| State of Shock | ||||
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| Released | May 1979[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Studio | Quadradial Studios, Miami, Florida and CBS Recording Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 40:43 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Lew Futterman, Cliff Davies | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| Classic Rock | [4] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
State of Shock is the fifth solo studio album by American rock musician Ted Nugent.[6] It was released in May 1979 by Epic Records.
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 gold, it is Nugent's first solo album not to attain a platinum certification.[7]
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 Great Gonzos! The Best of Ted Nugent. Other highlights include "Saddle Sore" and "Alone", a rare power ballad for him, sung by Charlie Huhn. A live show from this era is captured on the 1997 archive release Live at Hammersmith '79.
- ^ "Random Notes". Rolling Stone. No. 289. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. April 19, 1979. p. 66.
- ^ Strong, M. C. (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd. pp. 594–5. ISBN 0-86241-385-0.
- ^ Stone, Doug. "Ted Nugent - State of Shock review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ^ Dome, Malcolm (February 2005). "State of Shock". Classic Rock. No. 76. p. 109.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-1894959025.
- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 511.
- ^ "Ted Nugent". tsort.info. Retrieved July 9, 2011.