''Craveman'' is the twelfth studio album by American rock musician

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, released on September 24, 2002. The album continues the trend, started in the mid-1990s, of Nugent returning to the rawer, harder-rocking sound that made him famous in the 1970s. This stands in sharp contrast to the

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of his 1980s work, and the romantic AOR power-ballads of his early 1990s band

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. This album also contains some material from an unreleased Damn Yankees album, ''Bravo''.

Reception

Critic Eduardo Rivadavia of

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gave ''Craveman'' a positive 4 stars out of a possible 5, declaring it Nugent's "fiercest effort in decades, and certainly his heaviest ever."

Track listing

All songs are written by Ted Nugent, except where noted, #"Klstrphnky" – 3:55 #"Crave" ''(

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, Nugent)'' – 6:19 #"Rawdogs & Warhogs" – 3:37 #"Damned If Ya Do" ''(Blades, Nugent,

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)'' – 4:21 #"At Home There" ''(Brendan Lynch, Nugent,

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)'' – 3:49 #"Cum N Gitya Sum-o-This" – 2:37 #"Change My Sex" – 3:03 #"I Won’t Go Away" ''(

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" ''( Willie Dixon)'' – 2:58 #"My Baby Likes My Butter on Her Gritz" ''(

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Credits

Band members

– guitars, lead vocals, producer *

– bass guitar, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "At Home There" *

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– drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

* Chris Peters – producer * Drew Peters – producer, engineer * Ben Began – engineer, mixing * Joe Lambert – mastering

References

Ted Nugent albums 2002 albums Spitfire Records albums {{2000s-hard-rock-album-stub