![]() Quite a few raved about it, too, such as the UPI’s Bruce Meyer, whose review appeared in newspapers on Feb. Dave Marsh, for example, found the mix a tad muddy-but everyone recommended it. Not everyone loved the nine-track album through and through, mind you. Those are excerpts from just a few of the critical overviews of Bob Seger’s ninth album that I uncovered while scouring the virtual archives of this morning. Times, in his review, also noted Seger’s similarity with Springsteen, especially on “Rock and Roll Never Forgets,” but heard another now-legendary artist within the grooves of “Night Move”-Van Morrison. In a Rolling Stone review roundup syndicated to newspapers, for instance, Dave Marsh wrote that the album “is decidedly superior to his other work, primarily for the writing and arranging” and said the title track was “as evocative a ballad as anyone save Rod Stewart has written this season.” He also noted the “broad debts to Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan” that Seger owed for such songs as “Mainstreet” and “Ship of Fools,” but also said the Midwest rocker’s “so guileless and emotive in his presentation that it’s the song and not the source that’s memorable.” Robert Hilburn of the L.A. “The most important single observation to make about Night Moves,” he wrote, “is that this is a record for adults.” A month later, Rich Aregood of the Philadelphia Daily News encouraged his readers to buy the record, calling Seger and his band “one of our unrealized natural resources.” Other critics, too, shared their enthusiasm for Night Moves. provided a shorthand summary of Bob Seger’s career before noting his breakthrough album, Live Bullet, and the quality of his latest studio set. 29, 1976, a critic identified only by the initials J.W. This breakthrough album, powerful and personal, went on to garner overwhelming critical praise, as well as the hit singles 'Night Moves,' 'Mainstreet' and 'Rock and Roll Never Forgets.' This remains a certified classic of heartland rock! Also includes ‘The Fire Down Below’, ‘Come To Poppa’, ‘Mary Lou’, ‘Ship Of Fools’ and many more Seger classics that have become anthems to many classic rock fans.In a record review that appeared in the Long Beach (Cal.) Independent newspaper on Oct. Much of the album was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama with the incomparable Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. Originally released in 1976, Night Moves was Bob Seger's first studio album with the Silver Bullet Band. Limited 180gm audiophile repressing of this classic rock gem. This breakthrough album, powerful and personal, went on to garner overwhelming critical praise, as well as the hit singles 'Night Moves,' 'Mainstreet' and 'Rock and Roll Never Forgets.' This remains a certified classic of heartland rock! Also includes ‘The Fire Down Below’, ‘Come To Poppa’, ‘Mary Lou’, ‘Ship Of Fools’ and many more Seger classics that have become anthems to many classic rock fans. ![]() ![]() Live At Gilley’s - Pasadena, TX: SeptemĪ Primer Of Holy Words PREORDER Dayglow - People in Motion plus Catalog Vinyl.And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
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