''State of Shock'' is the fifth solo studio album by American

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musician

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. It was released in May 1979 by

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. ''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

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, it is Nugent's first solo album not to attain a

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. 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 ''

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''. Other highlights include "Saddle Sore" and "Alone", a rare

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for him, sung by

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. 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

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Personnel

;Band members *

– lead and rhythm guitars, lead vocals (on tracks 1, 2, 5), backing vocals, percussion *

– 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 *

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– 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

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

See also

References