Cat Scratch Fever
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{{Infobox album
| name = Cat Scratch Fever
| type = studio
| artist = Ted Nugent
| cover = cat_scratch_fever_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 13, 1977
| recorded = January and March 1977
| studio = Columbia Recording Studios, New York, and CBS Studios, London
| genre = Hard rock
| length = 38:16
| label = Epic
| producer = Lew Futterman, Tom Werman, Cliff Davies
| prev_title = Free-for-All
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Double Live Gonzo!
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Cat Scratch Fever
| type = studio
| single1 = Cat Scratch Fever
| single2 = Home Bound
| single2date = January 1978
}}
}}
Cat Scratch Fever is the third studio album by American rock musician Ted Nugent. It was released on May 13, 1977, by Epic Records. Vocalist Derek St. Holmes, who had left the band during the recording of the album Free-for-All, had come back for touring in 1976 and was again the principal lead singer on this album. It is the last studio album to feature bassist Rob Grange.
A commercial success, the album has been certified multi-platinum by the RIAA.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=ted+nugent#search_section |title=RIAA Database: Search for Ted Nugent |accessdate=December 16, 2011 |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America}} Nugent released his next album, Double Live Gonzo!, the following year.
Reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cat-scratch-fever-mw0000195113 |title=Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever review |accessdate=December 13, 2011 |last=Prato |first=Greg |work=AllMusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation}}
|rev2 = Classic Rock
|rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite magazine |title=Cat Scratch Fever |journal=Classic Rock |date=February 2005 |last=Dome |first=Malcolm |authorlink=Malcolm Dome |issue=76 |page=108 }}
|rev3 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev3Score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: N|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=N&bk=70|accessdate=March 8, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
|rev4 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
|rev4Score = 8/10{{cite book |last1 = Popoff |first1 = Martin |authorlink1 = Martin Popoff |title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies |publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing |date = October 2003 |location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn = 978-1894959025 |page=207}}
|rev5 = Rolling Stone
|rev5score = (favorable){{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tednugent/albums/album/213202/review/5946035/cat_scratch_fever |title=Album Reviews: Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever |accessdate=December 13, 2011 |last=Tucker |first=Ken |authorlink=Ken Tucker |date=July 28, 1977 |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002102747/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tednugent/albums/album/213202/review/5946035/cat_scratch_fever |archivedate=October 2, 2007}}
}}
Cat Scratch Fever received a mostly positive review from Greg Prato of AllMusic, who remarked that it "matched the focused ferocity of Nugent's excellent 1975 debut", proclaiming it a "first-rate set of brash hard rockers".
Track listing
All songs written by Ted Nugent, except "Live It Up" (written by Nugent and Derek St. Holmes). All songs arranged by Nugent, Rob Grange, St. Holmes, and Cliff Davies.
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Cat Scratch Fever
| length1 = 3:41
| title2 = Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = Death by Misadventure
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Live It Up
| length4 = 4:02
| title5 = Home Bound
| note5 = instrumental
| length5 = 4:43
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard
| length6 = 5:44
| title7 = Sweet Sally
| length7 = 2:34
| title8 = A Thousand Knives
| length8 = 4:48
| title9 = Fist Fightin' Son of a Gun
| length9 = 2:51
| title10 = Out of Control
| length10 = 3:27
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1999 CD reissue bonus tracks
| title11 = Cat Scratch Fever
| note11 = live
| length11 = 4:52
| title12 = Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
| note12 = live
| length12 = 5:44
}}
Personnel
;Band members
- Ted Nugent – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, percussion
- Derek St. Holmes – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, arrangements
- Rob Grange – bass, backing vocals, arrangements
- Cliff Davies – drums, backing vocals, arrangements
;Additional musicians
- Alan Spenner, Boz Burrell, Rory Dodd – backing vocals
- Montego Joe – percussion
- Tom Werman – percussion, backing vocals
;Production
- Cliff Davies – production
- Tom Werman – production
- Lew Futterman – production
- Tim Geelan, Wayne Tarnowski – engineering
- Jim Houghton, Robert Alford, Ron Pownall – photography
- Bruce Dickinson – 1999 reissue production
- Vic Anesini – remastering
- Howard Fritzson – 1999 reissue art direction
- Gary Graff – 1999 reissue liner notes
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1977)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australia Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=220}}
| 90 |
| {{album chart|Canada|25|artist=Ted Nugent|album=Cat Scratch Fever|chartid=5439a|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|14|artist=Ted Nugent|album=Cat Scratch Fever|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|28|date=19770703|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|17|artist=Ted Nugent|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}} |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Ted Nugent|title=Cat Scratch Fever
|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1977|certyear=1979}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Ted Nugent|title=Cat Scratch Fever
|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|relyear=1977|certyear=2001}}
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