIKE THIS ONE WHICH CONTAINED THE HIT CAT SCRATCH FEVER.ONLY LOSERS LIKE THE PREVIOUS REVIEWER WOULD AVOID THIS MASTERPIECE.FIVE STARS.
BY THE WAY BEYONCE SUCKS.

Average customer rating:

Ted embraces nu-metal with mixed results
Somebody stop me!!
Ted's still got it!
jeremy holloway
Da Nuge Craveman

Craveman
Ted Nugent
Manufacturer: Spitfire
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Spirit of the Wild
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If You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em
Free-for-All

ASIN: B00006EXJF
Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

Klstrphnky
Crave
Rawdogs & Warhogs
Damned If Ya Do
At Home There
Cum N Gitya Sum-O-This
Change My Sex
I Won't Go Away
Pussywhipped
Goin Down Hard
Wang Dang Doodle
My Baby Likes My Butter On Her Gritz
Sexpot
Earthtones

Amazon.com

Craveman proves the Nuge proves can still churn out likeable, loutish lyrics with unwavering energy and conviction. "Rawdogs & Warhogs" is "Dog Eat Dog" for the new millennium, while "Klstrphnky," though offensive lyrically ("Look at all the dirty nookie / It's all infected HIV!"), explores the nu metal vein with surprising musicality. While songs and solos sometimes sound recycled, Craveman is one of Nugent's stronger recent efforts, thanks to well-crafted songs that are by turns patriotic, boastful, and silly. Ultimately, they're as earthy, powerful, and primal as the macho man who's created them. --Katherine Turman

Album Description

Making his 31st recording, Craveman finds young Ted particularly amped and gloriously pissed off in a way that will remind fans of his earlier pivitol recordings. The album is rife with manifestos of fierce independence, sex and living out loud with titles like 'Crave', 'Rawdogs & Warhogs' and 'Pussywhipped.' Spitfire. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Ted embraces nu-metal with mixed results.......2006-06-15

After a long recording hiatus, Ted Nugent released Craveman in 2002. Rather than continue in the hard rock direction of his most successful releases, as well as his last studio album, the excellent Spirit of the Wild, Ted went in a heavier direction more suited toward the alternative metal that was popular at the time. Also worth noting is that long time collaborator Derek St. Holmes is once again out of the loop and the results are apparent on the album. Quite simply, Ted is at his best with Derek and without him, his albums lack focus. The first track "Klstrphnky" is a good example of this as it sounds more like Kid Rock than Nugent. However, the next track "Crave" is killer, showing that even is in his mid-50's, the Nuge still could create riffs that are both wicked and memorable. After this, the album bounces from very good to very mediocre. The very good includes "Damned If Ya Do", a great melodic rocker featuring former Damn Yankees bandmates Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades, and "Sexpot", which has a very cool groove. And speaking of "Sexpot", the songs here also have more sexual overtones than on any of his albums. "Cum N Gitya Some of This" and "My Baby Likes Butter on Her Gritz" are both very good and carried by very killer riffs. However, tracks like "Pussywhipped", "Change My Sex", and "Goin' Down Hard" are just plain filler. Ted also uses a lot of recycled riffs as the decent "I Won't Go Away" borrows from both past Nugent classics "Just What The Doctor Ordered" and "Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard" while "Wang Dang Doodle" is just a bad rewrite of "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang." With all the inconsistency, the closing instrumental "Earthtones" actually redeems the album and is the only track that is on par with his classic `70s material. All told, while Craveman is Ted Nugent's heaviest album and he is still an amazing guitarist, it's a step down from Spirit of the Wild and a far cry from his best work.

Somebody stop me!!.......2006-03-21

Hey Zeppfan. Ted IS the singer!!!! lol He is still the Motor City Madman!!

Ted's still got it!.......2006-02-27

While Ted's guitar work is really great on this album, I hate the vocals. It's that possessed, untalented, grunting type of vocals that are so omnipresent today.

If Ted has used the singer on "Cat Scratch Fever" on this album, this album would rate 5 stars in my book, but with present vocals, it rates only a three.

Get a new singer Ted!!!

jeremy holloway.......2005-02-15

i have always been a ted nugent fan growing up my dad had free for all and great gonzos after falling away from rock for a few years i heard ted nugent had a new album out so i went and bought it i have heard most of teds albums but this one is the best this is the album that not only got me listen to mr nugent but got me listening to rock again a must have i give it five stars

Da Nuge Craveman.......2004-08-08

Definitely the best Nuge album in twenty years! Scratch My Baby Likes My Butter On Her Gritz and this CD really cranks!!!! Ted, Tommy, & Marco are just really tight.

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