Stranger In Town is one of Bob Seger's all time best studio albums. But anyone will tell you that, and the proof is in the music: superb songs like "Hollywood Nights", "Feel Like A Number", and "The Famous Final Scene", as well as the perenially popular "Old Time Rock & Roll".

So how is the remastering? Wasn't the remastering of Live Bullet a disappointment? Yes, but there is a different team in place here. Robert Vosgien has done a superb job on this remastering, and the packaging includes the insert photos that were missing from the original release.

What you get in this release that was missing in the original CD are nuances and inflections - lots of them. Listen to all the things Bob does with the lyrics to "Brave Strangers". Hear the remarkable hi-hat work of Dave Teegarden in "Hollywood Nights." Delight in the resonance of the acoustic guitar strings on "Still The Same."

Yes, there is some tape hiss, but that is a good thing. This is the type of album where removing all the hiss would remove much of the music along with it. Thank goodness that mistake has been avoided here.

What we have is a classic rock album, in all senses of those words, restored to all its magnificent glory. Don't miss it!

You just cannot have a full collection of rock & roll without this early offering from one of the last great rockers. He was doing (here, and elsewhere) what some call 'blue collar rock' before The Boss made so wildly popular.

This album is a killer. "Still The Same", "Famous Final Scene" are harbingers of his potential. His rendition of "We've Got Tonight" is a sweet song of seduction. The masterpiece, however, is "Hollywood Nights" which may be one of the greatest hard driving pure unadulterated rock & roll songs ever laid down. Play this in the car, and get another 10 m.p.h out of any vehicle!

I give this 4 and half stars, I had this as a 8 track in 1978 , loved listening to it in my car then with the music playing loud as I could get it, from Old time Rock and roll to the famous final scene, beautifull music which I think deserves more attention that it seems to get.

While "Night Moves" might get the edge as Bob Seger's best album, "Stranger in Town" might actually be a more consistent collection of songs. From the opening classic of heartbreak in La-La land "Hollywood Nights," to the superb breakup ode that closes the album "The Famous Final Scene," there is not a bad song in the mix. Other classic Seger performances here include the overplayed "Old Time Rock and Roll," and the excellent ballads "Still the Same" and "We've Got Tonight." Bob also rocks on "Feel Like a Number" and "Ain't Got No Money." This is an excellent album that deserves to be in any classic rock fan's collection.

This is the album where Bob Seger, as Bob Dylan once did, brought it all back home: the blue collar angst of a changing American economy, and the desolation of seperating from old, traditional values. Seger had made "Night Moves" before he was a success. "Stranger In Town" was made by someone who, after striving for years to attain fame, isn't sure if he can handle it.

My favorite songs here are ones that haven't been played to death on the radio: "Feel Like A Number" is just as timely in 2002 as it was in 1978, and "The Famous Final Scene" still speaks volumes about the self-generated drama of a romatic breakdown.

In the liner notes for "Bob Seger's Greatest Hits," it's interesting to note that the songs from this album still bring back strong emotions, memories of speed (escape) and restless nights. Although I personally like "The Distance" better, this may be Bob Seger's finest album - a must for any collection!