Bob Seger - Greatest Hits
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Description: Bob Seger has racked up a lot of worthy tracks over the years, but it took until 1994 for a greatest hits package to appear. Voilà. The bad news: We're missing an awful lot of songs here.
Night Moves is Seger's crit-pick album, and a great place to start if you don't have any Seger at all. Next in the rankings is
Stranger in Town. Otherwise, his highs are pretty scattered, which would make any best-of package a worthy investment. But if you want to get comprehensive, "Rock & Roll Never Forgets," "Fire Down Below," "Horizontal Bop," "Her Strut," "Betty Lou's Getting Out Tonight," and "Katmandu" aren't on this CD--and you'll have to go to the original albums to secure them.
--Gavin McNett
Tracklist of Bob Seger - Greatest Hits
Reviews:
Where is Seger's "Rocker" compilation?
I'm not an expert in Bob Seger, but it seems that for every great rockin' Seger tune, there's a (IMHO) schmaltzly tune!
Elvis has a "Rocker" compilation, why not Seger?
There should be a compilation for fans like me!
I'm sure there's a lot of fans who like Bob Seger, but when it comes to laying down cash, they don't want to pay for Mainstreet or Still the Same!
I can't recommend this album because of the "schmaltz" factor, although it contains a few good tunes.
Definite "Rocker" INCLUSIONS:
Sunspot Baby
Old Time Rock & Roll
Her Strut
Katmandu
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
Rock And Roll Never Forgets
etc.
(there's probably a lot of great tunes that I don't know about, post your list!)
Definite "Rocker" OMISSIONS:
(Sorry Segerfanatics, but I truly dislike these songs!)
Still The Same (This annoying number is burned into my brain.)
Mainstreet
Night Moves
Beautiful Loser
Hollywood Nights
Against The Wind (although the "Wish I didn't know now..." line is good)
etc.
P.S.
Even if we disagree which songs are Seger's best, I think we can agree he is talented.
Old-Time Rock-N-Roll at its Best
This fine collection of songs by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet band provide a retrospective look at the band during the height of their success in the late '70s and early '80s. From such classic ballads as "We've Got Tonight" and "You'll Accomp'ny Me" to such rock and roll standards as "Hollywood Nights" and "Against the Wind", the listener is taken on a rock and roll journey of a legendary band.
Each song on this fine disc is very good, but there are two in particular that stand out and make the disc that much better; "Mainstreet" and "The Fire Inside". "Mainstreet" contains some of the best lead guitar playing that I've ever heard, and its jazz and blues insturmentals make it stand out from the other songs. Conversely, "The Fire Inside" spotlights Bob Seger's talent at writing lyrics. The story contained in this song is very vivid, and the insturmentals, especially the piano, shine through.
I highly recommend this fine compilation of songs. The listener is treated to a wide variety of musical selections on one disc, and each is unique in its own right. Listen and hear an anthology of a terrific band.
Seger is awesome!
Bob Seger - Greatest Hits is purely awesome!
Seger is one of rocks greatest assets!