Cat Scratch Fever
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| Studio album by Ted Nugent | |||||
| Released | May 1977 | ||||
| Recorded | 1977 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock | ||||
| Length | 38:16 | ||||
| Label | Epic Records | ||||
| Producer | Tom Werman, Cliff Davies, Lew Futterman | ||||
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Cat Scratch Fever is an album by Ted Nugent released in 1977, as well as the name of the album's title song.
The title song has been repeatedly covered, by Motörhead (on the March ör Die album) and Pantera (for the Detroit Rock City soundtrack and their 2003 compilation album) among others. The song is also the theme song for Arena Football's San Jose SaberCats.
The song "Home Bound" was covered by the Beastie Boys and Biz Markie as "The Biz vs the Nuge" on the album Check Your Head in 1992.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except "Live it Up", written and arranged by Nugent/St. Holmes.
- "Cat Scratch Fever" – 3:41
- "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" – 3:17
- "Death By Misadventure" – 3:31
- "Live It Up" – 4:02
- "Home Bound" – 4:43
- "Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard" – 5:44
- "Sweet Sally" – 2:34
- "A Thousand Knives" – 4:48
- "Fist Fightin' Son of a Gun" – 2:51
- "Out of Control" – 3:27
- 1999 Reissue Bonus Tracks
- "Cat Scratch Fever" [Live] – 4:52
- "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" [Live] – 5:44
[edit] Credits
- Alan Spenner - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Boz Burrell - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Cliff Davies - Arranger, Drums, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Derek St. Holmes - Arranger, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Gary Graff - Liner Notes
- Howard Fritzson - Reissue Art Director
- Jim Houghton - Photography
- Lew Futterman - Producer
- Montego Joe - Percussion
- Rob Grange - Arranger, Bass
- Robert Alford - Photography
- Ron Pownall - Photography
- Rory Dodd - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Ted Nugent - Arranger, Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Main Performer, Percussion, Vocals
- Tim Geelan - Engineer
- Tom Werman - , Percussion, Producer, Vocals (Background)
- Vic Anesini - Mastering
- Wayne Tarnowski - Engineer
[edit] Television
- On Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the Aqua Teens' neighbor Carl Brutananadilewski revealed that he owns a decades-old Ted Nugent "Cat Scratch Fever" loincloth worn on laundry days.
- On an episode of The Simpsons, Homer takes a guitar and plays the opening riff to "Cat Scratch Fever", but sings it "Pac-Man Fever."
