State of Shock (Ted Nugent album)
State of Shock is the fifth solo studio album by American hard rock musician Ted Nugent. The album was released in May 1979, by Epic Records.
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| Released | May 1979[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Studio | Quadradial Studios, Miami, Florida and CBS Recording Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 40:43 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Lew Futterman, Cliff Davies | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Classic Rock | |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[4] |
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 remains the first Nugent solo album not to attain platinum certification.[5]
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 originally broadcast as an episode of King Biscuit Flower hour from this era is captured on the 1997 archive release Live at Hammersmith '79. Unlike most King Biscuit live shows that were released on CD in the late 1990s, the show was released by Nugent's record label (Epic/Legacy) rather than by King Biscuit directly.
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except "I Want to Tell You", written by George Harrison
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- Band members
- Ted Nugent – lead and rhythm guitars, lead and backing vocals, percussion
- Charlie Huhn – lead and backing vocals
- Walt Monaghan – bass guitar
- Cliff Davies – drums, backing vocals, producer
- Additional musicians
- Leah Kilburn – backing vocals (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
Certifications
| Country | Organization | Year | Sales |
| U.S. | RIAA | 1979 | Gold (500,000)[8] |
| Canada | CRIA | 1979 | Gold (50,000)[9] |
See also
References
- "Random Notes". Rolling Stone. No. 289. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. April 19, 1979. p. 66.
- Stone, Doug. "Ted Nugent - State of Shock review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- 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. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-1894959025.
- "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. 21 July 1979. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- "RIAA Database: Search for Ted Nugent". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- "Gold Platinum Database: Search for Ted Nugent". Music Canada. Retrieved 2011-12-16.