Craveman

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Craveman
Cravemancover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2002 [1]
RecordedApril 2002
Studio40 Oz Sound, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length56:06
Label Spitfire
Producer Ted Nugent, Drew Peters, Chris Peters
Ted Nugent chronology
Full Bluntal Nugity
(2001)
Craveman
(2002)
Hunt Music
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Craveman is the twelfth studio album by American rock musician Ted Nugent, released on September 24, 2002.

Contents

The album continues the trend, started in the mid-1990s, of Nugent returning to the rawer, harder-rocking sound that made him famous in the 1970s. This stands in sharp contrast to the synth-pop of his 1980s work, and the romantic AOR power-ballads of his early 1990s band Damn Yankees. This album also contains some material from an unreleased Damn Yankees album, Bravo.

Reception

Critic Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic gave Craveman a positive 4 stars out of a possible 5, declaring it Nugent's "fiercest effort in decades, and certainly his heaviest ever."

Track listing

All songs are written by Ted Nugent, except where noted,

  1. "Klstrphnky" – 3:55
  2. "Crave" (Blades, Nugent) – 6:19
  3. "Rawdogs & Warhogs" – 3:37
  4. "Damned If Ya Do" (Blades, Nugent, Shaw) – 4:21
  5. "At Home There" (Brendan Lynch, Nugent, Greg Wells) – 3:49
  6. "Cum n Gitya Sum-o-This" – 2:37
  7. "Change My Sex" – 3:03
  8. "I Won’t Go Away" (Damon Johnson, Nugent) – 5:32
  9. "Pussywhipped" – 3:00
  10. "Goin' Down Hard" (Mike Lutz, Nugent, Alto Reed) – 4:13
  11. "Wang Dang Doodle" (Willie Dixon) – 2:58
  12. "My Baby Likes My Butter on Her Gritz" (Marco Mendoza, Nugent) - 3:52
  13. "Sexpot" – 3:11
  14. "Earthtones" [instrumental] (Mendoza, Nugent) – 5:39

Credits

Band members

Production

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [2] 20

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References

  1. 1 2 Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Ted Nugent - Craveman review". AllMusic . Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  2. "Ted Nugent Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.