''Scream Dream'' is the sixth

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by American

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musician

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 an ...

. The album was released in June 1980 by

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, and reached number 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200. It was his last studio album to feature drummer Cliff Davies. The album-opening " Wango Tango" became an instant Nugent standard, including a humorous middle breakdown section in which he shows off with a carnival barker-esque rap. Other highlights include "Terminus El Dorado", the title track, and "Hard as Nails". Tracks "Wango Tango" and "Scream Dream" were later included in the

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'' Playlist: The Very Best of Ted Nugent''.

Critical reception

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'' reviewer left positive response on an album. He wrote: "The aural mayhem created here could be made by no other person than Nugent. While he does nothing on this outing that he hasn't done before, he always does it with enough zest and relish to make his point come across. He continues in the well trod path of hook-laced heavy metal with blazing guitar licks and intentionally humorous lyrics."

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All songs written and arranged by

Personnel

;Band members *

– lead vocals, lead and rhythm 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 vocals on tracks 4 and 10, backing vocals, rhythm guitar * Dave Kiswiney – bass, backing vocals * Cliff Davies – drums, lead vocals on track 8, producer ;Additional musicians *The Immaculate Wangettes – backing vocals on track 1 ;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 ...

, David McCullough – associate producers *

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– executive producer * Tim Geelan – engineer, mixing, mastering supervisor * Al Hurschman, David Gotlieb, Lou Schlossberg – assistant engineers *

George Marino George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...

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