BOB SEGER
''FACE THE PROMISE''
SEPTEMBER 12 2006
42:45
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01 - Wreck This Heart 03:53
Backing Vocals – Bernie Barlow, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Eddie Bayers
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [Solo] – J.T. Corenflos
Percussion – Bob Seger, David Cole
Synthesizer – Bob Seger
02 - Wait For Me 03:41
Acoustic Guitar – J.T. Corenflos
Backing Vocals – Bernie Barlow, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Steve Brewster
Electric Guitar – Brent Rowan
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer [Synth Strings] – Bob Seger
Piano – Billy Payne
03 - Face The Promise 03:16
Backing Vocals – Bekka Bramlett, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums, Cowbell – Paul Leim
Electric Guitar – Biff Watson, Brent Rowan
Electric Guitar [Additional] – Bob Seger, David Cole
Electric Guitar [Solo] – Kenny Greenberg
Tambourine – Eric Darken
04 - No Matter Who You Are 03:37
Acoustic Guitar – J.T. Corenflos
Backing Vocals – Barbara Payton, Laura Creamer, Thornetta Davis
Bass – Larry Paxton
Drums – Steve Brewster
Electric Guitar – Marlin Young
Piano – John Jarvis
05 - Are You 03:32
Backing Vocals – Bernie Barlow, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Steve Brewster
Electric Guitar – Brent Rowan
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [Solo] – J.T. Corenflos
Percussion – Eric Darken
Vocals [Featured Vocalist] – Shaun Murphy
06 - Simplicity 03:57
Backing Vocals – Laura Creamer, Leslie Mills, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Eddie Bayers
Electric Guitar – J.T. Corenflos
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [Solo] – Brent Rowan
Percussion – Eric Darken
Saxophone [Baritone] – Sam Levine
Saxophone [Tenor] – Randy Leago
Saxophone [Tenor], Saxophone [Tenor, Solo], Arranged By [Horns] – Jim Hoke
Trombone – William Huber
Trumpet – Steve Herman
07 - No More 02:57
Acoustic Guitar – Brent Rowan, J.T. Corenflos
Arranged By [Strings Orchestrator] – Kristin Wilkinson
Backing Vocals – Laura Creamer, Leslie Mills, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Eddie Bayers
Percussion – Eric Darken
Piano – John Hobbs
Strings – Carl Gorodetzky, Carole Rabinowitz, Conni Ellisor, Craig Nelson, David Angell, David Davidson, Elisabeth Small, Gary Vanosdale, Jim Grosjean, John Catchings, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Matthew Walker*, Pamela Sixfin, Zeneba Bowers
08 - Real Mean Bottle (With Kid Rock) 03:01 (Vince Gill)
Bass – Michael Rhodes
Drums – Steve Brewster
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [First Solo] – J.T. Corenflos
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [Third Solo] – Kenny Greenberg
Guitar [Slide Guitars] – Bob Seger, Kid Rock
Piano, Piano [Second Solo] – Gordon Mote
Vocals [Duet] – Kid Rock
09 - Won't Stop 03:18
Drums, Percussion – Eric Darken
Performer [All Instruments] – Bob Seger
10 - Between 04:45
Backing Vocals – Bernie Barlow, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Steve Brewster
Electric Guitar – J.T. Corenflos
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [Solo] – Kenny Greenberg
Percussion – Eric Darken
11 - The Answers In The Question (With Patty Loveless) 03:39
Acoustic Guitar – Brent Rowan, J.T. Corenflos
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Paul Leim
Fiddle, Mandolin – Aubrey Haynie
Percussion – Eric Darken
Piano – Steve Nathan
Synthesizer [Synth Strings] – Bob Seger
Vocals [Duet] – Patty Loveless
12 - The Long Goodbye 03:04
Performer [All Instruments] – Bob Seger
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REVIEW/AMG
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Bob Seger quietly faded into a semi-retirement after 1995's It's a Mystery, choosing to spend time with his young family instead of churning out records. He wasn't exactly turning away at the peak of his popularity -- he still had a dedicated following, but the '90s weren't treating him particularly well, with 1991's The Fire Inside and 1995's It's a Mystery not playing far outside of the cult. So, the time was ripe for a hiatus, and Seger slipped into normal life. While he was away, his stature slowly started to rise, particularly around the turn of the millennium when Detroit once again rose to prominence as a rock & roll city thanks to Eminem, the White Stripes, and most significantly in Seger's case, Kid Rock, who was often seen in Seger shirts and blatantly tried to position himself as the heir to Bob's throne. In this setting, Seger was inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and it soon became known that he was working on a new album, which turned out to be Face the Promise, which surfaced in September 2006, 11 years after It's a Mystery. As the copyrights on the songs on Face the Promise prove, Seger had been working on this project steadily since about 2000; while most date from 2005 and 2006, a few are as old as 2001 and there are songs dating from throughout the decade, so this was no rush job and it certainly doesn't sound like it either. This sounds like Seger's most carefully considered record in quite some time, from its overarching themes -- largely of love and family and aging, not a huge surprise given his past decade -- to its individual songs, performances, and recordings, so it shouldn't come as a total surprise that Face the Promise feels like his most complete record since 1982's The Distance, which naturally also means that it's his best since then.
A large part of its appeal is that it feels natural and unforced, lacking the deliberate, slick anthems of Like a Rock or the overly considered feel of The Fire Inside or the polish of It's a Mystery. Which isn't to say that Face the Promise is gritty: make no mistake, this is the work an old pro backed by professionals. But this is not a Silver Bullet Band album -- this is the first Seger album to be credited as a solo effort since 1975's Beautiful Loser, which makes a lot of sense because its emotional heart is closer to such '70s solo efforts as Beautiful Loser or the largely forgotten Brand New Morning than his previous few records. That doesn't mean that this is an autumnal introspective affair -- there are rockers and anthems here, but this is the sound of a veteran rocker not only acting his age, but liking being his age, which doesn't happen all that often. And that's why Face the Promise was largely recorded in Nashville -- it's not because Seger is going country, even with the presence of a duet with Patty Loveless or the fact that he and Kid Rock cover Vince Gill's "Real Mean Bottle," the only cut that sounds crafted with the radio in mind, but because Nashville is the current home of music for adults. Sure, it can be a little slick, but at its best, modern Nashville is a blend of heart and impeccable chops, which is ideal for Seger. Ironically, given that this was made with hired hands, the record has more warmth and heart than the last two Silver Bullet Band ones, but the success of Face the Promise isn't down to the backing band or location, although Seger was savvy enough to pick the right musicians and atmosphere for both -- it's down to the material, which is the best he's had in years. If on It's a Mystery it seemed like Seger was searching for something to say, here he seems recharged by his hiatus -- or more specifically, the time he's spent with his family, living and growing old -- and he's wound up with a record that plays to all his strengths, not just as a rocker, but as a songwriter and unintentional, unassuming, entirely appropriate spokesman for everyday middle Americans. That's what he was at his peak, and while Face the Promise isn't quite Night Moves or Stranger in Town, it stands proudly next to those albums and is most assuredly the work of the same singer -- a little older, a little wiser, a little more settled, but still restless and singing his heart.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Originally a hard-driving rocker in the vein of fellow Michigan garage rockers the Rationals and Mitch Ryder, Bob Seger developed into one of the most popular heartland rockers over the course of the '70s. Combining the driving charge of Ryder's Detroit Wheels with Stonesy garage rock and devotion to hard-edged soul and R&B, he crafted a distinctively American sound. While he never attained the critical respect of his contemporary Bruce Springsteen, Seger did develop a dedicated following through constant touring with his Silver Bullet Band. Following several years of missed chances and lost opportunities, Seger finally achieved a national audience in 1976 with the back-to-back release of Live Bullet and Night Moves. After the platinum success of those albums, Seger retained his popularity for the next two decades, releasing seven Top Ten, platinum-selling albums in a row.
Seger began playing music in 1961 as the leader of the Detroit-based trio the Decibels; his future manager, Eddie "Punch" Andrews was also a member of the band. Moving to Ann Arbor, he played with the Town Criers before he became the keyboardist and vocalist for Doug Brown & the Omens. Billing themselves as the Beach Bums, the band released "The Ballad of the Yellow Beret," a parody of the Sgt. Barry Sadler song "The Ballad of the Green Beret." The single was withdrawn shortly after its release after Sadler threatened a lawsuit. In 1966, Seger released his first solo single, "East Side Story," which became a regional hit. Several other local hit singles followed on Cameo Records, including "Persecution Smith" and "Heavy Music," before his label folded. In 1968, he formed the Bob Seger System and signed with Capitol Records, releasing his debut album, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, in the spring of that year. The title track became a national hit, climbing to number 17, but the group's follow-up, Noah, stiffed and Seger decided to quit the music business at the end of 1969 to attend college.
By the end of the summer, Seger had returned to rock & roll with a new backing band, releasing Mongrel at the end of the year. For 1971's Brand New Morning, he disbanded his group and recorded a singer/songwriter effort. Following its release, he began performing with the duo Dave Teegarden and Skip "Van Winkle" Knape, and the duo provided support on 1972's Smokin' O.P.'s, which was the first release on Palladium Records, a label he formed with Andrews. The album failed to sell, as did Back in '72 (1973) and Seven (1974), and he moved back to Capitol Records for 1975's Beautiful Loser. For the recording of Beautiful Loser, Seger formed the Silver Bullet Band, which consisted of guitarist Drew Abbott, bassist Chris Campbell, keyboardist Robyn Robbins, saxophonist Alto Reed, and drummer Charlie Allen Martin. Seger supported Beautiful Loser with an extensive tour with the Silver Bullet Band, and while it didn't make the album a hit, it provided a widespread grassroots following across the country. The touring paid off in 1976, when Live Bullet, a double album recorded in Detroit, became a hit, spending over three years on the U.S. charts and going gold; the album would eventually go quadruple platinum.
The groundswell behind Live Bullet sent Seger's next studio album, Night Moves (1976), into the Top Ten early in 1977. Night Moves became a blockbuster, generating the hit singles "Night Moves," "Mainstreet," and "Rock & Roll Never Forgets." Stranger in Town, released in the summer 1978, was just as successful, featuring the hits "Still the Same," "Hollywood Nights," "We've Got Tonite," and "Old Time Rock & Roll." Stranger in Town confirming his status as one America's most popular rockers. Seger's next album, 1980's Against the Wind, became his first number one album and all of its big hits -- "Fire Lake," "Against the Wind," "You'll Accomp'ny Me" -- were ballads. The live album Nine Tonight continued his multi-platinum success in 1981, selling three million copies and peaking at number three.
Seger returned with The Distance in 1982. The Distance was the first album since Seven to be recorded with the addition of session musicians, which caused guitarist Abbott to quit the band in frustration. Over the course of the next decade, the membership of the Silver Bullet Band shifted constantly. While The Distance featured "Shame on the Moon," his biggest hit single to date, its sales plateaued at a million copies, suggesting that his popularity was beginning to level off. Seger also began to drastically reduce his recording and touring schedules -- he only released one other album, 1986's Like a Rock, during the '80s. Like a Rock and its supporting tour were both successes, paving the way for "Shakedown," a song taken from the soundtrack to Beverly Hills Cop II, to become Seger's lone number one hit in 1987. Four years after its release, he returned with The Fire Inside. Although the album went platinum and reached the Top Ten, it only appealed to Seger's devoted following, as did 1995's It's a Mystery, which became his first album since Live Bullet to fail to go platinum, leveling off at gold status.
A long hiatus followed, where Seger kept his head down and spent time with his family. These quiet years were only interrupted by his 2004 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Finally, in 2006, after an 11-year hiatus, Seger released Face the Promise, his first record since 1975's Beautiful Loser not to feature the Silver Bullet Band. Although it spawned no big hit singles -- "Wait for Me" made it into the Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 20 -- Face the Promise performed well, debuting at four on the Billboard charts on its way to a platinum certification. A couple archival projects followed: the 2009 compilation Early Seger, Vol. 1 that balanced previously released cuts with re-recorded old tunes, and the 2011 double-disc set Ultimate Hits: Rock & Roll Never Forgets, which was certified platinum and generated the modest adult contemporary hit cover of Tom Waits' "Downtown Train." A new album called Ride Out appeared in October of 2014, debuting at number three on the Billboard charts.
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WIKIPEDIA
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OFFICIAL SITE
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''FACE THE PROMISE''
SEPTEMBER 12 2006
42:45
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01 - Wreck This Heart 03:53
Backing Vocals – Bernie Barlow, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Eddie Bayers
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [Solo] – J.T. Corenflos
Percussion – Bob Seger, David Cole
Synthesizer – Bob Seger
02 - Wait For Me 03:41
Acoustic Guitar – J.T. Corenflos
Backing Vocals – Bernie Barlow, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Steve Brewster
Electric Guitar – Brent Rowan
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer [Synth Strings] – Bob Seger
Piano – Billy Payne
03 - Face The Promise 03:16
Backing Vocals – Bekka Bramlett, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums, Cowbell – Paul Leim
Electric Guitar – Biff Watson, Brent Rowan
Electric Guitar [Additional] – Bob Seger, David Cole
Electric Guitar [Solo] – Kenny Greenberg
Tambourine – Eric Darken
04 - No Matter Who You Are 03:37
Acoustic Guitar – J.T. Corenflos
Backing Vocals – Barbara Payton, Laura Creamer, Thornetta Davis
Bass – Larry Paxton
Drums – Steve Brewster
Electric Guitar – Marlin Young
Piano – John Jarvis
05 - Are You 03:32
Backing Vocals – Bernie Barlow, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Steve Brewster
Electric Guitar – Brent Rowan
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [Solo] – J.T. Corenflos
Percussion – Eric Darken
Vocals [Featured Vocalist] – Shaun Murphy
06 - Simplicity 03:57
Backing Vocals – Laura Creamer, Leslie Mills, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Eddie Bayers
Electric Guitar – J.T. Corenflos
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [Solo] – Brent Rowan
Percussion – Eric Darken
Saxophone [Baritone] – Sam Levine
Saxophone [Tenor] – Randy Leago
Saxophone [Tenor], Saxophone [Tenor, Solo], Arranged By [Horns] – Jim Hoke
Trombone – William Huber
Trumpet – Steve Herman
07 - No More 02:57
Acoustic Guitar – Brent Rowan, J.T. Corenflos
Arranged By [Strings Orchestrator] – Kristin Wilkinson
Backing Vocals – Laura Creamer, Leslie Mills, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Eddie Bayers
Percussion – Eric Darken
Piano – John Hobbs
Strings – Carl Gorodetzky, Carole Rabinowitz, Conni Ellisor, Craig Nelson, David Angell, David Davidson, Elisabeth Small, Gary Vanosdale, Jim Grosjean, John Catchings, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Matthew Walker*, Pamela Sixfin, Zeneba Bowers
08 - Real Mean Bottle (With Kid Rock) 03:01 (Vince Gill)
Bass – Michael Rhodes
Drums – Steve Brewster
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [First Solo] – J.T. Corenflos
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [Third Solo] – Kenny Greenberg
Guitar [Slide Guitars] – Bob Seger, Kid Rock
Piano, Piano [Second Solo] – Gordon Mote
Vocals [Duet] – Kid Rock
09 - Won't Stop 03:18
Drums, Percussion – Eric Darken
Performer [All Instruments] – Bob Seger
10 - Between 04:45
Backing Vocals – Bernie Barlow, Laura Creamer, Shaun Murphy
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Steve Brewster
Electric Guitar – J.T. Corenflos
Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar [Solo] – Kenny Greenberg
Percussion – Eric Darken
11 - The Answers In The Question (With Patty Loveless) 03:39
Acoustic Guitar – Brent Rowan, J.T. Corenflos
Bass – Glenn Worf
Drums – Paul Leim
Fiddle, Mandolin – Aubrey Haynie
Percussion – Eric Darken
Piano – Steve Nathan
Synthesizer [Synth Strings] – Bob Seger
Vocals [Duet] – Patty Loveless
12 - The Long Goodbye 03:04
Performer [All Instruments] – Bob Seger
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/DISCOGRAPHY/WIKIPEDIA
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REVIEW/AMG
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Bob Seger quietly faded into a semi-retirement after 1995's It's a Mystery, choosing to spend time with his young family instead of churning out records. He wasn't exactly turning away at the peak of his popularity -- he still had a dedicated following, but the '90s weren't treating him particularly well, with 1991's The Fire Inside and 1995's It's a Mystery not playing far outside of the cult. So, the time was ripe for a hiatus, and Seger slipped into normal life. While he was away, his stature slowly started to rise, particularly around the turn of the millennium when Detroit once again rose to prominence as a rock & roll city thanks to Eminem, the White Stripes, and most significantly in Seger's case, Kid Rock, who was often seen in Seger shirts and blatantly tried to position himself as the heir to Bob's throne. In this setting, Seger was inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and it soon became known that he was working on a new album, which turned out to be Face the Promise, which surfaced in September 2006, 11 years after It's a Mystery. As the copyrights on the songs on Face the Promise prove, Seger had been working on this project steadily since about 2000; while most date from 2005 and 2006, a few are as old as 2001 and there are songs dating from throughout the decade, so this was no rush job and it certainly doesn't sound like it either. This sounds like Seger's most carefully considered record in quite some time, from its overarching themes -- largely of love and family and aging, not a huge surprise given his past decade -- to its individual songs, performances, and recordings, so it shouldn't come as a total surprise that Face the Promise feels like his most complete record since 1982's The Distance, which naturally also means that it's his best since then.
A large part of its appeal is that it feels natural and unforced, lacking the deliberate, slick anthems of Like a Rock or the overly considered feel of The Fire Inside or the polish of It's a Mystery. Which isn't to say that Face the Promise is gritty: make no mistake, this is the work an old pro backed by professionals. But this is not a Silver Bullet Band album -- this is the first Seger album to be credited as a solo effort since 1975's Beautiful Loser, which makes a lot of sense because its emotional heart is closer to such '70s solo efforts as Beautiful Loser or the largely forgotten Brand New Morning than his previous few records. That doesn't mean that this is an autumnal introspective affair -- there are rockers and anthems here, but this is the sound of a veteran rocker not only acting his age, but liking being his age, which doesn't happen all that often. And that's why Face the Promise was largely recorded in Nashville -- it's not because Seger is going country, even with the presence of a duet with Patty Loveless or the fact that he and Kid Rock cover Vince Gill's "Real Mean Bottle," the only cut that sounds crafted with the radio in mind, but because Nashville is the current home of music for adults. Sure, it can be a little slick, but at its best, modern Nashville is a blend of heart and impeccable chops, which is ideal for Seger. Ironically, given that this was made with hired hands, the record has more warmth and heart than the last two Silver Bullet Band ones, but the success of Face the Promise isn't down to the backing band or location, although Seger was savvy enough to pick the right musicians and atmosphere for both -- it's down to the material, which is the best he's had in years. If on It's a Mystery it seemed like Seger was searching for something to say, here he seems recharged by his hiatus -- or more specifically, the time he's spent with his family, living and growing old -- and he's wound up with a record that plays to all his strengths, not just as a rocker, but as a songwriter and unintentional, unassuming, entirely appropriate spokesman for everyday middle Americans. That's what he was at his peak, and while Face the Promise isn't quite Night Moves or Stranger in Town, it stands proudly next to those albums and is most assuredly the work of the same singer -- a little older, a little wiser, a little more settled, but still restless and singing his heart.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Originally a hard-driving rocker in the vein of fellow Michigan garage rockers the Rationals and Mitch Ryder, Bob Seger developed into one of the most popular heartland rockers over the course of the '70s. Combining the driving charge of Ryder's Detroit Wheels with Stonesy garage rock and devotion to hard-edged soul and R&B, he crafted a distinctively American sound. While he never attained the critical respect of his contemporary Bruce Springsteen, Seger did develop a dedicated following through constant touring with his Silver Bullet Band. Following several years of missed chances and lost opportunities, Seger finally achieved a national audience in 1976 with the back-to-back release of Live Bullet and Night Moves. After the platinum success of those albums, Seger retained his popularity for the next two decades, releasing seven Top Ten, platinum-selling albums in a row.
Seger began playing music in 1961 as the leader of the Detroit-based trio the Decibels; his future manager, Eddie "Punch" Andrews was also a member of the band. Moving to Ann Arbor, he played with the Town Criers before he became the keyboardist and vocalist for Doug Brown & the Omens. Billing themselves as the Beach Bums, the band released "The Ballad of the Yellow Beret," a parody of the Sgt. Barry Sadler song "The Ballad of the Green Beret." The single was withdrawn shortly after its release after Sadler threatened a lawsuit. In 1966, Seger released his first solo single, "East Side Story," which became a regional hit. Several other local hit singles followed on Cameo Records, including "Persecution Smith" and "Heavy Music," before his label folded. In 1968, he formed the Bob Seger System and signed with Capitol Records, releasing his debut album, Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, in the spring of that year. The title track became a national hit, climbing to number 17, but the group's follow-up, Noah, stiffed and Seger decided to quit the music business at the end of 1969 to attend college.
By the end of the summer, Seger had returned to rock & roll with a new backing band, releasing Mongrel at the end of the year. For 1971's Brand New Morning, he disbanded his group and recorded a singer/songwriter effort. Following its release, he began performing with the duo Dave Teegarden and Skip "Van Winkle" Knape, and the duo provided support on 1972's Smokin' O.P.'s, which was the first release on Palladium Records, a label he formed with Andrews. The album failed to sell, as did Back in '72 (1973) and Seven (1974), and he moved back to Capitol Records for 1975's Beautiful Loser. For the recording of Beautiful Loser, Seger formed the Silver Bullet Band, which consisted of guitarist Drew Abbott, bassist Chris Campbell, keyboardist Robyn Robbins, saxophonist Alto Reed, and drummer Charlie Allen Martin. Seger supported Beautiful Loser with an extensive tour with the Silver Bullet Band, and while it didn't make the album a hit, it provided a widespread grassroots following across the country. The touring paid off in 1976, when Live Bullet, a double album recorded in Detroit, became a hit, spending over three years on the U.S. charts and going gold; the album would eventually go quadruple platinum.
The groundswell behind Live Bullet sent Seger's next studio album, Night Moves (1976), into the Top Ten early in 1977. Night Moves became a blockbuster, generating the hit singles "Night Moves," "Mainstreet," and "Rock & Roll Never Forgets." Stranger in Town, released in the summer 1978, was just as successful, featuring the hits "Still the Same," "Hollywood Nights," "We've Got Tonite," and "Old Time Rock & Roll." Stranger in Town confirming his status as one America's most popular rockers. Seger's next album, 1980's Against the Wind, became his first number one album and all of its big hits -- "Fire Lake," "Against the Wind," "You'll Accomp'ny Me" -- were ballads. The live album Nine Tonight continued his multi-platinum success in 1981, selling three million copies and peaking at number three.
Seger returned with The Distance in 1982. The Distance was the first album since Seven to be recorded with the addition of session musicians, which caused guitarist Abbott to quit the band in frustration. Over the course of the next decade, the membership of the Silver Bullet Band shifted constantly. While The Distance featured "Shame on the Moon," his biggest hit single to date, its sales plateaued at a million copies, suggesting that his popularity was beginning to level off. Seger also began to drastically reduce his recording and touring schedules -- he only released one other album, 1986's Like a Rock, during the '80s. Like a Rock and its supporting tour were both successes, paving the way for "Shakedown," a song taken from the soundtrack to Beverly Hills Cop II, to become Seger's lone number one hit in 1987. Four years after its release, he returned with The Fire Inside. Although the album went platinum and reached the Top Ten, it only appealed to Seger's devoted following, as did 1995's It's a Mystery, which became his first album since Live Bullet to fail to go platinum, leveling off at gold status.
A long hiatus followed, where Seger kept his head down and spent time with his family. These quiet years were only interrupted by his 2004 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Finally, in 2006, after an 11-year hiatus, Seger released Face the Promise, his first record since 1975's Beautiful Loser not to feature the Silver Bullet Band. Although it spawned no big hit singles -- "Wait for Me" made it into the Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 20 -- Face the Promise performed well, debuting at four on the Billboard charts on its way to a platinum certification. A couple archival projects followed: the 2009 compilation Early Seger, Vol. 1 that balanced previously released cuts with re-recorded old tunes, and the 2011 double-disc set Ultimate Hits: Rock & Roll Never Forgets, which was certified platinum and generated the modest adult contemporary hit cover of Tom Waits' "Downtown Train." A new album called Ride Out appeared in October of 2014, debuting at number three on the Billboard charts.
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WIKIPEDIA
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OFFICIAL SITE
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TO THE TOP
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