Little Miss Dangerous

This article is about the album. For the Miami Vice episode, see List of Miami Vice episodes § Season 2: 1985–1986. For the Show-Ya song, see Touch the Sun.

Little Miss Dangerous
Studio album by Ted Nugent
Released	March 1986
Recorded	April–July, October-November 1985
Studio	Channel Recording (Burbank), Criteria, (Miami)
Genre	Hard rock, glam metal
Length	38:32
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Peter Solley, Michael Verdick, Ted Nugent, Doug Banker
Ted Nugent chronology
Penetrator (1984) Little Miss Dangerous (1986) If You Can't Lick 'Em...Lick 'Em (1988)
Singles from Little Miss Dangerous
"High Heels in Motion" Released: April 1986 [1] "Little Miss Dangerous" Released: July 1986 "My Little Red Book" Released: 1986

Little Miss Dangerous is the ninth studio album by American hard rock guitarist Ted Nugent. It was released in March 1986 by Atlantic Records.

The single "Little Miss Dangerous" was Ted Nugent's most successful single in Australia. The track was featured in an episode of the same name of the American television series Miami Vice . The track "Angry Young Man" was also used in an episode of Miami Vice entitled "Definitely Miami", in which Nugent guest-starred as a pimp/drug dealer and was killed in a shoot-out with Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson).

A promotional video clip was produced for the song "Little Miss Dangerous".

History

The album was recorded between April and November 1985. Apart from being heavily influenced by Glam metal, the sound was also influenced by Nugent's work on the 1986 film Nomads which he composed and recorded in 1984. ^{[2] [3]} The song "Strangers"performed vocally by Dave Amato was composed for the film with Bill Conti and reused in its entirety on the album, the song "Dancing Mary" was reused instrumentally at the 2:10 of 'Savage Dancer.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Classic Rock	[5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10 [6]

AllMusic's John Franck was heavily dismissive of Little Miss Dangerous, stating that it may be "the worst Ted Nugent record ever released", and being "a sonic embarrassment" to be "avoid[ed] at all costs". ^[4]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except where indicated

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"High Heels in Motion"		3:35
2.	"Strangers"	Bill Conti, Nugent	3:53
3.	"Little Miss Dangerous"		4:50
4.	"Savage Dancer"		3:55
5.	"Crazy Ladies"		3:43

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"When Your Body Talks"	Ben Shultz, Eric Scott	3:16
7.	"My Little Red Book"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	3:06
8.	"Take Me Away"	Dave Amato, Nugent	3:14
9.	"Angry Young Man"		3:57
10.	"Painkiller"		6:02

Personnel

Band members

• Ted Nugent – guitars, six-string bass, percussion, lead and backing vocals, producer, mixing
• Dave Amato – rhythm guitar, guitar synthesizer, synthesizer, lead and backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Patrick Leonard, David 'Hawk' Wolinski, Lawrence Dermer – keyboards and synthesizers
• Ricky Phillips – bass, background vocals
• Jay Ferguson – bass
• Michael Mason – drums and percussion, background vocals
• Joe Galdo, Duane Hitchings – keyboards
• Rick Baron, Tommy Thayer, Sandy Slavin, Bobby Colomby, Robby Weaver, Jaime St. James, Carmine Appice – background vocals

Production

• Peter Solley – producer, engineer, mixing
• Michael Verdick – producer, engineer
• Jim Sessody – engineer
• Patrice Levinsohn – assistant engineer
• Doug Banker – executive producer, management, background vocals
• Dennis King – mastering
• Bob Defrin – art direction
• Eric Conn – 2001 edition digital remastering
• Gary Graff – 2001 edition liner notes

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [7]	89
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [8]	33
US Billboard 200 [9]	76

References

1. Strong, M. C. (1995). The Great Rock Discography . Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd. pp.  594–5. ISBN   0-86241-385-0.
2. "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
3. Nomads (1986) - Soundtracks - IMDb . Retrieved December 26, 2025– via m.imdb.com.
4. Franck, John. "Ted Nugent - Little Miss Dangerous review". AllMusic . Retrieved January 31, 2012.
5. Wall, Mick (November 2009). "Ted Nugent - Reissues". Classic Rock . No. 138. p. 98.
6. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 248. ISBN   978-1894959315.
7. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0663". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
8. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
9. "Ted Nugent Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.