The Ultimate Ted Nugent

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The Ultimate Ted Nugent
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Greatest hits album by
Ted Nugent
ReleasedMarch 26, 2002
October 25, 2010 (as The Essential Ted Nugent)
Recorded1975–1981
Genre Hard rock
Length136:02
Label Epic/Legacy
Producer Bruce Dickinson
Ted Nugent chronology
Full Bluntal Nugity (live)
(2001)		The Ultimate Ted Nugent
(2002)		 Hunt Music
(2004)
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The Ultimate Ted Nugent is a greatest hits album by Ted Nugent released in 2002. In 2010, the album was reissued under the title The Essential Ted Nugent, as a part of Sony Music's The Essential series. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Stranglehold" – 8:23 (from the album Ted Nugent , 1975)
  2. "Stormtroopin'" – 3:09 (from the album Ted Nugent, 1975)
  3. "Hey Baby" – 4:00 (from the album Ted Nugent, 1975)
  4. "Just What the Doctor Ordered" – 3:45 (from the album Ted Nugent, 1975)
  5. "Snakeskin Cowboys" – 4:34 (from the album Ted Nugent, 1975)
  6. "Motor City Madhouse" – 4:33 (from the album Ted Nugent, 1975)
  7. "Where Have You Been All My Life" – 4:05 (from the album Ted Nugent, 1975)
  8. "Free-for-All" – 3:22 (from the album Free-for-All , 1976)
  9. "Dog Eat Dog" – 4:03 (from the album Free-for-All, 1976)
  10. "Writing on the Wall" – 7:11 (from the album Free-for-All, 1976)
  11. "Turn It Up" – 3:38 (from the album Free-for-All, 1976)
  12. "Street Rats" – 3:37 (from the album Free-for-All, 1976)
  13. "Hammerdown" – 4:09 (from the album Free-for-All, 1976)
  14. "Cat Scratch Fever" – 3:39 (from the album Cat Scratch Fever , 1977)
  15. "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" – 3:16 (from the album Cat Scratch Fever, 1977)
  16. "Death by Misadventure" – 3:29 (from the album Cat Scratch Fever, 1977)

Disc two

  1. "Out of Control" – 3:28 (from the album Cat Scratch Fever, 1977)
  2. "Live It Up" – 4:00 (from the album Cat Scratch Fever, 1977)
  3. "Home Bound" – 4:44 (from the album Cat Scratch Fever, 1977)
  4. "Need You Bad" – 4:19 (from the album Weekend Warriors , 1978)
  5. "Weekend Warriors" – 3:08 (from the album Weekend Warriors, 1978)
  6. "Smokescreen" – 4:14 (from the album Weekend Warriors, 1978)
  7. "Paralyzed" – 4:11 (from the album State of Shock , 1979)
  8. "Take It or Leave It" – 4:08 (from the album State of Shock, 1979)
  9. "State of Shock" – 3:23 (from the album State of Shock, 1979)
  10. "Snake Charmer" – 3:20 (from the album State of Shock, 1979)
  11. "Wango Tango" – 4:51 (from the album Scream Dream , 1980)
  12. "Scream Dream" – 3:19 (from the album Scream Dream, 1980)
  13. "Jailbait" (live) – 5:20 (from the album Intensities in 10 Cities , 1981)
  14. "Yank Me, Crank Me" (live) – 4:35 (from the album Double Live Gonzo! , 1978)
  15. "The Flying Lip Lock" (live) – 4:11 (from the album Intensities in 10 Cities, 1981)
  16. "Baby, Please Don't Go" (live) – 5:58 (from the album Double Live Gonzo!, 1978)

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References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Ted Nugent The Ultimate Ted Nugent review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Ted Nugent The Essential Ted Nugent review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved May 10, 2020.
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