BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
''STRANGER IN TOWN''
MAY 1978
39:50 MUSICA&SOM
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01 - Hollywood Nights 05:02
02 - Still the Same 03:23
03 - Old Time Rock & Roll 03:16 (George Jackson, Thomas E. Jones III, Bob Seger)
04 - Till It Shines 03:54
05 - Feel Like a Number 03:45
06 - Ain't Got No Money 04:14 (Frankie Miller)
07 - We've Got Tonite 04:41
08 - Brave Strangers 06:21
09 - The Famous Final Scene 05:10
Tracks By Bob Seger, Except 03, 06
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*The Silver Bullet Band On Tracks 01, 02, 05, 08:
Bob Seger - guitar, vocals
Drew Abbott - guitar
Robyn Robbins - keyboard
Alto Reed - alto saxophone
Chris Campbell - bass
David Teegarden - percussion, drums
*The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section On Tracks 03, 04, 06, 07, 09:
Barry Beckett - keyboard
Pete Carr - guitar
Jimmy Johnson - guitar
David Hood - bass
Roger Hawkins - percussion, drums
''STRANGER IN TOWN''
MAY 1978
39:50 MUSICA&SOM
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01 - Hollywood Nights 05:02
02 - Still the Same 03:23
03 - Old Time Rock & Roll 03:16 (George Jackson, Thomas E. Jones III, Bob Seger)
04 - Till It Shines 03:54
05 - Feel Like a Number 03:45
06 - Ain't Got No Money 04:14 (Frankie Miller)
07 - We've Got Tonite 04:41
08 - Brave Strangers 06:21
09 - The Famous Final Scene 05:10
Tracks By Bob Seger, Except 03, 06
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*The Silver Bullet Band On Tracks 01, 02, 05, 08:
Bob Seger - guitar, vocals
Drew Abbott - guitar
Robyn Robbins - keyboard
Alto Reed - alto saxophone
Chris Campbell - bass
David Teegarden - percussion, drums
*The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section On Tracks 03, 04, 06, 07, 09:
Barry Beckett - keyboard
Pete Carr - guitar
Jimmy Johnson - guitar
David Hood - bass
Roger Hawkins - percussion, drums
*Additional Musicians:
Glenn Frey - guitar solo on "Till It Shines"
Don Felder - guitar solo on "Ain't Got No Money"
Bill Payne - organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboards on "Hollywood Nights"
Doug Riley - piano, keyboard on "Feel Like a Number" and "Brave Strangers"
*Background Singers:
-On "We've Got Tonite" and "Still the Same"
Venetta Fields - vocals, background vocals
Clydie King - vocals, background vocals
Sherlie Matthews - vocals, background vocals
-On "Hollywood Nights"
Julia Waters - background vocals
Luther Waters - vocals, background vocals
Maxine Waters - background vocals
Oren Waters - vocals, background vocals
-On "Still the Same" and "Brave Strangers"
Brandye - vocals, background vocals
-On "Old Time Rock"
James Lavell Easley - background vocals
Stanley Carter - background vocals
George Jackson - vocals, background vocals
Strings Arranged and Conducted By Jim Ed Norman
Night Moves estava em andamento quando o Live Bullet atingiu, e acabou eclipsando o set duplo ao vivo de qualquer maneira, então Stranger in Town é realmente o álbum em que Bob Seger começou a entender as mudanças que aconteceram quando ele se tornou uma estrela. Aconteceu quando ele tinha idade suficiente para já ter formado seu personagem. Mesmo quando a celebridade se aproxima, como em "Hollywood Nights", Seger continua sendo um roqueiro de classe média do meio-oeste, celebrando o "Rock & Roll dos velhos tempos", percebendo que as velhas paixões ainda são as mesmas e ainda se sentem como um número. Musicalmente, é tão animado quanto Night Moves, balançando ainda mais forte em alguns lugares e sendo igualmente introspectivo nos números acústicos. Se não parece tão revelador quanto aquele álbum, de muitas maneiras parece um conjunto de músicas mais forte. Sim, musicalmente não oferece nenhuma revelação,
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