Spirit of the Wild

This article is about the album. For the film, see The Adventures of Frontier Fremont.

Spirit of the Wild
Studio album by Ted Nugent
Released	May 1995
Studio	Tazmania Studios, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Genre	Hard rock
Length	60:56
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Mike Lutz, Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent chronology
If You Can't Lick 'Em... Lick 'Em (1988) Spirit of the Wild (1995) Live at Hammersmith '79 (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	4/10 [3]

Spirit of the Wild is the eleventh studio album by American hard rock musician Ted Nugent. It was released in May 1995 by Atlantic Records. The album was produced by Mike Lutz from the rock band Brownsville Station and engineered by Lutz and Jim Vitti. It is Nugent's only album released in the 1990s.

Spirit of the Wild marked the return of Nugent's original sound of hard rock instead of the pop metal style of his '80s solo work, as well as the brief return of vocalist and guitarist Derek St. Holmes. "Spirit of the Wild" is the theme song for Nugent's hunting TV show Spirit of the Wild. The sixth track "Fred Bear" is a tribute to the bowman Fred Bear.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Thighraceous"	Derek St. Holmes, Ted Nugent	3:48
2.	"Wrong Side of Town"	Benny Rappa, Lutz, Nugent	5:15
3.	"I Shoot Back"	St. Holmes, Lutz, Nugent	3:50
4.	"Tooth, Fang & Claw"	Nugent	6:49
5.	"Lovejacker"	St. Holmes, Lutz, Nugent	4:32
6.	"Fred Bear"	Nugent	7:41
7.	"Primitive Man"	St. Holmes, Lutz, Nugent	5:56
8.	"Hot or Cold"	St. Holmes, Lutz, Nugent	4:31
9.	"Kiss My Ass"	Nugent	3:20
10.	"Heart & Soul"	St. Holmes, Lutz, Nugent	4:44
11.	"Spirit of the Wild"	St. Holmes, Nugent	4:22
12.	"Just Do It Like This"	Nugent	6:08

Personnel

Band members

• Ted Nugent – guitar, lead vocals (except where noted), lyrics, attitude, backstraps and security, producer
• Derek St. Holmes – lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11)
• Mike Lutz – bass, keyboards, vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
• Denny Carmassi – drums

Additional musicians

• Larry Fratangelo – percussion
• Benny Rappa – drums (track 2), background vocals (tracks 2, 10)
• Gunner Ross – drums (track 6)
• Doug Banker – piano (track 8), background vocals (tracks 9, 11), management

Production

• Jim Vitti – engineer, mixing
• Brian Delaney, Jeff Campo – assistant engineers
• George Marino – mastering
• Donald May – art direction
• Steve Galli – cover photographer from Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, January 1, 1995

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [4]	86

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild review". AllMusic . Retrieved February 9, 2012.
2. Wall, Mick (November 2009). "Ted Nugent - Reissues". Classic Rock . No. 138. p. 98.
3. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 322. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
4. "Ted Nugent Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.