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{{Infobox album
:''See ] for the episode of the television series ].''
| name = Stranger in Town
{{Album infobox | <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Albums -->
| type = studio
| Name = Stranger in Town
| artist = ]
| Type = ]
| Artist = ] | cover = Bob Seger - Stranger in Town.jpg
| Cover = Bob Seger - Stranger in Town.jpg | alt =
| released = {{Start date|1978|5|5}}
| Background = orange
| Released = May 1978 | recorded =
| Recorded = 1978 (?) | venue =
| Genre = ] | studio = *] (Miami)
*] (Sheffield, Alabama)
| Length = 39:28
*] (Hollywood)
| Label = ]
*] (Hollywood)
| Producer = ], ]
*Sound Suite (Detroit)
| Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki>
| genre = ]<ref name= "Larkin 1999">{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Larkin|title=All-Time Top 1000 Albums|url=https://archive.org/details/alltimetop1000al0000lark_d7o0/page/179/mode/1up|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/alltimetop1000al0000lark_d7o0/mode/1up|date=1999|archive-date= October 8, 2021|publisher=]|isbn=0-7535-0354-9|page= 96}}</ref>
<ul><li>'']'' ] </li>
| length = 39:28
</ul>
| label = ]
|
| producer = Bob Seger, ], ]
| Last album = '']''<br />(1976)
| prev_title = ]
| This album = ''Stranger in Town''<br />(1978)
| prev_year = 1976
| Next album = '']''<br />(1980)
| next_title = ]
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Stranger in Town
| type = studio
| single1 = ]
| single1date = April 1978
| single2 = ]
| single2date = July 1978
| single3 = ]
| single3date = October 1978
| single4 = ]
| single4date = March 1979
}} }}
}}
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'''''Stranger in Town''''' is an album by ] ] band ], released in 1978 (see ]). '''''Stranger in Town''''' is the tenth studio album by American ] singer ] and his second with the Silver Bullet Band, released by ] in May 1978. As with its predecessor, the Silver Bullet Band backed Seger on about half of the songs and the ] backed Seger on the other half.

The album became an instant success in the ], being certified platinum by the ] (RIAA) less than a month after the album's release, and, like its predecessor ], it would later go 6× Platinum.<ref name="RIAA1">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=Gold & Platinum Searchable Database |work=] |format=PHP}}</ref> It was also his first album to chart in the ], where limited editions were released on silver vinyl and in picture disc format as well as standard black vinyl.

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r17695 |tab=review |label=Bob Seger &amp; the Silver Bullet Band: ''Stranger in Town'' > Review |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |accessdate=4 July 2011 }}</ref>
| rev2 = '']''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=627}}</ref>
| rev3 = '']''
| rev3Score = B−<ref>{{cite news|date=June 26, 1978|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv6-78.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=]|location=New York|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|accessdate=September 19, 2015}}</ref>
}}
'']'' wrote that, "while reaffirms that Mr. Seger is a fine rock singer and a sometimes sensitive songwriter, it also suggests that his gifts aren't so varied or consistent as they might be."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rockwell |first1=John |title=The Pop Life |work=The New York Times |date=9 June 1978 |page=C13}}</ref>


==Track listing== ==Track listing==
{{tracklist
All songs written by Bob Seger, except where noted.
| headline = Side One
| all_writing = ], except where noted
| title1 = ]
| length1 = 4:59
| title2 = ]
| length2 = 3:18
| title3 = ]
| writer3 = {{hlist|]|Thomas Earl Jones III}}
| length3 = 3:14
| title4 = Till It Shines
| length4 = 3:50
| title5 = ]
| length5 = 3:42
}}


{{tracklist
#"Hollywood Nights" - 4:59
| headline = Side Two
#"Still the Same" - 3:18
| title1 = Ain't Got No Money
#"Old Time Rock and Roll" (George Jackson, Thomas Jones) - 3:14
| writer1 = ]
#"Till It Shines" - 3:50
| length1 = 4:11
#"Feel Like a Number" - 3:42
| title2 = ]
#"Ain't Got No Money" (Frankie Miller) - 4:11
#"We've Got Tonight" - 4:38 | length2 = 4:38
| title3 = Brave Strangers
#"Brave Strangers" - 6:20
| length3 = 6:20
#"The Famous Final Scene" - 5:09
| title4 = The Famous Final Scene
| length4 = 5:09
|all_writing=|title5=|length5=|title6=|length6=|title7=|length7=|title8=|length8=|title9=|length9=|title10=|length10=|title11=|length11=|title12=|length12=|title13=|length13=|title14=|length14=|title15=|length15=|title16=|length16=|title17=|length17=|title18=|length18=|title19=|length19=|title20=|length20=|total_length=}}

'''Notes'''
The Silver Bullet Band plays on side one tracks 1, 2, & 5 and on side two track 3

The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section plays on side one tracks 3 & 4 and on side two tracks 1, 2, & 4


==Personnel== ==Personnel==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*] - ], ]
*Drew Abbott - guitar *] &ndash; vocals, guitar, piano
'''The Silver Bullet Band'''
*] - ]
*] – guitar
*Brandye - vocals, background vocals
*Robyn Robbins – organ
*Chris Campbell - ]
*] – saxophone
*Pete Carr - guitar
*Chris Campbell – bass guitar
*Easley Stanley Carter - vocals
*] – drums, percussion
*] - guitar
''']'''
*] - vocals, background vocals
*] – piano, organ
*] - guitar
*] – guitar
*Roger Hawkins - ], ]
*] – guitar
*David Hood - bass
*] – bass guitar
*George Jackson - vocals, background vocals
*] – drums, percussion
*Jimmy Johnson - guitar

*] - vocals, background vocals
'''Additional musicians'''
*James Lavell - vocals, background vocals
*Ken Bell &ndash; guitar on "Old Time Rock & Roll"
*Shirley Matthews - vocals, background vocals
*] – guitar solo on "Till It Shines"
*Jim Ed Norman - conductor
*] – guitar solo on "Ain't Got No Money"
*Bill Payne - ], ], ], keyboards
*] – piano, organ on "Hollywood Nights"
*Alto Reed - horn
*Doug Riley - piano, keyboard *] piano on "Feel Like a Number" and "Brave Strangers"
*Randy McCormick &ndash; piano on "Old Time Rock & Roll"
*Robin Robbins - keyboard
*] &ndash; guitar solo on "Old Time Rock & Roll"
*David Teegarden - percussion, drums

*Julia Waters - background vocals
'''Background singers'''
*Luther Waters - vocals, background vocals
:"We've Got Tonite" and "Still the Same"
*Maxine Waters - background vocals
*Oren Waters - vocals, background vocals *] vocals, background vocals
*] – vocals, background vocals
*] – vocals, background vocals
:"Hollywood Nights"
*] – background vocals
*Luther Waters – vocals, background vocals
*] – background vocals
*] – vocals, background vocals
:"Brave Strangers"
*Brandye – vocals, background vocals
:"Old Time Rock & Roll"
*James Lavell Easley – background vocals
*Stanley Carter – background vocals
*] – vocals, background vocals
{{div col end}}


==Production== ===Production===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*Producers: Punch Andrews, Bob Seger
*Producers: ], Bob Seger
*Engineers: John Arrias, Mark Calice, David Cole, Hugh Davies, Gregg Hamm, Steve Melton, George Tutko
*Engineers: John Arrias, Mark Calice, ], Hugh Davies, Gregg Hamm, Steve Melton, George Tutko
*Mixing: Punch Andrews, John Arrias, Bob Seger *Mixing: Punch Andrews, John Arrias, Bob Seger
*Mastering: Wally Traugott *Mastering: Wally Traugott
*Remastering: Robert Vosgien *Remastering: Punch Andrews, 1999
*Remastering: Robert Vosgien
*String arrangements: Jim Ed Norman
*String arrangements: ]
*Horn arrangements: Alto Reed
*Art direction: Roy Kohara *Art direction: Roy Kohara
*Design: Ken Anderson *Design: Ken Anderson
*Photography: Terrence Bert, Bob Siedemann *Photography: Terrence Bert, ]
{{div col end}}


==Charts== ==Charts==

<h3>Album<h3>
===Album===
] (North America)
{{col-begin}}
{| class="wikitable"
{{col-2}}
!Year
====Weekly charts====
!Chart
{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
!Position
!scope="col" style="width:14em;"|Chart (1978-79)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|- |-
{{album chart|Canada|5|chartid=4628a|access-date=November 26, 2024}}
|1978
|-
|Pop Albums
|French Top Albums<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste (S) |work=InfoDisc |language=French |format=PHP |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506001015/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |archive-date=2013-05-06 |df= }} Search for "Bob SEGER & The SILVER BULLET Band" on the drop-down menu to see results.</ref>
|4
|style="text-align:center;"|14
|-
|German Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Bob+Seger+%26+The+Silver+Bullet+Band&title=Stranger+In+Town&cat=a&country=de |title=Album – Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, ''Stranger in Town'' |work=] |language=German |format=ASP |accessdate=July 5, 2011}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|28
|-
|New Zealand Top 40 Albums<ref>{{cite web |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Bob+Seger+%26+The+Silver+Bullet+Band&titel=Stranger+In+Town&cat=a |title=Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band – ''Stranger in Town'' (Album) |work=] |publisher=Hung Medien |format=ASP |accessdate=July 5, 2011}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|Swedish Top 60 Albums<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bob+Seger+%26+The+Silver+Bullet+Band&titel=Stranger+In+Town&cat=a |title=Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band – ''Stranger in Town'' (Album) |work=] |publisher=Hung Medien |format=ASP |accessdate=July 5, 2011}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|45
|-
|]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19780528/7502/ |title=Chart Archive: Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 3rd June 1978 |work=] |accessdate=July 5, 2011}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|31
|-
|US '']'' ]<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p123393|tab=charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} |title=Bob Seger: Charts & Awards – ''Billboard'' Albums |work=] |publisher=] |accessdate=July 5, 2011}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|4
|}
{{col-2}}

====Year-end charts====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1978)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0069&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0069.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0069|title=RPM Top 100 Albums of '78|website=]|access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>
| 25
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1978-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=]|access-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref>
| 32
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/Billboard_Top_Albums_1978|title=Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1978|website=BestSellingAlbums.org|access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>
| 45
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1979)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1979-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1979 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=]|access-date=January 28, 2022}}</ref>
| 37
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bestsellingalbums.org/year-end/Billboard_Top_Albums_1979|title=Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1979|website=BestSellingAlbums.org|access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>
| 14
|- |-
|} |}
{{col-end}}


<h3>Singles<h3> ===Singles===
Billboard (North America)
{| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable"
!Year !Year
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|- |-
|1978 |1978
|"Still the Same"
|"Hollywood Nights"
|]
|Pop Singles
|align="center"|4
|12
|- |-
|1978 |1978
|"Hollywood Nights"
|"Still The Same"
|''Billboard'' Hot 100
|Pop Singles
|align="center"|12
|4
|- |-
|1978 |1978
|"We've Got Tonight" |"We've Got Tonite"
|''Billboard'' Hot 100
|Pop Singles
|align="center"|13
|13
|- |-
|1979 |1979
|"Old Time Rock N Roll" |"Old Time Rock and Roll"
|''Billboard'' Hot 100
|Pop Singles
|align="center"|28
|28
|-
|} |}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Stranger in Town|artist=Bob Seger|type=album|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1978|certyear=1983}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Stranger in Town|artist=Bob Seger|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=1980|relyear=1978|id=6316-1170-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Stranger in Town|artist=Bob Seger|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=2008|relyear=1978|refname="RIAA"|number=6}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bob Seger}}

{{Authority control}}


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Latest revision as of 02:15, 23 December 2024

1978 studio album by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Stranger in Town
Studio album by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
ReleasedMay 5, 1978 (1978-05-05)
Studio
GenreRock
Length39:28
LabelCapitol
ProducerBob Seger, Punch Andrews, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band chronology
Night Moves
(1976)
Stranger in Town
(1978)
Against the Wind
(1980)
Singles from Stranger in Town
  1. "Still the Same"
    Released: April 1978
  2. "Hollywood Nights"
    Released: July 1978
  3. "We've Got Tonite"
    Released: October 1978
  4. "Old Time Rock and Roll"
    Released: March 1979
"Old Time Rock and Roll" Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" from Stranger in Town
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Stranger in Town is the tenth studio album by American rock singer Bob Seger and his second with the Silver Bullet Band, released by Capitol Records in May 1978. As with its predecessor, the Silver Bullet Band backed Seger on about half of the songs and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section backed Seger on the other half.

The album became an instant success in the United States, being certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) less than a month after the album's release, and, like its predecessor Night Moves, it would later go 6× Platinum. It was also his first album to chart in the UK, where limited editions were released on silver vinyl and in picture disc format as well as standard black vinyl.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
The Village VoiceB−

The New York Times wrote that, "while reaffirms that Mr. Seger is a fine rock singer and a sometimes sensitive songwriter, it also suggests that his gifts aren't so varied or consistent as they might be."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bob Seger, except where noted

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hollywood Nights" 4:59
2."Still the Same" 3:18
3."Old Time Rock and Roll"3:14
4."Till It Shines" 3:50
5."Feel Like a Number" 3:42
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ain't Got No Money"Frankie Miller4:11
2."We've Got Tonite" 4:38
3."Brave Strangers" 6:20
4."The Famous Final Scene" 5:09

Notes The Silver Bullet Band plays on side one tracks 1, 2, & 5 and on side two track 3

The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section plays on side one tracks 3 & 4 and on side two tracks 1, 2, & 4

Personnel

The Silver Bullet Band

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

Additional musicians

  • Ken Bell – guitar on "Old Time Rock & Roll"
  • Glenn Frey – guitar solo on "Till It Shines"
  • Don Felder – guitar solo on "Ain't Got No Money"
  • Bill Payne – piano, organ on "Hollywood Nights"
  • Doug Riley – piano on "Feel Like a Number" and "Brave Strangers"
  • Randy McCormick – piano on "Old Time Rock & Roll"
  • Howie McDonald – guitar solo on "Old Time Rock & Roll"

Background singers

"We've Got Tonite" and "Still the Same"
"Hollywood Nights"
"Brave Strangers"
  • Brandye – vocals, background vocals
"Old Time Rock & Roll"
  • James Lavell Easley – background vocals
  • Stanley Carter – background vocals
  • George Jackson – vocals, background vocals

Production

  • Producers: Punch Andrews, Bob Seger
  • Engineers: John Arrias, Mark Calice, David Cole, Hugh Davies, Gregg Hamm, Steve Melton, George Tutko
  • Mixing: Punch Andrews, John Arrias, Bob Seger
  • Mastering: Wally Traugott
  • Remastering: Punch Andrews, 1999
  • Remastering: Robert Vosgien
  • String arrangements: Jim Ed Norman
  • Horn arrangements: Alto Reed
  • Art direction: Roy Kohara
  • Design: Ken Anderson
  • Photography: Terrence Bert, Bob Siedemann

Charts

Album

Weekly charts

Chart (1978-79) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 5
French Top Albums 14
German Albums Chart 28
New Zealand Top 40 Albums 4
Swedish Top 60 Albums 45
UK Albums Chart 31
US Billboard 200 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 25
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 32
US Billboard 200 45
Chart (1979) Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 37
US Billboard 200 14

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1978 "Still the Same" Billboard Hot 100 4
1978 "Hollywood Nights" Billboard Hot 100 12
1978 "We've Got Tonite" Billboard Hot 100 13
1979 "Old Time Rock and Roll" Billboard Hot 100 28

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) 4× Platinum 400,000
United Kingdom (BPI) Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA) 6× Platinum 6,000,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. p. 96. ISBN 0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021.
  2. "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database" (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America.
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: Stranger in Town > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 627.
  5. Christgau, Robert (June 26, 1978). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  6. Rockwell, John (9 June 1978). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C13.
  7. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4628a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  8. "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste (S)". InfoDisc (in French). Archived from the original (PHP) on 2013-05-06. Search for "Bob SEGER & The SILVER BULLET Band" on the drop-down menu to see results.
  9. "Album – Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Stranger in Town" (ASP). Media Control Charts (in German). Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  10. "Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band – Stranger in Town (Album)" (ASP). New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  11. "Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band – Stranger in Town (Album)" (ASP). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  12. "Chart Archive: Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 3rd June 1978". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  13. "Bob Seger: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  14. "RPM Top 100 Albums of '78". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  15. "Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  16. "Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1978". BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  17. "Top Selling Albums of 1979 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  18. "Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1979". BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  19. "Canadian album certifications – Bob Seger – Stranger in Town". Music Canada.
  20. "British album certifications – Bob Seger – Stranger in Town". British Phonographic Industry.
  21. "American album certifications – Bob Seger – Stranger in Town". Recording Industry Association of America.
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