''Intensities in 10 Cities'' is the second
live album by the American guitarist
Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony Nugent (; born December 13, 1948) is an American rock musician and activist. He initially gained fame as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of The Amboy Dukes, a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock ...
, released in 1981 and consisting of ten songs recorded during the last ten dates of Nugent's 1980 tour. Nugent played two or three new songs every night on the tour and told audiences he was recording them for possible inclusion in a new live album featuring all previously unreleased songs. None of the songs had appeared on any previous Ted Nugent album.
Nugent explained at the time that about twenty previously unreleased songs were played at the beginning of the tour, and at the end the best ten were recorded live rather than in the studio later, because they were well-honed from months of performances and had the extra spark of a live setting.
It was Ted Nugent's final album for
Epic Records and the last album to feature drummer
Cliff Davies.
Reception
The album was ranked at number 9 on ''
Guitar World''s list of the "Top 10 Live Albums".
Australian band
TISM
TISM (an acronym of This Is Serious Mum) are a seven-piece anonymous alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia on 30 December 1982 by vocalist/drummer Humphrey B. Flaubert, bassist/vocalist Jock Cheese and keyboardist/vocalist Eug ...
parodied the title on their 1991 video release ''Incontinent in Ten Continents''.
The ten cities/venues were:
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Detroit
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Cobo Arena
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Buffalo –
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
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Richfield –
Richfield Coliseum
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Toronto
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Maple Leaf Gardens
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Montreal
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Montreal Forum
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Boston
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Boston Garden
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New Haven
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New Haven Coliseum
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Pittsburgh
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Civic Arena
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Rochester
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* Rochester, Victoria
Canada
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United Kingdom
*Rochester, Kent
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** History of Rochester, Kent
** HM Prison ...
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Rochester Community War Memorial
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Providence –
Providence Civic Center
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Two tracks from the album (as well as others from various Nugent live releases) appeared on his 2010 release ''Setlist'', part of
Legacy Recordings' series of live artist-specific compilations from its catalog. "The Flying Lip Lock" is listed as from the New Haven Coliseum, and "I Take No Prisoners" from the Providence Civic Center. This is the first time specific tracks have been identified as from specific venues.
Controversy
The song "Jailbait" sparked backlash as the lyrics discuss wanting to have sex with a 13-year-old which would constitute
statutory rape
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("Well, I don't care if you're just thirteen, you look too good to be true"), and later sharing her when the police show up to arrest the perpetrator ("Wait a minute, officer, don't put those handcuffs on me / Put them on her and I'll share her with you"). These lyrics have retrospectively been pointed out be paradox given Nugent's frequent political campaigning with and for "family values"-candidates.
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Ted Nugent, except "
Land of a Thousand Dances", written by
Chris Kenner.
;Side one
#"Put Up or Shut Up" – 3:21
#"Spontaneous Combustion" – 3:53
#"My Love Is Like a Tire Iron" – 5:48
#"Jailbait" – 5:15
#"I Am a Predator" – 3:16
;Side two
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"Heads Will Roll" – 4:07
#" The Flying Lip Lock" – 4:07
#" Land of a Thousand Dances" – 4:39
#"The TNT Overture" – 4:31
#"I Take No Prisoners" – 3:30
Personnel
;Band members
* Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony Nugent (; born December 13, 1948) is an American rock musician and activist. He initially gained fame as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of The Amboy Dukes, a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock ...
– lead vocals, lead guitar
* Charlie Huhn
Charles Huhn (born January 11, 1951) is an American rock singer and guitarist. He got his start playing with Vic Amato, Andy Dennen and Al Lesert in the band Cirrus, in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan, playing many gigs in West Michigan befor ...
– lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
* Dave Kiswiney – bass, backing vocals
* Cliff Davies – drums, percussion, backing vocals, producer
;Production
* Ric Browde
Ric Browde is an American author, record producer, and songwriter. In the 1970s, Browde was working as a roadie, writing music for films, and involved in the production of albums by guitarist Ted Nugent, first as his assistant and later on as pro ...
– producer
* Lew Futterman – executive producer
* David McCullough – assistant producer, live sound engineer
* Al Hurschman, Dee Hurschman, Greg Klinginsmith, Tim Geelan, Mason Harlow – engineers
* Ray Janos – mastering
Charts
Album
Singles
References
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Ted Nugent live albums
1981 live albums
Epic Records live albums