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{{Infobox album
| name       = Wild Cat
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Tygers of Pan Tang]]
| cover      = TIGERS-WILD-CAT.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = July 1980<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/850/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=850 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}</ref>
| recorded   = [[Morgan Studios]], London
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| length     = 44:36
| label      = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| producer   = [[Chris Tsangarides]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Spellbound (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Spellbound]]
| next_year  = 1981
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Wild Cat
| type        = studio
| single1     = Suzie Smiled
| single1date = August 1980
| single2     = Euthanasia
| single2date = October 1980<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/850/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=850 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/wild-cat-mw0000713310 | title = Tygers of Pan Tang Wild Cat review | accessdate = 2012-11-06 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 9/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = 1 November 2005 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 371}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |page=319}}</ref>
}}
'''''Wild Cat''''' is the debut album by the British [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Tygers of Pan Tang]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waksman |first1=Steve |title=This Ain't the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk |date=2009 |publisher=University of California Press |page=188 |isbn=9780520253100 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LaklDQAAQBAJ&q=Wild+Cat+%28Tygers+of+Pan+Tang+album%29+1980&pg=PA188}}</ref><ref name=CL/> It was released in 1980 on MCA Records, and reached #18 on the UK album chart. The band's debut single "Don't Touch Me There", released in January 1980, was re-recorded for inclusion. The album was re-issued in 1989 in a double-LP package with ''[[Spellbound (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Spellbound]]'', and on CD in 1997 with bonus tracks.
==Critical reception==
''[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]'' called the album "an early biker-metal classic exuding all the boisterous charm one would expect from a bunch of young kids excitedly helping build a scene."<ref>{{cite web |title=The top 25 NWOBHM records |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/features/the-top-25-nwobhm-records |website=Goldmine |accessdate=16 August 2020}}</ref>
==Track listing==
All songs written by Jess Cox, Brian Dick, Rick Laws, and Robb Weir except where noted.
{{track listing
| headline        = Side one
| title1          = Euthanasia
| length1         = 3:44
| title2          = Slave to Freedom
| length2         = 5:55
| title3          = Don't Touch Me There
| length3         = 2:58
| title4          = Money
| length4         = 3:18
| title5          = Killers
| length5         = 6:36
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = Side two
| title6          = Fireclown
| length6         = 3:15
| title7          = Wild Catz
| length7         = 3:06
| title8          = Suzie Smiled
| length8         = 5:12
| title9          = Badger Badger
| length9         = 4:10
| title10         = Insanity
| length10        = 6:26
| total_length    = 44:36
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = 1997 CD re-issue bonus tracks
| title11         = Rock 'n' Roll Man
| length11        = 2:35
| title12         = Alright on the Night
| length12        = 3:08
| title13         = [[Tush (ZZ Top song)|Tush]]
| lyrics13        = [[Billy Gibbons]], [[Dusty Hill]], [[Frank Beard (musician)|Frank Beard]]
| length13        = 2:18
| note13          = [[ZZ Top]] cover
| title14         = Straight as a Die
| length14        = 3:13
| title15         = Don't Take Nothing
| length15        = 3:03
| title16         = Bad Times
| length16        = 3:12
| title17         = Burning Up
| length17        = 3:58
| title18         = Don't Touch Me There
| note18          = original version
| length18        = 2:33
| total_length    = 67:36
}}
==Personnel==
Per the liner notes
;Band members
*Jess Cox – [[Singing|Vocals]]
*Robb Weir – [[Electric guitar|Guitars]] and Vocals
*Richard 'Rocky' Laws – [[Bass guitar|Bass]] and Vocals
*Brian "Big" Dick – [[Drum set|Sticks, Kicks and Gong]]
; Production
*[[Chris Tsangarides]] – producer, engineer
*Andrew Warwick – assistant engineer
*Cream – artwork, design
*Pete Vernon – photos
*Grahame Thompson & Tom Noble – management for Pan Tang Productions
*Grahame Thompson – tour manager
==Charts==
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|-
! Chart (1980)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|UK2|18|date=19800831|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2024}}
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Tygers of Pan Tang}}
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[[Category:1980 debut albums]]
[[Category:Tygers of Pan Tang albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Chris Tsangarides]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Morgan Sound Studios]]
[[Category:MCA Records albums]]
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