Spirit of the Wild is the eleventh studio album of American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 musician Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent

Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...

. This album was produced by Michael Lutz for ME Productions

ME Productions

ME Productions is a full-service privately held company which offers special event services to businesses and individuals. Nearly 90% of the company’s business derives from the corporate sector....

 and Nugent, and engineered by Jim Vitti and Lutz.

This album marked the return of Nugent's original sound of hard rock and not pop metal. "Sprit of the Wild" is the theme song for Ted's hunting show Spirit of the Wild. "Fred Bear" is a tribute to the bowman Fred Bear

Fred Bear

Fred Bear was an American bow hunter, bow manufacturer, author, and television host.He was born in the town of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Although he did not start bow hunting until he was 29 and did not master the skill for many years, he is widely regarded as a pioneer in the bow-hunting community...

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Track listing

1. "Thighraceous" (3:48) (Derek St. Holmes/Ted Nugent)
2. "Wrong Side of Town" (5:15) (Benny Rappa/Michael Lutz/Nugent)
3. "I Shoot Back" (3:50) (Holmes/Lutz/Nugent)
4. "Tooth, Fang & Claw" (6:49) (Nugent)
5. "Lovejacker" (4:32) (Holmes/Lutz/Nugent)
6. "Fred Bear
   Fred Bear
   Fred Bear was an American bow hunter, bow manufacturer, author, and television host.He was born in the town of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Although he did not start bow hunting until he was 29 and did not master the skill for many years, he is widely regarded as a pioneer in the bow-hunting community...
   
   " (7:41) (Nugent)
7. "Primitive Man" (5:56) (Holmes/Lutz/Nugent)
8. "Hot or Cold" (4:31) (Holmes/Lutz/Nugent)
9. "Kiss My Ass" (3:20) (Nugent)
10. "Heart & Soul" (4:44) (Holmes/Lutz/Nugent)
11. "Spirit of the Wild" (4:22) (Holmes/Nugent)
12. "Just Do It Like This" (6:08) (Nugent)

Personnel

• Benny Rappa - Drums
• Denny Carmassi
  Denny Carmassi
  Denny Carmassi is an American drummer.Carmassi was a member of the first four line-ups of the band Montrose. After Montrose, he played with his former Montrose bandmate Sammy Hagar as a solo artist, and with his former Montrose bandmates Ronnie Montrose and Jim Alcivar in the band Gamma.He also...
  
   - Drums
• Derek St. Holmes
  Derek St. Holmes
  Derek St. Holmes is an American musician best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitar player for Ted Nugent's successful early solo career.-Early years:...
  
   - Vocals
• Doug Banker - Piano, Background vocals
• Gunner Ross - Drums
• Jim Vitti
  Jim Vitti
  Jim Vitti is an award-winning author. He is best known for writing The Cubs on Catalina, which received the international Book of the Year Award from The Sporting News and the Society for American Baseball Research...
  
   - Engineer
• Lawrence Fratangelo - Percussion
• Michael Lutz - Bass, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals
• Ted Nugent
  Ted Nugent
  Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...
  
  - Guitar, Vocals, lyrics, attitude, backstraps and security
• Steve Galli - Cover photographer from Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, January 1, 1995