State of Shock (Ted Nugent album)

State of Shock
Studio album by
Ted Nugent
ReleasedMay 1979[1]
Recorded1979
StudioQuadradial Studios, Miami, Florida and CBS Recording Studios, New York City
GenreHard rock
Length40:43
LabelEpic
ProducerLew Futterman, Cliff Davies
Ted Nugent chronology
Weekend Warriors
(1978) 		State of Shock
(1979) 		Scream Dream
(1980)
Singles from State of Shock
  1. "I Want to Tell You"
    Released: June 1979[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Classic Rock[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

State of Shock is the fifth solo studio album by American rock musician Ted Nugent.[6] It was released in May 1979 by Epic Records.

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 is Nugent's first solo album not to attain a platinum certification.[7]

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 from this era is captured on the 1997 archive release Live at Hammersmith '79.

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except "I Want to Tell You", written by the Beatles's George Harrison

Side one
No.TitleLength
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
Side two
No.TitleLength
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 vocals (on tracks 1, 2, 5), backing vocals, percussion
  • Charlie Huhn – lead vocals (on tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9), backing vocals
  • Walt Monaghan – bass
  • Cliff Davies – drums, lead vocals (on track 10), backing vocals, producer
Additional musicians
  • Leah Kilburn – backing vocals (on track 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

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)[8] 57
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9] 18
US Billboard 200[10] 18

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[11] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Random Notes". Rolling Stone. No. 289. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. April 19, 1979. p. 66.
  2. ^ Strong, M. C. (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd. pp. 594–5. ISBN 0-86241-385-0.
  3. ^ Stone, Doug. "Ted Nugent - State of Shock review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
  4. ^ Dome, Malcolm (February 2005). "State of Shock". Classic Rock. No. 76. p. 109.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-1894959025.
  6. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 511.
  7. ^ "Ted Nugent". tsort.info. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 220. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4418a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  10. ^ "Ted Nugent Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  11. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Ted Nugent – State of Shock". Music Canada.
  12. ^ "American album certifications – Ted Nugent – State of Shock". Recording Industry Association of America.