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{{Infobox album

| Name = Ted Nugent

| Typename = [[AlbumTed (music)|Album]]Nugent

| Artisttype = [[Ted Nugent]] = studio

| Coverartist = ted_nugent_album_cover.jpg[[Ted Nugent]]

| cover = ted_nugent_album_cover.jpg

| Background = orange

| alt =

| Released = [[November]], [[1975]]

| released = {{Start date|1975|09}}<ref name="RS #Billboard">{{cite magazine |date=September 13, 1975 |title=New LP/Tape Releases |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc. |pages=66 }}</ref>

| Recorded = ???

| Genre recorded = [[Classic Rock]]1975

| Lengthvenue = 38:33

| Labelstudio = The Sound Pit, [[Epic RecordsAtlanta]]

| Producergenre = [[TomHard Wermanrock]], Lew Futterman

| Reviewslength = <nowiki></nowiki>38:52

| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]

* [[All Music Guide]] [[Image: 3hv out of 5.png]] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=MIW030603021518&sql=10:u92uak8k5m3z~T1 link]

| producer = {{hlist|[[Tom Werman]]|[[Lew Futterman]]}}

|

| prev_title = [[Tooth Fang & Claw]]

| Last album =

| prev_year = 1974

| This album = '''''Ted Nugent'''''<br/>(1975)

| Nextnext_title album = ''[[Free-for-All For(Ted Nugent album)|Free-for-All]]''<br/>(1976)

| next_year = 1976

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Ted Nugent

| type = studio

| single1 = Where Have You Been All My Life

| single1date = November 1975<ref>{{cite book|last=Strong|first=M. C.|title=The Great Rock Discography|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Canongate Books Ltd|___location=Edinburgh|isbn=0-86241-385-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/594 594]}}</ref>

| single2 = [[Hey Baby (Ted Nugent song)|Hey Baby]]" / "Stormtroopin'

| single2date = March 1976<ref>{{cite book|last=Strong|first=M. C.|title=The Great Rock Discography|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Canongate Books Ltd|___location=Edinburgh|isbn=0-86241-385-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/594 594]}}</ref>

}}

}}

'''''Ted Nugent''''', is the firstdebut solostudio effortalbum ofby theAmerican hard-rockingrock Motormusician City[[Ted Madman,Nugent]]. The album was released in September 1975 by [[Epic Records]]. It was Nugent's first release after the disbanding of his former group, [[theThe Amboy Dukes (band)|The Amboy Dukes]].

==Background==

[[Ted Nugent]], tired of the Dukes' lack of effort and discipline, decided he had enough and left the group, taking a three month vacation (his first ever) clearing his head in the [[Colorado]] wilderness, spending his time deer [[hunting]] and enjoying the outdoors.

{{more citations needed section|date=November 2021}}

Tired of [[The Amboy Dukes (band)|The Amboy Dukes]]' lack of effort and discipline, Nugent decided he had enough and left the group. He took a three-month vacation (his first ever) clearing his head in the [[Colorado]] wilderness, spending his time deer hunting and enjoying the outdoors.<ref name=Popoff>{{cite book|title=Epic Ted Nugent|year=2012|publisher=Power Chord Press|___location=Toronto, Canada|pages=64–65| last1=Popoff| first1= Martin| author-link1=Martin Popoff}}</ref>

Renewed, Nugent returned to civilization in search of a new direction and a new band. Joining him in the Ted Nugent Band were former Amboy Duke [[Rob Grange]] on bass, along with [[Cliff Davies (musician)|Cliff Davies]] (ex-[[If (band)|If]]) on drums and finally, from a local [[Michigan]] band called Scott which had opened for the Dukes previously, a singer/guitarist named [[Derek St. Holmes]].

The new group hit the road and then the studio, forming the songs which would send their first album into the Billboard Top 30 and into the multi-platinum range. The first track, "[[Stranglehold (Ted Nugent song)|Stranglehold]]", would set the stage for Nugent's career: an eight-minute plus guitar attack with vocals by St. Holmes and Nugent, a long solo played on Nugent's [[Gibson Byrdland]] guitar recorded in one take and a unique phase bass guitar effect by Grange. St. Holmes' sang tracks such as "Queen of the Forest", "[[Hey Baby (Ted Nugent song)|Hey Baby]]", "Just What the Doctor Ordered" and "Snakeskin Cowboys", the latter featuring an 8-string [[Hagström]] bass played by Grange, which would prove to be staples of the band's concert tours for years to come. "Motor City Madhouse" is an ode to Ted's hometown of [[Detroit]].

Renewed, Ted returned to civilization in search of a new direction and a new band. Joining him in the Ted Nugent band would be former Amboy Duke Rob Grange on bass, along with Cliff Davies on drums and finally, from a local [[Michigan]] band called Scott which had opened for the Dukes previously, a singer/guitarist named [[Derek St. Holmes]].

The album was produced by [[Tom Werman]] and former If manager [[Lew Futterman]]. Nugent said about the album, "If anyone wanted to know what rock 'n roll was all about, that's the only album they'd need".<ref name=Popoff />

The new group hit the road and then the studio, forming the songs which would send the album into the Billboard Top 30 and into the multi-platinum range. The first track, Stranglehold, would set the stage for Ted's career, an eight minute plus guitar attack with vocals by St. Holmes and Nugent, a healthy dose of a [[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson]] Byrdland guitar, and a famous guitar solo recorded in one take. Songs such as Stormtroopin', [[Hey Baby]], Just What The Doctor Ordered and Snakeskin Cowboys (with St. Holmes providing the lead vocal on all of them) would prove to be staples of the band's wild concert tours for years to come. Ted's ode to his hometown, Motor City Madhouse, as well as tracks like Where Have You Been All My Life, You Make Me Feel Right At Home and Queen Of The Forest not only showcased the musical ability of the band and Ted's mastery of the guitar, but also a fine songwriting capability as well.

"One had to recognize that there was a definite synergy between the band and Nugent", said producer [[Tom Werman]].

The album, produced by Lou Futterman and Tom Werman, greatly influenced the genres of rock and heavy metal. As Ted once said, "If anyone wanted to know what rock 'n roll was all about, that's the only album they'd need."

==Reception==

'''Track Listing'''<br>

{{Album ratings

1. "Stranglehold"<br>

|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]

2. "Stormtroopin'"<br>

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ted-nugent-mw0000191126 |title=Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent review |access-date=December 13, 2011 |last=Prato |first=Greg |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>

3. "Hey Baby"<br>

|rev2 = ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]''

4. "Just What The Doctor Ordered"<br>

|rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Ted Nugent |journal=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |date=February 2005 |last=Dome |first=Malcolm |author-link=Malcolm Dome |issue=76 |page=108 }}</ref>

5. "Snakeskin Cowboys"<br>

|rev3 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''

6. "Motor City Madhouse"<br>

|rev3Score = 8/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book |last1 = Popoff |first1 = Martin |author-link1 = Martin Popoff |title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies |publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |date = October 2003 |___location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada |isbn = 978-1894959025 |page=206}}</ref>

7. "Where Have You Been All My Life"<br>

|noprose = yes

8. "You Make Me Feel Right At Home"<br>

}}

9. "Queen Of The Forest"<br>

In 2005, ''Ted Nugent'' was ranked number 487 in ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=12}}</ref>

"Stranglehold" was ranked the 31st greatest guitar solo of all time by ''[[Guitar World]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/50_greatest_solos?page=0,1|title=50 Greatest Guitar Solos|publisher=guitarworld.com|date=January 29, 2009|access-date=September 7, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903111159/http://www.guitarworld.com/50_greatest_solos?page=0,1|archive-date=September 3, 2012}}</ref>

Modern Bonus Tracks<br>

10. "Stormtroopin'" (live)<br>

11. "Just What The Doctor Ordered" (live)<br>

12. "Motor City Madhouse" (live)<br>

13. "Magic Party" (outtake)<br>

==Track listing==

All Songs Written and Arranged by Ted Nugent, except "Hey Baby", Written and Arranged by Derek St. Holmes.<br>

All songs are credited as "written and arranged by [[Ted Nugent]]", except "Hey Baby", which is credited as "written and arranged by [[Derek St. Holmes]]". In [[Martin Popoff]]'s book ''Epic Ted Nugent'', Nugent admits that "Stranglehold" was co-written by [[Rob Grange]], who never received a royalty share.<ref name=Popoff /> Derek St. Holmes claims the album was co-written by the whole band, and that Nugent took sole credit as a way to not pay them royalties.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211206/CTb_yory7tc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20181208074634/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTb_yory7tc&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTb_yory7tc| title = Ep. 260 Derek St. Holmes, The Voice of Ted Nugent Remembers Touring with KISS in the 70s | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Live versions recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1977.

All lead vocals by Derek St. Holmes, except where indicated.

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title1 = [[Stranglehold (Ted Nugent song)|Stranglehold]]

| extra1 = Derek St. Holmes and Ted Nugent (interlude only)

| length1 = 8:22

| title2 = Stormtroopin{{'-}}

| length2 = 3:07

| title3 = [[Hey Baby (Ted Nugent song)|Hey Baby]]

| length3 = 4:00

| title4 = Just What the Doctor Ordered

| length4 = 3:43

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title5 = Snakeskin Cowboys

| length5 = 4:38

| title6 = Motor City Madhouse

| extra6 = Ted Nugent

| length6 = 4:30

| title7 = Where Have You Been All My Life

| length7 = 4:04

| title8 = You Make Me Feel Right at Home

| extra8 = Cliff Davies

| length8 = 2:54

| title9 = Queen of the Forest

| length9 = 3:34

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = CD edition bonus tracks

| title10 = Stormtroopin' (Live)

| length10 = 6:36

| title11 = Just What The Doctor Ordered (Live)

| length11 = 4:52

| title12 = Motor City Madhouse (Live)

| length12 = 8:38

| title13 = Magic Party (Outtake)

| length13 = 2:56

}}

==Personnel==

;Band members

*[[Derek St. Holmes]] – lead vocals on all tracks except where noted, rhythm guitar, arrangements

*[[Ted Nugent]] – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals, percussion, arrangements, lead vocals on "Motor City Madhouse"

*[[Rob Grange]] – bass, eight-string bass on "Snakeskin Cowboys", bass phase effect on "Stranglehold", arrangements

*[[Cliff Davies (musician)|Cliff Davies]] – drums, [[vibraphone]], backing vocals, arrangements, lead vocals on "You Make Me Feel Right at Home"

;Additional musicians

*Steve McRay – keyboard

*Brian Staffeld – percussion

*[[Tom Werman]] – percussion, producer

;Production

*[[Lew Futterman]] – producer

*Anthony Reale – engineer, mixing

*Howard Fritzson – art direction

*Al Clayton – photography

*Gerard Huerta – lettering

*Bruce Dickinson<!--(not to be confused with the lead singer of Iron Maiden)--> – producer (1999 reissue)

*Vic Anesini – remastering

*Stephan Moore – 1999 reissue project director

*[[Gary Graff]] – 1999 reissue liner notes

==Charts==

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (1975–1976)

! scope="col"| Peak<br />position

|-

! scope="row"| Australia Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|___location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=220}}</ref>

| 37

|-

{{album chart|UK2|56|date=19760829|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}}

|-

{{album chart|Billboard200|28|artist=Ted Nugent|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}}

|}

{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (1976)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US ''[[Billboard 200]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1976/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1976|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref>

| 28

|}

{{col-end}}

==Certifications==

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Ted Nugent|title=Ted Nugent|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1975|certyear=1978}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Ted Nugent|title=Ted Nugent|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1975|certyear=1986}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*[http://www.tnugenttednugent.com/ Official Ted NuggentNugent website]

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