Bob Seger Albums Ranked

Robert Clark Seger (/ˈsiːɡər/, born May 6, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. 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 album, Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (which contained his first national hit of the same name) 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.
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 Songwriters 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. Here are all of Bob Seger’s albums ranked.

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10. The Fire Inside (1991)

“‘Bob Seger’s ‘Fire Inside’ is a characteristically conservative yet touching display of midlife musical resolve. Seger was thirty-one when he realized his rock dream with Live Bullet, from 1976, and never forgot the frustrations of the struggle. So after the commercial harvest of the subsequent Night Moves, he refined a formula that balanced the abandon of the roadhouse rocker with the control of a singer-songwriter and became that rare pontificator who could encore with a convincing Chuck Berry number.”

9. Smokin’ O.P.’s (1972)

“The only reason this doesn’t get five stars is, it isn’t long enough. That said it comes from a time when 35-40 mins was the norm, so PLEASE don’t let that put your off if your thinking of buying this. It’s worth every penny. Just be sure that you’ve warned everybody else in the house and the neighbors that you are going to rock there socks off! Play it LOUD and enjoy Bob Seger at his very best, with probably the best version of Bo Diddley ever recorded.”

8. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (1969)

“”Who could imagine such a comm. piece of s@&t like Bob Seger turning out legitimate underground rock?” Anyone familiar with Seger’s work with The Silver Bullet Band, and beyond (of course, anyone who’s been to a wedding reception in the past 30 years has already heard enough Bob Seger to last a lifetime), already knows him to be an extremely successful, comm rock artist, capable of turning out catchy ditties with absolutely no meaning whatsoever. But it’s good for grandma to get out on the dance floor and shake her booty to. But few artists are able to hit the ground running, with a commercial hit, right out of the gate.”

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7. Face the Promise (2006)

“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 decidedly 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.”

6. Like a Rock (1986)

“Seger had a difficult road to travel after the superb hat trick of albums prior to this one ( “Night Moves”, “Stranger In Town”, and “Against the Wind” ) … thiose 3 albums were crtically acclaimed as his best work … and I agree … with “Like A Rock”, Seger comes close to that quality, but just misses hitting it out of the park. This is not to say avoid this CD … on the contrary … every Bob Seger fan should have this album … the title track is one of his best “lost youth anthems” ever !”

5. The Distance (1982)

“I cherish this 1983 album, especially its kick off single “Shame On the Moon”. Although it carries a strong back beat, it does not measure up to its predecessors in popularity. On the flip side, it is definitely one that didn’t get overplayed. Its biggest flaw is the mellow, overly long song “Coming Home” that breaks up the rhythm of things as I see this song simply as a filler. Otherwise, great album.”

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4. Beautiful Loser (1975)

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“Beautiful Loser, issued in April of 1975, was the eighth studio album released by Bob Seger. While it would only be a minor national hit, reaching 131 on the Billboard charts, it would have many of the ingredients in place which would propel him to stardom during the next two years. As his reputation grew, so would the sales of this release, and over time it would sell two million copies. Bob Seger had been a journeyman rocker for a decade. He was wildly popular in the Detroit area but nowhere else. All that was about to change. He had learned his craft well as his live shows were energetic and his ability to write songs and produce an album had improved dramatically over the years.”

3. Against the Wind (1980)

“After three exceptional albums in a row, Against The Wind (Remastered) might be seen as a bit of a letdown, but it’s almost as good as its predecessors, even if its tone is a bit lighter. The title track, “You’ll Accomp’ny Me”, “No Man’s Land”, “Long Twin Silver Line”, and “Shinin’ Brightly” are easily as good as anything Seger’s ever written, and even if the rest of the album doesn’t quite match those songs in quality, Seger’s belief that community service should be required in schools, as well as his advocacy of increased funding for law enforcement, makes Against The Wind (Remastered) an essential purchase for both your ears and your conscience.”

2. Stranger in Town (1978)

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“And 1978’s Stranger in Town is full of great rockin’ tracks like that.  “Hollywood Nights” is a true rock n’ roll classic, and “Feels Like a Number” and “Ain’t Got No Money” have that same bluesy rockin’ vibe that infuses this album with a good amount of old fashioned rock n’ roll fun.  This is balanced by Seger’s great ability to pen a more thoughtful, softer rock tune, as he does in “Still the Same,” “We’ve Got Tonite,” and “The Famous Final Scene.”  It all adds up to a great, classic album.  Not Seger’s best, but still very strong and thoroughly enjoyable.”

1. Night Moves (1976)

“Lots of great songs on this Seger album, and I call it a Seger album because the Silver Bullet Band, that Bob Seger would later be more tight with, is only on the first side of Night Movies, four tracks, great tracks at that, while side two is with Muscle Shoals musicians, who do not disappoint. Well, they never do, and Seger does not disappoint either. This whole album is a mix of raunchy rock with deep melodic ballads expertly written, and sung with sincerity and passion by Seger, which may sound odd, because Bob Seger has a great voice for heartland rock. Can’t name favorite songs on Night Moves because I like them all.”