CoronaVinyl Day 250 (N): Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent

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Today's CoronaVinyl category is "N," and I only have one album by an "N" artist that I haven't yet featured on CoronaVinyl, so that made the decision-making process fairly easy today.  We're listening to Ted Nugent's third solo studio album, 1977's Cat Scratch Fever.

As I discussed back in September when listening to The Nug's prior album, 1976's Free-For-All, Nugent and his lead singer and rhythm guitarist David St. Holmes had a falling out during the recording of Free-For-All, resulting in a few different lead singers on that album.  St. Holmes was back for Cat Scratch Fever, and he sang lead vocals on all but three songs (on which Nugent himself handled lead vocals).

Catch Scratch Fever is a blistering hard rock album with a few Nugent classics, like the title track, which went to #30 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Nugent's only Top 40 solo hit to date.  The instrumental "Home Bound" also charted, reaching #70.  The album itself reached #17 on the Billboard album chart, which was Nugent's highest-charting solo album at the time.  It also eventually went triple platinum in the U.S., making it his best-selling album ever, along 1978's live album Double Gonzo Live!, which also went triple platinum.

The Spotify version of the album has bonus live versions of the title track and "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang."

Favorite song on Side 1:  "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang"
Though the title track can hardly be said to be subtle in its sexual innuendo, the second song on the album is about as subtle as a jackhammer.  It's a great, hard-driving rock song about, well, poontang.

Favorite song on Side 2:  "Workin' Hard, Playin' Hard"
The second side starts off with a nice crunchy riff and a solid song that has very much represented my mantra since college.