A character often overshadowed in the musical field due to his always provocative attitudes and ideas, Ted Nugent is instead a great rocker, wild enough to satisfy those who love rough and raw sounds, at least so at the beginning.

This is his third album and in my opinion, his masterpiece (although the self-titled '75 and "Free for all" from '76, are not far behind). Released in 1977, in the full punk era, Nugent unleashes on the listener ten tracks of powerful hard-rock-blues that in some cases anticipate the nascent heavy metal.
A rough and wild guitarist
, his live performances of the time are memorable, the album opens with that "Cat scratch fever" (which even Motorhead will cover in "March or die" '92) that will go down in history.

The album is a continuous alternation of hard rock mixed with the most amphetamine blues, from the instrumental "Home bound" to the fast gallops of "Workin' hard, playin' hard" and "Fist fightin' son of a gun". Joined by Derek St. Holmes, Cliff Davies, and Rob Grange, with this album he rightfully enters among the great "misunderstood" rock artists. Give it a chance if you don't know it yet.

Tracklist Lyrics and Videos

01   Cat Scratch Fever (03:40)

Well, I don't know where they come from but they sure do come
I hope they comin' for me
And I don't know how they do it but they sure do it good
I hope there doin' it for free

They give me cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever

Well, the first time that I got it I was just ten years old
I got it from some kitty next door
An' I went to see the doctor and he gave me the cure
I think I got it some more

They give me cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
I got a bad scratch fever
The cat scratch fever

It's nothin' dangerous
I feel no pain
I've got the choo-choo train
You know you got it when you, you going insane
It makes a grown man cry, cry, oh won't you make my bed

Well, I make the pussy purr with the stroke of my hand
They know they gettin' it from me
They know just where to go when they need their lovin' man
They know I doin' it for free

I give them cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
They got a bad scratch fever
The cat scratch fever

Cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever

Cat scratch fever
Cat scratch fever

02   Wang Dang Sweet Poontang (03:16)

That Nadine, what a teenage queen
She come to town; she be foolin' around
She lookin' so clean, especi'lly down in between; what I like

It's all right
Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
a puttin' me down as a rock-and-roll clown


Wang dang, what a sweet poontang
a shakin' my thang as a rang-a-dang-dang in the bell
Down on the street you know she can't be beat
She's so sweet when she yanks on my meat
What the hell

Wang Dang Sweet Poontang

03   Death by Misadventure (03:31)

Hear him on the radio. See him on the news.
See him on the TV. Y’a hear him sing the blues,
Welcome to his nightmare He’s been through the mill.
Death by misadventure. A case of overkill.

He stayed awake ’til daylight, didn’t believe in health.
He never saw the sunrise, didn’t believe in wealth.
Wrote dramatic music, was a rollin’ stone.
No one understood him, they just left him alone.

Hear him on the radio. see him on the news.
See him on the tv, hear him sing the blues.
Welcome to his nightmare he’s been through the mill
Death by misadventure, a case of overkill.

Death by misadventure

Death by misadventure

Death by misadventure

Death by misadventure

Death by misadventure

Death by misadventure

Death by misadventure

death by misadventure

04   Live It Up (04:01)

05   Home Bound (04:45)

(Instrumental)

06   Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard (05:44)

Man started out with it in a cave;
They're runnin' home, nobody's safe.
Left with a note, all alone;
Only wanted to have a happy home.

Now it's my turn to show my stuff;
It's sometimes fun and sometimes rough.
I'm workin' hard to earn my way;
Well, lucky me, my work is play.

Workin' hard, playin' hard;
Helps me get thru each day and night.
Workin' hard, playin' hard;
Makes everything all right.

I'm here to sow my wild seed;
Out to ?? ?? is what I need.


Workin' hard, playin' hard;
Helps me get thru each day and night.
Workin' hard, playin' hard;
Makes everything all right.

(solo)

I'm here to sow my wild seed;
Out to ?? ?? is what I need.

Workin' hard, playin' hard;
Helps me get thru each day and night.
Workin' hard, playin' hard;
Makes everything all right.

07   Sweet Sally (02:34)

08   A Thousand Knives (04:47)

You’ve been getting expend;
Scratching at my wall.
Suicidal misfit;
it’s time you took your fall.

I’ve ducked a lot but like a thousand knives;
their cutting into you babe.
It happens to you everyday.

I was just a schoolboy;
doing as I please.
Young girls in the classroom;
they was putting on the squeeze.

I’ve ducked a lot but like a thousand knives;
Their cutting into you babe.
It happens to you everyday.

I’ve ducked a lot but like a thousand knives;
Listen to what I say.
The time has come for you to pay.

Now I won’t listen to your two cents;
to run and hide is to run into yourself
A thousand knives, oh yea.

(solo)

Now your on the rebound;
you know just how it feels.
A copulated misfit;
with the good housekeeping seal.

I’ve ducked a lot but like a thousand knives;
Their cutting into you baby.
it happens to you everyday.

Now I won’t listen to your two cents;
to run and hide is to run into yourself.

09   Fist Fightin' Son of a Gun (02:51)

10   Out of Control (03:37)

11   Cat Scratch Fever (live) (04:52)

12   Wang Dang Sweet Poontang (live) (05:44)

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