Intensities in 10 Cities
Intensities in 10 Cities is the second live album by the American guitarist Ted Nugent, released in 1981 and consisting of ten songs recorded during the last ten dates of Nugent's 1980 tour. Nugent played 2 or 3 new songs every night on the tour, and told audiences he was recording them for possible inclusion in a new live album featuring all previously unreleased songs. None of the songs had appeared on any previous Ted Nugent album.[1] Nugent explained at the time that about twenty previously unreleased songs were played at the beginning of the tour, and at the end the best ten were recorded live rather than in the studio later, because they were well-honed from months of performances and had the extra spark of a live setting.[1] It was Ted Nugent's final album for Epic Records and the last album to feature drummer Cliff Davies.
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Released | March 2, 1981[1] | |||
Recorded | August–September 1980 | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 42:27 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Ric Browde, Cliff Davies, Lew Futterman | |||
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Singles from Intensities in 10 Cities | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10[3] |
The album was ranked at number 9 on Guitar World's list of the "Top 10 Live Albums."[4] Australian band TISM parodied the title on their 1991 video release Incontinent in Ten Continents.
The ten cities were claimed to be:
- Detroit - Cobo Arena
- Buffalo - Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
- Richfield - Richfield Coliseum
- Toronto - Maple Leaf Gardens
- Montreal - Montreal Forum
- Boston - Boston Garden
- New Haven - New Haven Coliseum
- Pittsburgh - Civic Arena
- Rochester - Rochester Community War Memorial
- Providence - Providence Civic Center
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except "Land of a Thousand Dances", written by Chris Kenner.
- Side one
- "Put Up or Shut Up" – 3:21
- "Spontaneous Combustion" – 3:53
- "My Love Is Like a Tire Iron" – 5:48
- "Jailbait" – 5:15
- "I Am a Predator" – 3:16
- Side two
- "Heads Will Roll" – 4:07
- "The Flying Lip Lock" – 4:07
- "Land of a Thousand Dances" – 4:39
- "The TNT Overture" – 4:31
- "I Take No Prisoners" – 3:30
Personnel
- Band members
- Ted Nugent – lead vocals, lead guitar
- Charlie Huhn – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
- Dave Kiswiney – bass, backing vocals
- Cliff Davies – drums, percussion, backing vocals, producer
- Production
- Ric Browde – producer
- Lew Futterman – executive producer
- David McCullough – assistant producer, live sound engineer
- Al Hurschman, Dee Hurschman, Greg Klinginsmith, Tim Geelan, Mason Harlow – engineers
- Ray Janos – mastering
Charts
Album
Year | Chart | Position |
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1981 | RPM100 Albums (Canada)[5] | 17 |
Billboard 200 (US)[6] | 51 | |
UK Album Chart[7] | 75 |
Singles
Year | Title | Chart | Position |
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1981 | "Jailbait" | Billboard Mainstream Rock (US)[8] | 56 |
"Land of a Thousand Dances" | 47 | ||
"The Flying Lip Lock" | 36 |
References
- Henke, James (March 19, 1981). "Ted Nugent Gets Intense". Rolling Stone. No. 339. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. p. 50.
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Ted Nugent - Intensities in 10 Cities review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
- Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 247. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- "Top 10 Live Albums". Guitar World. September 23, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
- "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 34, No. 17, April 04 1981". Library and Archives Canada. 4 April 1981. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- "Ted Nugent Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- "Ted Nugent Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- "Ted Nugent Chart History: Mainstream Rock Songs". Recording Industry Association of America. 2018-10-16.