Bob Seger - Greatest Hits

If there is one artist who could & should have a 2 disc set for his hits this is one of them. Bob Seger has been around many years and has albums recorded before he was known outside of the Detroit area. This would've been much better at a larger size. Seger also has a ton of album cuts that could be included. Let's face it, there's probably no way everybody will be satisfied, no matter what goes on the disc.

In recent years compilations haven't done very well on the charts. This one was different, it actually peaked at #8. The songs aren't in chronological order which is my biggest complaint about the collection. There are 14 songs on the disc & it's a varied affair. "Roll Me Away" (#27 Pop Singles, #14 Mainstream Rock), "Night Moves" (#4 Pop Singles), "Turn the Page", might be the greatest song statement in history which tells the tale of being a musician touring on the road, didn't receive any chart action. "Turn the Page" would rank in my 100 Greatest Rock Songs. "You'll Accomp'ny Me" (#14 Pop Singles), "Hollywood Nights" (#12 Pop Singles), "Still the Same" (#4 Pop Singles), "Old Time Rock & Roll" (#48 Pop Singles, #58 Hot 100), "We've Got Tonight" (#13 Pop Singles), "Against the Wind" (#5 Pop Singles), "Main Street" (#24 Pop Singles), "The Fire Inside" (#6 Mainstream Rock), "Like a Rock" (#1 Mainstream Rock, #12 Hot 100, #21 Adult Contemporary), "C'est La Vie" (no chart action) & "In Your Time" (no chart action).

Not all these songs are favorites of mine & the last two shouldn't even be there. Knowing that there would be at least a second volume along the way Capitol Records could've done a better job of limiting the compilations to fall within certain time periods. We really get a scattershot compilation here that veers all over his career without any apparent reasoning.

...How far off, I sat and wondered... Started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny how the night moves?

As a child of the 60s already feeling out of place in the late 70s, those lines pierced me to the heart. How many nights as a teenager full of angst did I listen to the sound of thunder and count off the seconds trying to determine when the storm would arrive? Because, of course, when the rain would come, I could sleep like a child again.

Yeah, Bob Seger grabbed me when that song came out in 1976 and I've been a fan ever since. You could even say that his songs are cliches of my life: Like a Rock, We've Got Tonight, Still the Same, Against the Wind, Rock and Roll Never Forgets and so on.

This little collection is great and everybody ought to have it. Sure, it could have more cuts, but for what it is, it is really worth the money. I've worn out two copies already and am on the third one! Best part is, even my grown children and my classics loving husband like Bob Seger!

I still wake up to the sound of Thunder... and hum Bob Seger's "Night Moves"!

This was everything I expected from Bob Seger. Great music for great times. This entire CD is music I can sing along with. This music reminds me of a certain time in my life where youth, excitement, good times and good music all went hand in hand!

Well, we all know the famous Bob Seger songs and I don't have to convince you how great they are. Do you want a CD that compiles them all into one? Of course! Buy it - it's great to have!

I got this CD as a gift a couple years ago, and I was shocked at how timeless these recordings are. They really hold up well! Sure, I know, aficianados are upset at the lack of their favorite hits, but for newbees and fans like me coming back into the fold, this is a great place to start. Die hards are going to buy all the other albums anyhow. I mean, my favorite song, "Katmandu," isn't on here, but so what: So many other great tunes ARE.

This album could be called "Old Time Rock & Roll," because that's what Seger is: His songs are bluesy without trying to be blues; they're boogie-woogie without overdoing it on the piano. They're very straightfoward and honest. They are simply themselves, not putting on pretentious airs, *trying* to be something they're not.

I have no idea what rung on the economic ladder Seger came from, because he never makes a big deal about it. But, to me, these are the real songs of the working class, because that's what I heard growing up, in biker bars, American Legion halls, in trailer parks and on jukeboxes in pizzerias in the Heartland. Seger is the real article. He doesn't have to tell you every five seconds about what a working class hero he is, like Bruce Springsteen and John Cougar Mellencamp, because Seger sounds like a guy who truly believes in his music. He's not trying to be an "everyman," because he so thoroughly sounds like his *own man.* Listen to "Against the Wind," and tell me I'm wrong.

I haven't heard anything new from Seger in a while, but maybe that's because he probably got enough royalties from Chevrolet using "Like a Rock" for a solid DECADE in its truck commercials.

That's longevity. If Seger were some passing fad, it wouldn't have lasted a month.