Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

I've wanted Bob Seger CD's for a long time, yet they are IMPOSSIBLE to find used -- only ones I've seen were ridiculously overpriced, or in terrible shape, or both! So I wound up buying these all BRAND NEW...ahh, sacrilege!

"Stranger in Town"

  1. "Hollywood Nights" (5:03)
  2. "Still the Same" (3:23)
  3. "Old Time Rock & Roll" (3:16)
  4. "Till It Shines" (3:54)
  5. "Feel Like a Number" (3:45)
  6. "Ain't Got No Money" (4:14)
  7. "We've Got Tonite" (4:41)
  8. "Brave Strangers" (6:22)
  9. "The Famous Final Scene" (5:10)

Definitely a hallmark in Seger's career, containing many of the BEST songs ever done by the band. "Hollywood Nights" is a soaring rocker about that Midwestern boy meeting the wily California girl..."Still the Same" drives forward with a wonderful piano accompaniment..."Feel Like a Number" is another riveting arena-blaster. I even like the "We've Got Tonite" ballad; "Old Time Rock'n'Roll", however, gets on my nerves since I've heard it about TEN THOUSAND TIMES in my life...

"The Distance"

  1. "Even Now" (4:32)
  2. "Makin' Thunderbirds" (3:00)
  3. "Boomtown Blues" (3:40)
  4. "Shame on the Moon" (4:57)
  5. "Love's the Last to Know" (4:29)
  6. "Roll Me Away" (4:41)
  7. "House Behind a House" (4:03)
  8. "Comin' Home" (6:08)
  9. "Little Victories" (5:51)

Another solid album. "Even Now" and "Roll Me Away" are powerful, angelic rockers not unlike "Hollywood Nights" -- "Shame on the Moon" is a pleasant slow-rocker. I wonder what the hell "House Behind a House" is supposed to mean, though: "There's a house behind a house...house behind a house...etc. etc." Sounds kinda lame I think.

"Like a Rock"

  1. "American Storm" (4:18)
  2. "Like a Rock" (5:56)
  3. "Miami" (4:40)
  4. "The Ring" (5:35)
  5. "Tightrope" (4:31)
  6. "The Aftermath" (3:30)
  7. "Sometimes" (3:31)
  8. "It's You" (4:03)
  9. "Somewhere Tonight" (4:25)
  10. "Fortunate Son"--live (3:17)

Oh no it's the Chevy truck theme song! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! All right, once you get past that groaner it's not a bad CD, although they've certainly done better. A couple songs have sort of a new-wave feel..."Aftermath", for example, resembles "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits! "Fortunate Son" is a cover of the Credence Clearwater Revival classic, of course.

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