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Awesome music but not his "best"

02/18/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Skip this "best of" (hardly) CD. Taken on its own, the music on the disc is great but it does not represent Nugent's "best" (it fails to include his two most popular songs -"stranglehold" and "cat scratch fever"). If you are looking for a hit package I would suggest that you pick up "super hits", "great gonzos", or better yet, the "out of control" 2 disc set (this in the only "best of" collection that contains the legendary "great white buffalo")."

The Pre-VanHalen American Guitar Hero of the 70's

eveoflove | 12/05/1998

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Going way back to the wide-leg post-woodstock years of the 70's, the Motor City Madman was undisputably THE American guitar hero of the decade for legions of pubescent teens before a certain Eddie somebody showed up in late 1977 to swipe his crown. Ted's mouth that runneth over in concert and in interviews was new and exciting in a subdued time way before he was known as a right-wing wacko. The "voice" of this LP is the under-appreciated Derek St. Holmes who gives Ted the needed heart - or "ying" - to Ted's gonzo "yang". Had Ted not been so autocratic and shared the spotlight with the rest of the band featured on this landmark recording, they might have stayed together and been a supergroup for the ages, but they only stuck it out for 3 great studio albums which will always light up testosterone-filled memories for me and millions of other teen boys at that time who lived their lives according to the gospel of St. Ted's ode to the fair sex: "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang.""

Zee Wang-go zee tang-go!

eveoflove | North York, Ontario Canada | 01/13/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Made in USA in 1996 Serial#A-28066 Playing Time: 39 mins.A compilation of material up to his 7th album, "Scream Dream", this compilation is way too short and excludes "essential" tracks from his days with the SONY label.It's worth getting (used) if you're unfamiliar with his work, and for a bit more money, you can get the "Expanded Editions" of his first few albums.Some in-your-face guitar performances, with lyrics like "You have to pretend your face is a Maserati"It deserves 3-and-a-half stars, because it simply rocks!"