''Spirit of the Wild'' is the eleventh studio album by American

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musician

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. It was released in May 1995 by

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. The album was produced by Mike Lutz from the

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rock band and engineered by Lutz and Jim Vitti. It is Nugent's only album released in the 1990s. ''Spirit of the Wild'' marked the return of Nugent's original sound of hard rock instead of the

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style of his '80s solo work, as well as the brief return of vocalist

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. "Spirit of the Wild" is the theme song for Nugent's hunting TV show ''Spirit of the Wild''. The sixth track "Fred Bear" is a tribute to the bowman

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Track listing

Personnel

;Band members *

– guitar, lead vocals (except where noted), lyrics, attitude, backstraps and security, producer *

– lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11) * Mike Lutz – bass, keyboards, vocals, producer, engineer, mixing *

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– drums ;Additional musicians * Larry Fratangelo – percussion * Benny Rappa – drums (track 2), background vocals (tracks 2, 10) * Gunner Ross – drums (track 6) * Doug Banker – piano (track 8), background vocals (tracks 9, 11), management ;Production * Jim Vitti – engineer, mixing * Brian Delaney, Jeff Campo – assistant engineers *

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– mastering * Donald May – art direction * Steve Galli – cover photographer from Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, January 1, 1995

References

{{Authority control 1995 albums Ted Nugent albums Atlantic Records albums