Live Bullet

by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Bob Seger

Overview

Live Bullet introduced Bob Seger to a wide audience, revealing a rocker of unbridled passion and a songwriter of considerable talent. Prior to its release, Seger had been toiling away, releasing seven albums and touring constantly ever since his debut scraped the national consciousness in 1968. The psychedelicized days of Ramblin' Gamblin' Man are long gone on Live Bullet, leaving behind a rocker who loved the Stones for their toughness, Dylan for his honesty, and Chuck Berry for his narrative -- and one who found his own sound when the Silver Bullet Band came into its own through countless tours. Live Bullet was recorded live at Detroit's Cobo Hall, in front of a passionate, loving hometown audience spurring him into a great performance. The song selection relies heavily on Beautiful Loser, yet it dips into the previous albums enough to prove that Seger had been delivering consistently as a songwriter for years. But what really sold Live Bullet is how these terrific songs are delivered with a ferocious, committed intensity. This might not be much more than a simple rock & roll album, but it's one of the best of its kind, establishing Seger, in the eyes of skeptics, as a first-rate performer and writer. Here, "Heavy Music," "Get Out of Denver," "Turn the Page," and "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" all become hard rock classics, as does the band itself. It's a rare occasion when a double live album captures an artist at an absolute peak, while summarizing his talents, and that's exactly what Live Bullet does. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/11/2021
Label:	Capitol
UPC:	0602435618692
Rank:	29284

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Nutbush City Limits
2. Travelin' Man
3. Beautiful Loser
4. Jody Girl
5. Lookin' Back
6. Get Out of Denver
7. Let It Rock/Little Queeine

Disc 2

8. I've Been Working
9. Turn the Page
10. U.M.C. (Upper Middle Class)
11. Bo Diddley Medley
12. Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
13. Heavy Music
14. Katmandu

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band   Primary Artist
Bob Seger   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals
Chris Campbell   Bass,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Alto Reed   Horn,Percussion,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone),Vocals (Background)
Rick Manska   Keyboards
Charlie Allen Martin   Drums,Vocals,Drums (Snare),Vocal Harmony,Vocals (Background)
Robyn Robins   Organ,Piano,Clavinet,Keyboards,Mellotron
Drew Abbott   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Robyn Robbins   Piano

Technical Credits

Paul Raymond   Composer
Bo Diddley   Composer
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band   Composer
Bob Seger   Composer,Producer
Chuck Berry   Composer
E. Anderson   Composer
Ellas McDaniel   Composer
Cat Stevens   Composer
Van Morrison   Composer
Jim Bruzzese   Mixing,Engineer
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
Tina Turner   Composer
Timothy Matthews   Composer
Roy Kohara   Art Direction
Thomas Weschler   Photography,Art Direction
Punch Andrews   Producer,Remastering
Eric Ernst   Lighting
Michael N. Marks   Photography