State of Shock is the fifth solo studio album by American rock musician Ted Nugent. It 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 is Nugent's first solo album not to attain a 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 from this era is captured on the 1997 archive release Live at Hammersmith '79.
Track listing All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except "I Want to Tell You", written by the Beatles's George Harrison
Personnel Band members Ted Nugent – lead and rhythm guitars, lead vocals (on tracks 1, 2, 5), backing vocals, percussion Charlie Huhn – lead vocals (on tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9), backing vocals Walt Monaghan – bass Cliff Davies – drums, lead vocals (on track 10), backing vocals, producer
Additional musicians Leah Kilburn – backing vocals (on track 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 Chart (1979) Peakposition Australia Albums (Kent Music Report) 57
Certifications
See also
Ted Nugent discography
References