Many people condemn this album as being Seger's attempt to reinvent himself as an '80s rocker. It's true that the omnipresent synthesizers sound a little dated today, but if you're willing to overlook them, you'll discover a treasure trove of music that got surprisingly little recognition for its inventiveness and power. "American Storm" is essentially an update of Seger's earlier song "Even Now," displaying all the glorious driving beats and hard-sung lyrics that made that song such a hit. "The Aftermath" and "Sometimes" follow up in that vein, with a relentless rhythmic pulse--driving music if ever there was any. "Miami" is something of a departure for Seger, a smooth, almost soft-rock song that casually tells a compelling tale--a notable foreshadowing of the style he would explore in depth with his album "The Fire Inside." The other work is less notable, although "The Ring" is one of the most lyrically brilliant stories Seger's told. "Like a Rock" sounds the most like the "original" Bob Seger, and would easily be the best song on the album if we hadn't all heard the chorus so darn much (and I agree... someone at Chevy should be fired for that). Overall, this CD represents Seger's first real departure from his classic-rock roots, and that might initially turn people away from buying it. If you take it on its own terms, however, there's a lot to like about this album--and a surprising amount of the original Bob Seger sound to boot.

Bob Seger is one of those bands that makes good rock and roll what it is. He is truly origanal and easily one of the best. Like a Rock is far from his best album, but it is still great. All The songs here are top notch. 'Like a Rock' is easily the best song on the album, with its great lyrics, and Segers great vocal delivery, and that guitar solo oh, that guitar solo is one of the top five slide solos ever recorded! Other stand out tracks are 'Miami', and 'American Storms' both of which are Seger classics. The silver bullet band sounds great here, and Bobs vocal delivers once again sounds great on everytrack here. There are no real classics here except for the title track 'Like A Rock' and that is why this was only a 4 star album instead of a 5.

I bought this CD new back when it came out in 1986. It broke a few years later and I never got it replaced. Recently going though my CD collection I still had the broken CD in the case. Looked into get a new one but they are currently selling for over $90! My guess is that the CD is no longer made? So I bought a used one for a reasonable price. It arrived just fine.

If the CD is out of print, not sure why because this CD has quite a few good songs on it.

My favorites on this album are:

Fortunate Son - (Great cover of the CCR song!!)

The Ring - (The story the lyrics tell about a young lady giving up all her dreams for a relationship in this song is very intriguing.)

American Storm

Like a Rock - (Too bad it got overplayed for Chevy commercials.)

The Aftermath

Miami

I bought the album version back when it was released in 1986 and have waited forever for it to be released on cd it also has a bonus track Bob preforming CCC's Fortunate Son. Now all we have to wait for is a Deluxe version of Nine Tonight to be released

Probably not one of his better albums if you're a big Seger fan, but I actually like all the songs on the album. Which for me is rare. I originally bought this on cassette in 1987 and was lucky to find a used copy on CD in such good condition.