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. In 2006, after an 11-year hiatus, Seger released Face the Promise. This marks the album as an extremely rare and unheard of Seger gem much like 1969's Noah and 1971's acoustic solo album Brand New Morning which Seger has also often stated that he may never reissue. Over the course of the next decade, the membership of the Silver Bullet Band shifted constantly. 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. Even so, the album and its supporting tour mark the beginnings of Seger's long-time relationships with future Silver Bullet Band saxophonist Alto Reed, powerhouse female vocalist Shaun Murphy, and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. 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.
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. Seger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums. 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. Four years after its release, he returned with The Fire Inside. 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.
The groundswell behind Live Bullet sent Seger's next studio album, Night Moves 1976 , into the Top Ten early in 1977. Albums: Ramblin' Gamblin' Man 1969 Noah 1969 Mongrel 1970 Brand New Morning 1971 Smokin' O. The album was recorded partly with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, a renowned group of session musicians who had recorded with the likes of J. 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. It was the first new album on Seger's label, Palladium Records, to be released under their distribution deal with the Reprise division of Warner Bros. The live album Nine Tonight continued his multi-platinum success in 1981, selling three million copies and peaking at number three.
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. In 1973, he put together The Silver Bullet Band, an evolving group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful. 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. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s. .
Title Writer s Length 1. Seger denied these rumors saying that he did not like the vocals on the album and probably will not release it for quite some time. A roots rocker with a classic raspy, shouting voice, Seger wrote and recorded songs that dealt with love, women, blue-collar themes and was an exemplar of heartland rock. 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. Seger returned with The Distance in 1982. With a career spanning five decades, Seger continues to perform and record today.
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. 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. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album 4. Track listing All songs written and composed by Bob Seger, except where noted. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the album Night Moves. In 2005, shortly after the reissue of Smokin O.
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