Nuclear Cowboy
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{{Infobox album
| name = Nuclear Cowboy
| type = studio album
| artist = John Sykes
| cover = John Sykes nuclear cowboy.jpg
| alt =
| released = 27 October 2000
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = The Bunker (Los Angeles){{Cite AV media notes |title=Nuclear Cowboy |title-link=Nuclear Cowboy |others=John Sykes |date=2000 |type=booklet |publisher=Mercury Records |id=PHCW-1063}}
| genre = Heavy metal, nu-metal, industrial metal, hard rock
| length = 49:36
| label = Mercury Japan
| producer = John Sykes
| prev_title = Best of John Sykes
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Bad Boy Live!
| next_year = 2004
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=nuclear-cowboy-mw0000026004|pure_url=yes}} link]
| noprose = yes
}}
Nuclear Cowboy is the fourth and final solo studio album by English musician John Sykes, released on 27 October 2000.{{cite web|title=ジョン・サイクス - ≪発売延期≫ニュークリア・カウボーイ|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/90463/products/408457/1/|work=Oricon|language=Japanese|access-date=28 January 2025}} The record saw Sykes experimenting with drum loops and other elements of hip hop production.{{Cite web|url=http://www.johnsykes.com/bbinterview.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219154855/http://www.johnsykes.com/bbinterview.html|url-status=dead|title=2001 Interview with Troy Wells of ballbusterhardmusic.com|website=Johnsykes.com|archivedate=19 December 2009|accessdate=3 January 2021}}
Track listing
All songs written and composed by John Sykes, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 0:34
| title2 = We Will
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = Nuclear Cowboy
| writer3 = Sykes, Peter Black
| length3 = 4:23
| title4 = Arc Angel
| writer4 = Sykes, Black
| length4 = 4:56
| title5 = Nothing Means Nothing
| length5 = 4:35
| title6 = Talking 'bout Love
| writer6 = Sykes, Black
| length6 = 5:39
| title7 = One Way System
| length7 = 3:42
| title8 = Interlude 'All Good People'
| length8 = 0:25
| title9 = Degraded
| writer9 = Sykes, Black
| length9 = 4:16
| title10 = Sick
| writer10 = Sykes, Black
| length10 = 4:10
| title11 = I Wish It Would Rain
| length11 = 7:13
| title12 = Raising the Devil
| length12 = 5:36
| total_length = 49:36
}}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
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Musicians
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References
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