Ted Nugent - Scream Dream

Import only remastered edition. Scream Dream is generally regarded as Ted’s last truly great album. Switching labels and seeking a generally more thoughtful and less manic approach, Ted’s glory years were neatly book ended by this superb record, crafted with an equal measure of power and melody yet never once taking an eye off the big prize. Crammed to the rafters with archetypical Nugent bluster, the album is a treasure trove of hidden, and not so hidden, gems including the title track, Hard As Nails, Flesh & Blood, Spit It Out and the off the wall and totally unrehearsed lead-off track Wango Tango which boasts one of Ted’s greatest, certainly wackiest raps. Remastered - Sound shaped from 24 bit digital tools via POW-r technology by Jon Astley. Includes a 4,000 word interview with Ted written by Geoff Barton, Editor Classic Rock. Features 12 page full color booklet - Original and enhanced artwork with new photos, cuttings and full involvement from Ted Nugent. Rock Candy. 1980. Album Description

Find out how many different ways Ted can sing about sex

This isn't Steady Teddy at his best, but it's only a notch below. There are a couple very creative songs here in "Wango Tango", "Scream Dream" and "Terminus Eldorado". The rest of the songs are pretty standard as evidenced by their titles, "Flesh and Blood", "Hard as Nails", "Come and Get It", etc. Ted never was deep. His guitar here is nice and loud with excellent solo work. The production is a little on the cheap side compared to his early releases, which is a little jarring at first. One listen to Scream Dream and you might be disappointed. Listen to it over and over and the songs will grow on you, Ted's guitar will bleed into your brain and all will be right with the world. April 19, 2007

Quite possible one of the most motovated albums ever made!!!

I put it in th cd player and didn't take it for over a week! I pretty much stayed on a "Nugent High" the hole week!!!! Everyone I've tured onto this album was about the same. This album is one of the reasons Ted is a ledgant today! April 11, 2007

"You see it in NY, all over Chicago... they're looking for violence, waiting on murder - sanity is past tense - Scream Dream!

When I was a kid in Jr High, each morning students, I guess, would play songs over the PA system. The first song I remember being big was Ted Nugents 'Cat Scratch Fever'. The following year it was Foreigners 'Hot Blooded'. The year before or after it was Kiss and 'Beth'.

This Scream Dream CD is as good as any Ted Nugent CD I think. The production is improved from older works. It has the songs 'Wango Tango' (Ok, I don't really think that much of Wango Tango) and 'Terminus Eldorado'. Terminus Eldorado doesn't even sound like Ted. It's sung with a low voice in a sing-song semi-rap style. It may be Ted's best song. And it has the song 'Scream Dream', - "You see it all in New York, it's all over Chicago, even now in Detroit when you're going to a go-go, they're looking for the violence, waiting on murder - sanity is past tense - Scream Dream!

I didn't really want to review this CD as much as print that, and give Ted his due (I intended to rate this CD 3 stars, but it's stuck up there on 4). Ted's dressed in a loin cloth on the CD - his image for a number of years. I guess the loin cloth went with his whole "sanity is past tense" theme. I never really made this connection till like 15 years later or something listening to 'Scream Dream' for the 10th time. If only they had printed lyrics with this CD!

I've never seen Ted Nugent live, other than watching Ted's 'New Years Eve whiplash bash' on TV, but it's said he plays too loud. I can see him sounding too loud while not even being that loud. Perhaps this is one of the dividing lines between metal and hard rock. With metal, you either love it and give in to it (and want to hear it loud) or you hate it and want it shut off. Hard rock just doesn't sound better louder. Perhaps it's me (I'm not really a hard rock fan).

Ted Nugent is as famous for his politics now as he is for his music. When we were kids, he would appear in the 'Just Say No Commercials', saying, "I've never used drugs, don't need 'em" something like that. My friends would laugh and say, "Sure you don't do drugs Ted, sure" *wink*wink* then pretend to hit a joint or something. I guess Ted was serious, he's written books about, among other things, how he would get drug dealers busted back stage after concerts (Nugent does have songs about alcohol and even a song named 'Fist Fightin Son of a Gun'). He's even had his own reality TV show. January 27, 2007

Finally Remastered!!!

Finally long overdue remasters of Teds best albums these sound way better than the old version by far 24 bit booklet includes pictures. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!! August 14, 2006

Another overall disappointment from the Nuge

This was the third disappointing studio album in a row by Ted, after the lackluster Weekend Warriors and State of Shock. This album is a little bit better, though, because of three songs: "Wango Tango", "Scream Dream", and "Terminus Eldorado". Cover your kids' ears if you're playing "Wango Tango" in their midst, because the lyrics are, even today, not for the young.

As with his previous two studio albums, this band was never the same without Derek St. Holmes. The songwriting is pretty weak overall, and once again the production is VERY weak. May 4, 2005

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