bob seger download – Discography (1969 – 2006) Bob Seger – Discography (1969 – 2006) EAC Rip | 33xCD | FLAC/APE/WV Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included Total Size: 9.59 GB | 3% RAR Recovery STUDIO | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS Label: Various | Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop Rock, Heartland Rock. Originally a hard-driving rocker in the vein of fellow garage rockers the Rationals and Mitch Ryder, Bob Seger developed into one of the most popular heartland rockers over the course of the ’70s. Combining the driving charge of Ryder’s Wheels with Stonesy garage rock and devotion to hard-edged soul and R&B, he crafted a distinctively American sound. While he never attained the critical respect of his contemporary Bruce Springsteen, Seger did develop a dedicated following through constant touring with his Silver Bullet Band. Following several years of missed chances and lost opportunities, Seger finally achieved a national audience in 1976 with the back-to-back release of and Night Moves. After the platinum success of those albums, Seger retained his popularity for the next two decades, releasing seven Top Ten, platinum-selling albums in a row. ― Allmusic. 1. STUDIO: 1969. Noah (2008, Lost Diamonds, 8000 2 2, Argentina) 1969. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (1993, Capitol, CDP 0777 7 96261 2 0, USA) Basic scans. 1970. Mongrel (1993, Capitol, CDP 0777 7 81240 2 3, USA) 1970. Mongrel (2010, Lost Diamonds, 8000 6 2, Argentina) 1971. Brand New Morning (2004, Capitol, ST-371, EU) 1971. Brand New Morning (2009, Lost Diamonds, 8000 5 2, Argentina) 1972. Smokin’ O.P.’s (2005, Capitol, CDP 0946 3 11407 2 3, USA) 1973. Back In ’72 (2004, Warner Bros., MS 2126, EU) 1973. Back In ’72 (2008, Lost Diamonds, 8000 1 2, Argentina) 1974. Seven (1993, Capitol, 07777 81241 2 2, USA) 1974. Seven (1993, EMI, 07777 81241 2 2, Netherlands) 1975. (1998, Capitol, CDP 7 91424 2, USA) 1976. Night Moves (1986, Capitol, CDP 7 46075 2, UK) 1976. Night Moves (1999, Capitol, 72435 21186 2 5, USA) 1978. Stranger In Town (1990, Capitol, CDP 7 46074 2, USA) 1978. Stranger In Town (2001, Capitol, 72435-35232-2-0, EU) 1980. Against The Wind (2003, Capitol, 72435-84316-2-9, USA) Basic scans. 1982. The Distance (1983, Toshiba-EMI, CP35-3083, Japan, Black Triangle) 1982. The Distance (1988, Capitol, CDP 7 46005 2, UK) 1986. (1986, Capitol, CDP 7 46195 2, UK) 1986. Like A Rock (1986, Capitol, CDP 7 46195 2, US) 1991. (1991, Capitol, C2 91134, Canada) 1995. It’s A Mystery (1995, Capitol, CDP 0777 7 99774 2 0, USA) Basic scans. 2006. Face The Promise (2006, Capitol, CDP 0946 3 54506 2 0, USA) Basic scans. 2. LIVE: 1976. Live Bullet (2011, Hideout, 5099909833029, USA) 2012. Get Out Of Denver (2012, Smokin’, SMCD910, UK) 2012. Live Hits (2012, Exclusive, EU) 2013. Live Boston 1977 (2013, Plastic Soho, PLSOH005, UK, 2CD) 3. COMPILATION: 1994. Greatest Hits (1994, Capitol, CDP 7243 8 30334 2 3, USA) 2009. Early Seger Vol.1 (2009, Hideout, 800201, USA) 2011. Ultimate Hits. Never Forgets (2011, Hideout, 509999 41298 23, USA, 2CD) DOWNLOAD FROM. Password: www.LosslessMA.net. If you encounter broken links or other problem about this publication, please let me know and write your comment below. I will reply and fix as soon as possible. Bob Seger - Discography (1969-2018) Artist : Bob Seger Title : Discography Year Of Release : 1969-2018 Label : Hideout/Cameo/Capitol/Palladium Genre : , Folk Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Singer/ Quality : CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks,cue,log,scans) Total Time : 29 Albums Total Size : 3.59 gb / 12.50 gb WebSite : Album Preview. Robert Clark Seger (/ˈsiːɡər/, born May 6, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s, breaking through with his first national hit and album in 1968. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the 'System' from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands. In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the album Live Bullet (1976), recorded live with the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio album Night Moves. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums. A roots rocker with a classic raspy, shouting voice, Seger wrote and recorded songs that deal with love, women, and blue-collar themes and is an example of a heartland rock artist. Seger has recorded many hits, including "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man", "Night Moves", "Turn the Page", "Still the Same", "We've Got Tonight", "Against the Wind", "You'll Accomp'ny Me", "", "Like a Rock", and "Shakedown", which was written for Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). Seger also co-wrote the Eagles' number-one hit "Heartache Tonight", and his recording of "" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001. With a career spanning six decades, Seger has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. Seger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Hall of Fame in 2012. Seger was named Billboard's 2015 Legend of Live honoree at the 12th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards, held November 18–19 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. He announced his farewell tour in September 2018. Bob Seger – Discography (lossless, 1969-2014) [hide=1969 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:36:44 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (2:21) 02. Tales of Lucy Blue (2:28) 03. Ivory (2:23) 04. Gone (3:29) 05. Down Home (3:02) 06. Train Man (4:07) 07. White Wall (5:20) 08. Black Eyed Girl (6:34) 09. 2+2=? (2:49) 10. Doctor fine (1:05) 11. The Last Song (Love Needs To Be Loved) (3:05) [hide=1969 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:44:2 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Noah (2:55) 02. Innervenus Eyes (2:38) 03. Lonely Man (3:09) 04. Loneliness Is a Feeling (3:00) 05. Cat (6:15) 06. Jumpin’ Humpin’ Hip Hypocrite (3:08) 07. Follow the Children (3:24) 08. Lennie Johnson (3:03) 09. Paint Them a Picture (4:04) 10. Death Row (2:53) 11. East Side Story (2:27) 12. Vagrant Winter (2:17) 13. Ballad of the Yellow Beret (2:29) 14. – Part 1 (2:37) [hide=1970 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:33:43 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Song to Rufus (2:46) 02. Evil Edna (3:12) 03. Highway Child (2:50) 04. Big River (3:11) 05. Mongrel (2:23) 06. Lucifer (2:27) 07. Teachin’ Blues (2:02) 08. Leanin’ on My Dream (3:17) 09. Mongrel Too (4:10) 10. River Deep, Mountain High (7:25) [hide=1971 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:33:o0 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Brand New Morning (3:24) 02. Maybe Today (3:12) 03. Sometimes (5:15) 04. You Know Who You Are (3:18) 05. Railroad Days (6:57) 06. Louise (2:49) 07. Song for Him (4:36) 08. Something Like (3:30) [hide=1972 | Found on: st00st3 Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (image+.cue) Total Length: o0:34:58 Tracklist: ————————– 01. (6:18) 02. Love The One You’re With (4:18) 03. If I Were A Carpenter (3:49) 04. Hummin’ Bird (3:47) 05. Let It Rock (3:25) 06. Turn On Your Love Light (4:44) 07. Jesse James (3:30) 08. Someday (2:34) 09. Heavy Music (2:33) [hide=1973 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:46:17 Tracklist: ————————– 01. (2:45) 02. So I Wrote You A Song (2:42) 03. Stealer (2:53) 04. Rosalie (3:21) 05. Turn The Page (5:09) 06. Back In ’72 (4:24) 07. Neon Sky (3:32) 08. I’ve Been Working (4:31) 09. I’ve Got Time (5:38) 10. Persecution Smith (3:04) 11. Chain Smokin’ (2:45) 12. Lookin’ Back (2:41) 13. Heavy Music – Part 2 (2:51) [hide=1974 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:31:o4 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Get Out of Denver (2:44) 02. Long Song Comin’ (4:31) 03. Need Ya (3:23) 04. School Teacher (2:46) 05. Cross of Gold (2:24) 06. (Upper Middle Class) (3:15) 07. Seen a Lot of Floors (3:01) 08. 20 Years from Now (4:32) 09. All Your Love (4:29) [hide=1975 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:33:o1 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Beautiful Loser (3:30) 02. Black Night (3:24) 03. Katmandu (6:09) 04. Jody Girl (3:41) 05. Travelin’ Man (2:41) 06. Momma (3:23) 07. (3:57) 08. Sailing Nights (3:18) 09. Fine Memory (2:57) [hide=1976 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o1:13:49 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Nutbush City Limits (4:49) 02. Travelin’ Man (4:40) 03. Beautiful Loser (4:00) 04. Jody Girl (4:33) 05. I’ve Been Working (4:37) 06. Turn the Page (5:01) 07. (3:21) 08. Bo Diddley (5:38) 09. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (3:01) 10. Heavy Music (8:15) 11. Katmandu (6:28) 12. Lookin’ Back (2:36) 13. Get Out of Denver (5:20) 14. Let It Rock (8:23) 15. I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home (3:05) [hide=1976 | [hide=1976 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:37:o1 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Rock and Roll Never Forgets (3:53) 02. Night Moves (5:28) 03. The Fire Down Below (4:30) 04. Sunburst (5:13) 05. Sunspot Baby (4:39) 06. Mainstreet (3:45) 07. Come to Poppa (3:11) 08. Ship of Fools (3:25) 09. Mary Lou (2:58) ————————– Диск изготовлен в Японии, Отпечатан в Re-mastered by Steve Hoffman for this 24 KT Gold Compact Disc . Produced under licence from Capitol Records Inc. [hide=1976 | Found on: Swamp Fox Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:36:53 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Rock And Roll Never Forgets (3:52) 02. Night Moves (5:25) 03. The Fire Down Below (4:28) 04. Sunburst (5:14) 05. Sunspot Baby (4:38) 06. Mainstreet (3:43) 07. Come To Poppa (3:11) 08. Ship Of Fools (3:24) 09. Mary Lou (2:57) [hide=1978 | [hide=1978 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:39:51 Tracklist: ————————– 01. (5:03) 02. Still the Same (3:24) 03. Old Time Rock & Roll (3:16) 04. Till It Shines (3:55) 05. (3:45) 06. Ain’t Got No Money (4:15) 07. We’ve Got Tonite (4:41) 08. Brave Strangers (6:22) 09. The Famous Final Scene (5:10) [hide=1978 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:39:26 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Hollywood Nights (5:03) 02. Still the Same (3:24) 03. Old Time Rock & Roll (3:16) 04. Till It Shines (3:55) 05. Feel Like a Number (3:45) 06. Ain’t Got No Money (4:15) 07. We’ve Got Tonite (4:41) 08. Brave Strangers (6:22) 09. The Famous Final Scene (5:10) [hide=1980 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:4o:33 Tracklist: ————————– 01. The Horizontal Bop (4:03) 02. You’ll Accomp’ny Me (4:00) 03. (3:55) 04. No Man’s Land (3:44) 05. Long Twin Silver Line (4:18) 06. Against The Wind (5:34) 07. Good For Me (4:04) 08. Betty Lou’s Gettin’ Out Tonight (2:53) 09. (3:34) 10. Shinin’ Brightly (4:28) [hide=1981 | Found on: cltx Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o1:19:58 Tracklist: ————————– 01. (5:23) 02. Tryin’ To Live My Life Without You (4:00) 03. You’ll Accomp’ny Me (4:13) 04. Hollywood Nights (4:49) 05. Old Time Rock And Roll (5:12) 06. Mainstreet (4:04) 07. Against The Wind (5:35) 08. The Fire Down Below (4:47) 09. Her Strut (3:51) 10. Feel Like A Number (4:10) 11. Fire Lake (3:52) 12. Betty Lou’s Gettin’ Out Tonight (2:59) 13. We’ve Got Tonight (4:55) 14. Night Moves (5:44) 15. Rock And Roll Never Forgets (3:36) 16. Let It Rock (5:58) 17. Brave Strangers (6:48) [hide=1982 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:41:23 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Even Now (4:35) 02. Makin’ Thunderbirds (3:00) 03. Boomtown Blues (3:40) 04. Shame On The Moon (4:58) 05. Love’s The Last To Know (4:31) 06. (4:41) 07. House Behind A House (4:03) 08. Comin’ Home (6:08) 09. Little Victories (5:52) [hide=1986 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: WV (image+.cue) Total Length: o0:43:55 Tracklist: ————————– 01. (4:18) 02. Like A Rock (5:57) 03. Miami (4:41) 04. The Ring (5:36) 05. Tightrope (4:31) 06. The Aftermath (3:31) 07. Sometimes (3:32) 08. It’s You (4:03) 09. Somewhere Tonight (4:26) 10. Fortunate Son (3:19) [hide=1991 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:52:36 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Take A Chance (3:41) 02. The Real Love (4:40) 03. Sightseeing (3:39) 04. Real At The Time (3:53) 05. Always In My Heart (4:14) 06. The Fire Inside (5:57) 07. New Coat Of Paint (3:26) 08. Which Way (3:57) 09. The Mountain (6:45) 10. The Long Way Home (4:24) 11. Blind Love (4:23) 12. She Can’t Do Anything Wrong (3:38) [hide=1995 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:49:52 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Rite of Passage (3:51) 02. Lock and Load (4:55) 03. By the River (3:26) 04. Manhattan (5:23) 05. I Wonder (4:07) 06. It’s a Mystery (4:19) 07. Revisionism Street (3:48) 08. Golden Boy (2:25) 09. I Can’t Save You Angelene (3:57) 10. 16 Shells from a 30-6 (4:20) 11. West of the Moon (4:37) 12. Hands in the Air (4:44) [hide=2006 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:43:1 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Wreck This Heart (3:54) 02. Wait For Me (3:43) 03. Face The Promise (3:19) 04. No Matter Who You Are (3:40) 05. Are You (3:35) 06. Simplicity (4:00) 07. No More (2:58) 08. Real Mean Bottle (With Kid Rock) (3:05) 09. Won’t Stop (3:19) 10. Between (4:49) 11. The Answer’s In The Question (With Patty Loveless) (3:42) 12. The Long Goodbye (3:07) [hide=2009 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:35:2 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Midnight Rider (2:23) 02. If I Were A Carpenter (3:49) 03. Get Out Of Denver (2:46) 04. Someday (2:34) 05. (Upper Middle Class) (3:17) 06. Long Song Comin’ (3:50) 07. Star Tonight (3:40) 08. Gets Ya Pumpin’ (4:09) 09. Wildfire (4:37) 10. 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(3:59) [hide=2012 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o1:o9:32 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Don’t Burn Down the Bridge (4:19) 02. I’ve Been Working (4:52) 03. (3:41) 04. Sail On (4:53) 05. Someday (4:46) 06. Nutbush City Limits (3:59) 07. Heavy Music (4:43) 08. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (2:57) 09. Gang Bang (5:38) 10. All Your Love (4:38) 11. Let It Rock (12:11) 12. Get Out of Denver (5:28) 13. Rosalie (3:24) 14. Song to Rufus (4:03) [hide=2012 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:43:53 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Nutbush City Limits (Live 1975) (4:33) 02. Turn The Page (Live 1975) (5:12) 03. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (Live 1975) (3:11) 04. Lookin’ Back (Live 1975) (2:39) 05. Mainstreet (Live 1980) (4:18) 06. Against The Wind (Live 1980) (5:29) 07. Fire Lake (Live 1980) (4:02) 08. We’ve Got Tonight (Live 1980) (4:55) 09. Night Moves (Live 1980) (5:45) 10. Rock And Roll Never Forgets (Live 1980) (3:48) ————————– Tracks 1 to 4: Taken From “Live Bullet”. Recorded Live In Detroit – September 1975. Tracks 5 to 10: Taken From “Nine Tonight”. Recorded Live In Detroit June 1980 & Boston – October 1980. Compilation, Promo, Original Release, Limited Edition, Remastered. [hide=2014 | Found on: Audio Codec/ Type of rip used: FLAC (tracks+.cue) Total Length: o0:44:36 Tracklist: ————————– 01. Detroit Made (3:48) 02. Hey Gypsy (2:32) 03. The Devils Right Hand (3:49) 04. Ride Out (3:08) 05. Adam and Eve (3:15) 06. California Stars (4:45) 07. Its Your World (3:19) 08. All of the Roads (3:36) 09. You Take Me In (2:36) 10. Gates of Eden (3:48) 11. Listen (3:21) 12. The Firemans Talkin (2:47) 13. Let the Rivers Run (3:52) Bob Seger. Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock musician who achieved his greatest success in the 1970s and 1980s and continues to record and perform today. Seger started his musical career in the 1960s in his native Ann Arbor, Michigan, soon after playing in and around Detroit as a singer and as the leader of Bob Seger and the Last Heard, and then later the Bob Seger System. Best known for his work as Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, a group he formed in 1974. Seger started his musical career in the 1960s in his native Ann Arbor, Michigan, soon after playing in and around Detroit as a singer and as the leader of Bob Seger and the Last Heard, and then later the Bob Seger System. Best known for his work as Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, a group he formed in 1974. Seger was known as a workhorse midwestern roots-rocker who dealt with blue-collar themes and toured constantly in support of his frequent album releases, spanning five decades. In April 1976, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band had an even bigger commercial breakthrough with the album Live Bullet, recorded over two nights in Detroit's Cobo Hall in September 1975. The album stayed on the Billboard charts for 168 weeks, peaking at #34, easily Seger's highest charting album to that time. It also contained Seger's hit rendition of 's "Nutbush City Limits" (#69 US) as well as Seger's own classic take on life on the road, "Turn the Page", from Back in '72. It also harkened back to his late 1960's successes with both "Heavy Music" and "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" making appearances. Critic later wrote that "Live Bullet is one of the best live albums ever made . In spots, particularly during the medley of 'Travelin' Man'/'Beautiful Loser', Seger sounds like a man with one last shot at the top." An instant best-seller in Detroit, Live Bullet quickly began to get attention in other parts of the country -- although perhaps not as quickly as Seger would have liked. In June 1976 he was a featured performer at the Pontiac Silverdome outside Detroit in front of nearly 80,000 fans. Yet three nights before in Chicago, Seger had played before 50 people in a bar. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15, 2004; close friend and fellow Michigander Kid Rock gave the induction speech during which he called Seger, "The Hardest Working Man in rock n roll", and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm proclaimed that date Bob Seger Day in his honor. Face The Promise. Bob Seger is one of the few truly defining voices of American music. Classic, urgent, honest, and timeless; Seger has sold nearly fifty million albums in his career. Earned eleven platinum and seven multi-platinum awards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. "Against the Wind" won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Group or Duo in 1980. Capitol Records will release Bob Seger's first studio album in eleven years, Face The Promise, on September 12th. The album's first single is "Wait For Me;" the new album also features the tracks "Real Mean Bottle" with Kid Rock and "The Answer's In The Question" with Patty Loveless. No customer reviews. Review this product. Most helpful customer reviews on Amazon.com. Don't judge a book by its cover, nuestros abuelos taught us in a spasm of earthy wisdom. If you did, you might think Bob Seger was about to declare himself washed up and done for in the blues-rock entree to this 2006 album. Where the younger Seger could claim that things were gettin' better and better', the grizzled graybeard of FACE THE PROMISE finds things decidely on the downswing, and toys with the idea that he m ight just 'wreck this heart'. But don't take the old boy's crotchety pose too seriously. Even in this complaining first track, he concedes that when he gets back home to his lady, everything'll be all right. Really, Seger i merely setting himself up to deliver a classically Seger-esque affirmation of life and love of the kind we've come to expect. 'No need to wait any longer than Track 2, a fallible man's ode to long-lasting love and his own bootstrap ability to pull himself up to love's measure when the heat is on. If Seger has caught a touch of the blues, it's not the poor-me variety but the more robust variant called I've-paid-my-dues-baby-I'm-fed-up-and- I'm-goin' home'. If the blues like the flu are inevitable, it's much more dignified to catch the kind Seger's symptoms sugggest he has. 'So long, Arizona', he says, dissing every small-town repeat of his show when his soul has already made the turn and headed westward towards home. This is an edgier, older, less accomodating Seger than we've known. A bit rockier, a little less balladesque. But it's still our Bob in there, belting out the blue-collar convictions about trusting the heart, your good woman, and little else. He sounds like a man with designs on becoming an elder statesman to the kids who will get knocked about a little as they learn the truths that have come down to him over the year. Hear track four, 'No Matter Who You Are', a kind of democratic Hard Knocks Creed: No matter who you are no matter what you do There's gonna be someone wants something else from you Yeah This is an ancient test, it's a shiny lie Discover somethin' pure then sit and watch it die Yeah No matter who you are no matter where you've been No matter what you've done you'll have to start again No matter who you are Between the soaring dreams and the bottom line So much is given up so much is left behind Yeah. This is the price you pay, this is the beast you feed When you abandon hope and you give in to greed. No matter who you are no matter who you've been You'll have to sort it out and start again. No matter who you are No matter who you are Don't take this wrong don't let it bring you down It's just the way things work in this great big town. Seger's take on the reality he describes is interesting: 'Don't take this wrong, Don't let it bring you down, It's just the way things work in this great big town.' Gentle cynicism is, after all, perhaps not an oxymoron. 'Truth is, song after song on this album is shot through with the sentiment that 'this world is out to get you the way it's gottten me' ('Between'). That, and the kind of poignant statement of love's bereavement that we hear in his gorgeous duet with Patty Loveless and in the album's closing track, 'The Long Goodbye'. So what is our Bobster up to? This album reads like a man's statement of his legacy. I don't mean to suggest that Seger is anything close to finished singing. I simply observe that the very fine rock and roll that comes at you track after track on this album congeals into something like a statement. Of what? Gentle cynicism. Loss of faith but not of energy. Weathered old wood that still shines when just the right light falls upon it.