This is a classic of Rock and Roll and Seventies music. With truly great tunes and a really hard rocking beat, probably the best of all the Bob Seger albums, this one truly shows off the ability of the band to just truly rock out.

There are some great classic rock songs like "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" and "Night Moves" but also some more sensous laid back tunes like, "Sunspot Baby" and "Mary Lou"

I'm not really sure if having the gold disc edition really adds anything, I couldn't tell any difference, but this version does sound a lot better than my old cassette tape version.

A good reccomendation for anyone who likes 70's classic rock.

This is where I first was introduced to Bob Seger. Like many others, I first heard him in the mid seventies on FM rock & roll radio through the title cut of this album.

"Night Moves", to my mind is one of the greatest rock songs ever. Of course, songs about long-lost youth (sometimes sadly misspent, sometimes wonderfully misspent), and long lost loves often make the best and the most memorable ones.

The rest of this album is fine, with lots of good songs. "Rock & Roll Never Forgets", "Fire Down Below" and "Mainstreet" are among my favorites. Seger was one of the last great rockers, who I think was as consistently creative as the much more commercially popular Bruce Springsteen. He has put together a fantastic collection of songs. This album is a great addition.

This album is an all-time classic. Sure, it brought the legendary Bob Seger into the mainstream, but it is absolutely vintage classic rock.

Like many others, I can't rave enough about the title track, a slow gem that just oozes memories of youth. "Rock And Roll Never Forgets" is the ultimate classic rocker, and it couldn't be more appropriate considering how unforgetable this album is. "The Fire Down Below" is kind of a "raunch rocker" that Bob would get away from later on in his career. "Mainstreet" is another wistful song full of obvious memories for the man from Detroit.

I can't say enough about "Sunspot Baby", the ultimate classic rocking breakup song. "She packed up her bags and took off down the road; she left me here stranded with the bills she owed" is roughly how the song begins. A breakup song with attitude is the way I can best describe this--an absolute treat and favorite.

All in all, this is a legendary album from beginning to end. After all these years, I still can't say enough about it. An absolute must for those who long for the classic rock of the seventies.

This is definately one of Seger's best records ever. I say one of the best because he has had so many great albums and it would be hard to pick the "best". Every song on this record is good and that is rare. You won't find very many records you can say that about. In fact NONE of todays "hit makers" like the "Back Street Boys" will ever have a record like this,where they can say every song is good. Seger has had several. As I said when I reviewed "Live Bullet" I saw Seger in'96 in Charleston, WV. my brother in law and I lucked out and got 2 wheelchair seats (I was born paralyzed) and it was the best concert I have ever seen. I hope he comes back,it was 2plus hours of the best music you could imagine. Like Seger says in "Old Time Rock N Roll" "Todays music ain't got the same soul" he's right, now more than ever. He needs to come back and show this generation what real ass kickin' rock n roll and great music really is. Come on back Bob,fans of great music everywhere are waiting. I'll end this now by saying I wish I knew how to contact him,I'd just like to tell him how much I appreciate his music.

In October of 1976, Detroit singer/songwriter Bob Seger released his tenth album Night Moves.

By that point, Bob Seger had been seen pretty much as a one hit wonder with "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" from 1968. Between 1968 and 1975 had to develop a word of mouth reputation as a hard working live act although his albums weren't selling all too well up to that point. However, the year 1976 proved to be a very pivotal one to Bob. He along with The Silver Bullet Band (at the time consisting of bass player Chris Campbell, guitarist Drew Abbott, sax player Alto Reed, keyboard player Robyn Robbins and drummer Charlie Allen Martin (sadly this was his last album with the band as he would be paralyzed in a freak accident prior to the Night Moves Tour starting)) whom Bob had as his backup band since 1973, Bob released his first US Top 40 charting album, the classic double live album Live Bullet which would go Gold by that Christmas thanks to relentless touring with KISS that year as the opening act on KISS' Destroyer Tour (say what they want but touring with KISS was the launching pad for Bob Seger, Rush and many bands before and since). Then that October, released Night Moves which would become the album that immortalized Bob Seger for good.

The first half of the album has The Silver Bullet Band playing with Bob. The opening track is the rocker which is the classic "Rock and Roll Never Forgets". This track just rocks, even today. Then the next track is the title cut to Night Moves which was the first single from the album and his first US Top 5 hit (reached #4 in early 1977). This coming of age number still holds up today and was lyrically inspired by Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" in its storytelling aspect and also musically by Bruce Springsteen's "Jungleland" in its multiple movement approach. The song still sounds great today in 2011. Next is another Album Radio Rock staple "The Fire Down Below" which still is a great rocker today. The first side closed with the soulful "Sunburst" which is a great number.

The second half of the album (sans the closer "Mary Lou" which had Silver Bullet backing Bob) featured The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (drummer Roger Hawkins, guitarists Pete Carr on lead and Jimmy Johnson on rhythm, bass player David Hood and the late keyboard player Barry Beckett) which begins with the rocker "Sunspot Baby" which is just a killer rocker. We follow with the ballad "Main Street" which would become a Top 30 hit for Bob in 1977 which looks back at Bob's teenage years in Ann Arbor, MI. Next is the rocking cover of Willie Mitchell's "Come to Momma" which was redone as "Come to Poppa" and rocks. The ballad "Ship of Fools" is next and a nice ballad which featured Silver Bullet Band guitarist Drew Abbott on lead guitar with Muscle Shoals. The closer "Mary Lou" was a great rocking cover of an old 1955 tune (previously covered by Steve Miller in 1973) done by Bob and Silver Bullet.

Thanks to all of the great material on this album, Night Moves would reach #8 on the Billboard album charts and to date has sold 6 million copies in the US alone. In 1999, Capitol Records re-released the album in a stellar digitally remastered CD version.

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