I agree with the other reviewers that this is a better greatest hits collection than the actual greatest hits CD. however, it hardly sounds like a live album. When seger achieved commercial success he fell into the same trap that the eagles have always been in - playing the songs *exactly* as they were recorded in the studio. "Old Time Rock & Roll" is the only song that sounds different with it's extended intro and lower key presumably so Bob could handle the vocals live. If you're looking for a place to start your seger collection and want to start with the hits then definitely buy this one first. However, if you're looking for some great live seger drop everything you're doing and pick up Live Bullet. Now *that* is a five-star album!

When compared to Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band's 1981 powerful live album "Nine Tonight", Peter Frampton's "Frampton Comes Alive"--often considered the greatest live album of rock and roll--appears standard and uninspired.

"Nine Tonight" is an incredible, emotionally charged live set from one of rock and roll's most captivating (yet under-appreciated) performers, Bob Seger. Few times in rock music--especially in the seventies and eighties--does there come along an artist with the ability to captivate a large stadium audience, while at the same time putting on a classic rock and roll show; at the time "Nine Tonight" was released, a stereotype surrounded rock musicians like Bob Seger...that the music, no matter how great it may sound in a studio recording, would always be overshadowed by rowdy crowds filling stadiums only for the parties.

But Bob Seger, with the thundering and flawless Silver Bullet Band, broke that sterotype with an almost magical ability to connect with an audience, to speak to thousands of people in a concert arena as if he were speaking solely with each individual person in the audience.

"Nine Tonight" captures that magic. With each time you listen to the album, you get a sense that Bob Seger is trying to send a message solely to you, yet you still feel the intense excitement of a live performance.

Any Silver Bullet fan knows that Seger and company are some of the best rock and roll performers to experience live. But for anyone with a taste for wonderful live music, I strongly recommend "Nine Tonight." You won't be disappointed.

This was Bob's second live album, and as is the case with most sequels, this one isn't quite as good as the first one. At the time of it's release, I was a DJ for a rock station, and remember the mornin' that "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" came in as a single, (45 RPM record). Everyone in the station went nuts over it, and we all watched the mail daily for the album.

And we were kind of let down when it finally arrived. The opening/title cut rocked much better than the studio version, (which had been released on the infamous "Urban Soundboy Cowtrack" as we called it), and segued right into the single we'd already been playing.

After that, the album served as a sort of "Greatest Hits" at that time. For the most part though, I prefer the studio versions. The notable exception here is "Old Time Rock And Roll," which puts the much over-played studio version to shame. Featuring a :45 second rockin' guitar intro, as opposed to the short piano intro on the studio version, THIS is how the tune SHOULD sound!

In summation, if you have the studio versions of the hits, and the first "Live Bullet" album, you don't really need this one...EXCEPT that, no Seger collection is complete without this version of "OTR&R"...Worth buying for that song and the first 2 on the album alone.

Bob Seger's first live album, "Live Bullet," (1976) is generally acknowledged to be one of the best live rock albums ever recorded. It featured a long-struggling artist making one last pitch for the big time, which he succeeded in doing in part due to the electrifying performances on the record. Five years later, after three multi-platinum albums and a fistful of big time radio hits had made him a household name, Seger released "Nine Tonight," in a format very similar to "Live Bullet." Along the way, he lost the desperation that fired the first live album. "Nine Tonight" shows Seger and the Silver Bullet Band at their crowd pleasing best, but they are no longer hungry underdogs with something to prove.

The playlist this time out includes 13 songs (out of 16 total) released since the first live record. Turns out, that is part of the problem. "Live Bullet" resurrected Seger's woefully underappreciated back catalog of songs, while "Nine Tonight" for the most part simply rehashes his star period hits without adding much to the original versions. In addition, the song "Let it Rock" is unaccountably repeated from the first live album, though it is edited on CD so that the double album could be reduced to one disc.

Overall, a competently performed live album that nonetheless feels unnecessary and redundant.

I am only 16 yars old and I love all of Seger music. One of my friends always made fun of me because I lisened to stuped music becaused he lisened to rap. So I played him "Nine Tonight" he loved it. The next weekend he went out to got this cd and now he is Seger fan.I whis I could do that to all of my friends. This is a must have in everyones collection. Truely one of the best cd's ever.