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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Stranger in Town
05/01/1978 | Capitol
All Music Guide Review
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Credits
- Steve Melton
- Engineer
- Jim Ed Norman
- Arranger, Conductor, String Arrangements
- Bill Payne
- Organ, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Piano
- Alto Reed
- Horn
- Robin Robbins
- Keyboards
- Julia Tillman Waters
- Vocals
- Bob Seger
- Guitar, Mixing, Performer, Main Performer, Producer, Vocals
- David Teegarden
- Percussion, Drums
- Wally Traugott
- Mastering
- George Tutko
- Engineer
- Robert Vosgien
- Remastering
- Maxine Willard Waters
- Vocals
- Luther Waters
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Oren Waters
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Maxine Waters
- Vocals (Background)
- Stanley Carter
- Vocals (Background)
- Silver Bullet Band
- Band
- Waters, Julia
- Vocals (Background)
- Punch Andrews
- Producer, Mixing
- Roy Kohara
- Art Direction
- Terrence Bert
- Photography
- Bob Siedemann
- Photography
- Hugh Davies
- Engineer
- Ken Anderson
- Design
- Sherlie Matthews
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Pete Carr
- Guitar
- Don Felder
- Guitar
- Clydie King
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Doug Riley
- Piano, Keyboards
- George Jackson
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Drew Abbott
- Guitar
- John Arrias
- Engineer, Mixing
- Barry Beckett
- Keyboards
- Brandye
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Mark Calice
- Engineer
- Chris Campbell
- Bass
- Easley Stanley Carter
- Vocals
- David Cole
- Engineer
- Venetta Fields
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Glenn Frey
- Guitar
- Gregg Hamm
- Engineer
- Roger Hawkins
- Percussion, Drums
- David Hood
- Bass
- Jimmy Johnson
- Guitar
- Jimmy Johnson
- Guitar (Rhythm), Horn
- James Lavell
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
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