Cat Scratch Fever

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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.<ref name="RIAA" >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nugent released his next album, Double Live Gonzo!, the following year.

Reception

Template:Album ratings 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".<ref name="prato" />

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. Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing

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

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Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>Template:Cite book</ref>	90