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Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band - Stranger In Town (1978) (LP) - €7,99

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Stranger in Town is the tenth studio album by American rock singer Bob Seger and his second with the Silver Bullet Band, released by Capitol Records in May 1978. 
As with its predecessor, the Silver Bullet Band backed Seger on about half of the songs and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section backed Seger on the other half. 

Night Moves was in the pipeline when Live Bullet hit, and wound up eclipsing the double live set anyway, so Stranger in Town is really the record where Bob Seger started grasping the changes that happened when he became a star. 
It happened when he was old enough to have already formed his character. Even as celebrity creeps in, as on "Hollywood Nights," Seger remains a middle-class, Midwestern rocker, celebrating "Old Time Rock & Roll," realizing old flames are still the same, and still feeling like a number. Musically, it's as lively as Night Moves, rocking even harder in some places and being equally as introspective in the acoustic numbers. 


If it doesn't feel as revelatory as that record, in many ways it does feel like a stronger set of songs. Yes, musically, it doesn't offer any revelations, but it still feels impassioned, both in its performances and songs, and it's still one of the great rock records of its era. 
One change within the Silver Bullet band was drummer David Teegarden, who replaced original Silver Bullet drummer Charlie Allen Martin. While walking on a road, Martin was hit by a car from behind and was left unable to walk.
The overall theme of Stranger In Town is dealing with the sudden rise to fame and adapting to the changes that happen when becoming a star. 
For Seger, this rise came when he was on the north side of thirty and mature enough to wax philosophical about shallowness and keep perspective on his own roots and character. The resultant success of this second straight blockbuster served to not only solidify his success but actually increase it.


Side A
A1.  Hollywood Nights - 5:00
A2.  Still The Same - 3:21
A3.  Old Time Rock & Roll - 3:13
A4.  Till It Shines - 3:53
A5.  Feel Like A Number - 3:42

Side B
B1.  Ain’t Got No Money - 4:12
B2.  We’ve Got Tonite - 4:39
B3.  Brave Strangers - 6:21
B4.  The Famous Final Scene - 5:08


Personnel

The Silver Bullet Band

Muscle Shoals Rhytm Section

Additional musicians

  • Ken Bell – guitar on "Old Time Rock & Roll"
  • Glenn Frey – guitar solo on "Till It Shines"
  • Don Felder – guitar solo on "Ain't Got No Money"
  • Bill Payne – piano, organ on "Hollywood Nights"
  • Doug Riley – piano on "Feel Like a Number" and "Brave Strangers"
  • Randy McCormick – piano on "Old Time Rock & Roll"
  • Howie McDonald – guitar solo on "Old Time Rock & Roll"
Background singers
"We've Got Tonite" and "Still the Same"
"Hollywood Nights"
  • Julia Waters – background vocals
  • Luther Waters – vocals, background vocals
  • Maxine Waters – background vocals
  • Oren Waters – vocals, background vocals
"Brave Strangers"
  • Brandye – vocals, background vocals
"Old Time Rock & Roll"
  • James Lavell Easley – background vocals
  • Stanley Carter – background vocals
  • George Jackson – vocals, background vocals

Production

  • Producers: Punch Andrews, Bob Seger
  • Engineers: John Arrias, Mark Calice, David Cole, Hugh Davies, Gregg Hamm, Steve Melton, George Tutko
  • Mixing: Punch Andrews, John Arrias, Bob Seger
  • Mastering: Wally Traugott
  • Remastering: Punch Andrews, 1999
  • Remastering: Robert Vosgien
  • String arrangements: Jim Ed Norman
  • Horn arrangements: Alto Reed
  • Art direction: Roy Kohara
  • Design: Ken Anderson
  • Photography: Terrence Bert, Bob Siedemann

Notes
Release:  1978
Format:  LP
Genre:   Heartland Rock
Label:  Capitol Records
Cataog#  5C 062-85 333

Vinyl:  Goed
Cover:  Lichte Gebruikerssporen

Prijs: €7,99

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