Double vinyl LP pressing. For over four decades, Bob Seger has been one of America's best mainstream rock & rollers, crafting an impressive body of catchy, hard-rocking songs. Seger's 1994 Greatest Hits release celebrates this with his standout tracks "Old Time Rock & Roll," "Turn the Page," "Hollywood Nights," and his breakout hit, "Night Moves." Certified nine times platinum, it is Seger's most successful album to date. In December 2009, Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan confirmed that with nearly nine million copies sold, Bob Seger's Greatest Hits was the decade's best-selling catalog album in the United States, even out-selling The Beatles' 1 and Michael Jackson's Number Ones. By September 2011, the album had sold a total of 9,062,000 copies in the United States.
Detroit has produced more than its share of great music: from jazz stars like Hank, Thad & Elvin Jones; to the Motown stable of vocal artists, and legendary rhythm players Benny Benjamin and James Jamerson. Not to mention a whole lot of hard funk and primal metal, everyone from Funkadelic and Ted Nugent, to Iggy & The Stooges and the MC5--hard driving, rugged rock and roll. Put it all together with a touch of pop, and a lot of soul, and you've got Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.
It's easy to divine Seger's influence on the music of Bruce Springsteen, and draw parallels with the vocal style of Van Morrison. The epic themes of Seger's characters on "Night Moves" certainly parallel those of the folk heroes who populate Springsteen songs (though he began developing his menagerie a good decade before the Boss). The chant-like, testifying cadences of Seger's blowtorch voice, and his predilection for gospelish motifs, puts one in mind of the mighty Celt's visionary flights.
And as the fine GREATEST HITS makes clear, Bob Seger's influence on contemporary roots music is enormous. A song such as "Like A Rock" practically defines a roots approach to power pop, while "Old Time Rock & Roll" finds Seger in an upbeat, Little Richard mode. Celebrations notwithstanding, "Still The Same" and "Turn The Page" are dark, unstinting unsentimental looks at the underbelly of the showbiz animal and the road.
Personnel includes: Bob Seger (vocals, guitar, piano); Glen Frey (vocals); Joe Miquelon (electric guitar); Steve Lukather, Waddy Wachtel, Drew Abbott (guitar); Rick Vito (slide guitar); Alto Reed (saxophone); Roy Bittan (piano); Bill Payne (piano, organ, synthesizer); Doug Riley (piano, organ); Robyn Robbins (Mellotron, organ); Craig Frost (organ); Michael Boddicker (synthesizer); Chris Campbell, Bob Glaub (bass); Russ Kunkel, Charlie Allen Martin, David Teegarden (drums, percussion).
Producers include: Jimmy Iovine, Jack Richardson, Bob Seger, Punch, Bill Szymczyk.
Engineers include: Shelly Yakus, Brian Christian, Jim Bruzzese.
Includes liner notes by Bob Seger.
- Released: 6/02/2017
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Rock
- Greatest Hits
- Gatefold Sleeve
- Black vinyl
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Tracklist
| A1 | Roll Me Away | 4:36 |
| A2 | Night Moves | 5:25 |
| A3 | Turn The Page | 5:01 |
| B1 | Against The Wind | 5:32 |
| B2 | Mainstreet | 3:42 |
| B3 | The Fire Inside | 5:53 |
| C1 | Hollywood Nights | 4:59 |
| C2 | Still The Same | 3:19 |
| C3 | Old Time Rock & Roll | 3:12 |
| C4 | We've Got Tonight | 4:38 |
| D1 | You'll Accompany Me | 3:59 |
| D2 | Like A Rock | 5:53 |
| D3 | C'est La Vie | 2:58 |
| D4 | In Your Time | 3:05 |
