Nugent (album)

Nugent is the seventh studio album by the American hard rock musician Ted Nugent. It was released in 1982 by Atlantic Records.

Nugent
Studio album by Ted Nugent
Released	June 17, 1982 (1982-06-17)[1]
Recorded	February–April 1982
Studio	Pasha Music House, Hollywood, California and March 1982 at A2 Studio, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Genre	Hard rock
Length	39:34
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent chronology
Intensities in 10 Cities (1981) Nugent (1982) Penetrator (1984)
Singles from Nugent
"Bound and Gagged" Released: September 1982 "No, No, No" Released: November 1982[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Classic Rock	[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10[5]

John Franck of AllMusic was dismissive of Nugent, commenting that although the record had "a strong start", things "quickly deteriorate[d]", describing the rest of the album as "mediocre [...] to the just plain awful."^[3]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"No, No, No"	3:39
2.	"Bound and Gagged"	4:34
3.	"Habitual Offender"	3:09
4.	"Fightin' Words"	3:59
5.	"Good and Ready"	4:19

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Ebony"	4:26
7.	"Don't Push Me"	2:34
8.	"Can't Stop Me Now"	2:35
9.	"We're Gonna Rock Tonight"	3:21
10.	"Tailgunner"	7:03

Personnel

Band members

• Ted Nugent – guitars, six string bass, lead vocals, producer, mixing
• Derek St. Holmes – lead vocals on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 10, rhythm guitar
• Dave Kiswiney – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Carmine Appice – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Donnie Backus – piano on "Can't Stop Me Now"
• Randy Bishop, Bart Bishop, Jude Cole, Mark Gerhardt, Shawn Murphy, Rick Wagoner, Kurt Wagoner, Verne Wagoner – backing vocals

Production

• David McCullough – assistant producer, mixing
• Larry Brown – engineer, mixing
• Al Hurschman, Dee Hurschman, Csaba Petocz, Mike Sanders, Tim Clark – assistant engineers
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Eric Conn – digital remastering

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[6]	51

References

1. "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. June 11, 1982. p. 31. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
2. Strong, M. C. (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd. pp. 594–5. ISBN 0-86241-385-0.
3. Franck, John. "Ted Nugent - Nugent review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
4. Wall, Mick (November 2009). "Ted Nugent - Reissues". Classic Rock. No. 138. p. 98.
5. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 248. ISBN 978-1894959315.
6. "Ted Nugent Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.