Against the Wind (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Against the Wind
Type = Album
Artist = Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band


Released = February 1980
Recorded = 1979 (?)
Genre = Rock
Length = 40:24
Label = Capitol
Producer = Punch Andrews, Steve Melton,
Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section, Bob Seger, Bill Szymczyk
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ak4gtq6ztu4p~T1 link]
Last album = "Stranger in Town"
(1978)
This album = "Against the Wind"
(1980)
Next album = "Nine Tonight"
(1981)

"Against the Wind" is the twelfth album by American rock band Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It is Seger's only Number 1 album to date, spending 6 weeks atop the Billboard 200. It was the album that knocked Pink Floyd's massive-selling "The Wall" from the top spot. Despite it's massive success, critic Dave Marsh gave it harsh criticism: "I'd like to say that this is not only the worst record Bob Seger has ever made, but an absolutely cowardly one as well." Marsh had followed Seger since before "Night Moves", when Seger finally gained national fame, and essentially said in this review that Seger's long, tireless struggle to stardom is trivialized by this record. "He had to fight hard to prove there was still a place in rock & roll for a guy like him, and, with 'Night Moves,' he won. This is the LP that makes such a victory meaningless. ... It makes me sad, and it makes me angry (another emotion that's disappeared here, though it's often fueled Seger's finest work). Maybe rock & roll never forgets, but the best thing anybody who ever had any hope for Bob Seger can do is try not to remember Against the Wind and pray for something better next time. I wouldn't hold my breath." [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobseger/albums/album/214614/review/5942703/against_the_wind] Dave Marsh's review of "Against the Wind"]

__NOTOC__The song "Her Strut" is featured in the 2008 video game "Grand Theft Auto IV".

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Seger

# "The Horizontal Bop" – 4:03
# "You'll Accomp'ny Me" – 4:00
# "Her Strut" – 3:51
# "No Man's Land" – 3:43
# "Long Twin Silver Line" – 4:18
# "Against the Wind" – 5:34
# "Good for Me" – 4:03
# "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight" – 2:52
# "Fire Lake" – 3:30
# "Shinin' Brightly" – 4:30

Personnel

*Bob Seger - guitar, vocals, background vocals
*Drew Abbott - guitar
*Barry Beckett - piano, keyboard
*Ginger Blake - background vocals
*Chris Campbell - bass
*Pete Carr - guitar
*Sam Clayton - percussion, vocals
*Laura Creamer - vocals, background vocals
*Linda Dillard - vocals, background vocals
*Dr. John - keyboard
*Glenn Frey - guitar, background vocals
*Paul Harris - organ, piano, keyboard
*Roger Hawkins - percussion, drums
*Don Henley - vocals, background vocals
*David Hood - bass
*Jimmy Johnson - guitar, horn
*Randy McCormick - organ, keyboard
*Bill Payne - organ, synthesizer, piano
*Alto Reed - horn, saxophone
*Doug Riley - synthesizer
*Robin Robbins - keyboard
*Timothy B. Schmit - vocals, background vocals
*David Teegarden - percussion, drums

Production

*Producers: Punch Andrews, Steve Melton, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Bob Seger, Bill Szymczyk
*Engineers: John Arrias, Steve Melton, Bill Szymczyk
*Mixing: Punch Andrews, John Arrias, Steve Melton, Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section, Bob Seger, Bill Szymczyk
*Mastering: Wally Traugott
*Remastering: Robert Vosgien
*Art direction: Roy Kohara
*Photography: Tom Bert
*Paintings: Jim Warren

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

ee also

*Muscle Shoals, Alabama
*Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
*Muscle Shoals Sound Studios

References