State of Shock (Ted Nugent album)

State of Shock is the fifth solo studio album by American hard rock musician Ted Nugent. The album was released in May 1979, by Epic Records.

State of Shock closed a decade in which Nugent took his hard-rocking wildman persona to the top of the charts. Although the album reached the U.S. Top 20 and quickly went gold, it remains the first Nugent solo album not to attain platinum certification.

The best known track remains the album opener "Paralyzed", which was performed live on a 1980 episode of the TV show Fridays, and turned up again a year later on Great Gonzos!: The Best of Ted Nugent. Other highlights include "Saddle Sore" and "Alone," a rare "power ballad" for him, sung by Charlie Huhn.  A live show originally broadcast as an episode of King Biscuit Flower hour from this era is captured on the 1997 archive release Live at Hammersmith '79.  Unlike most King Biscuit live shows that were released on CD in the late 90's, the show was released by Nugent's record label (Epic/Legacy) rather than by King Biscuit directly.

Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except "I Want to Tell You", written by George Harrison

Personnel
Band members
 Ted Nugent – lead and rhythm guitars, lead and backing vocals, percussion
 Charlie Huhn – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
 Walt Monaghan – bass guitar
 Cliff Davies – drums, backing vocals, producer

Additional musicians
 Leah Kilburn – backing vocals (3)

Production
 Lew Futterman – producer
 Tim Geelan – engineer
 David Gotlieb, Lou Schlossberg – assistant engineers
 David McCullough – mixing assistant
 Bob Heimall – art direction
 Gerard Huertia – lettering
 Ron Pownall – photography
 David Krebs, Steve Leber – directors

Charts
Album

Certifications

See also

Ted Nugent discography

References

Category:1979 albums
Category:Ted Nugent albums
Category:Epic Records albums