Bob Seger's Greatest Hits
Imagine my delight when this album choice turned up. I've always had a soft spot for Americana music and Mr Seger hits that spot bang in the middle singing about loners, drunks, journey's, teenage angst etc etc.
Seeing that over here none of his albums, apart from compilations, bothered the higher reaches of the chart, my knowledge of Mr Seger was limited to say the least so it was Metallica that got me into him. I loved their copy of 'Turn The Page' so much that I had to listen to the original. Which then led to Night Moves, with a young and not chubby Matt Le Blanc in the video, and onto buying a few albums. I have 7 now. And when I'm out and about if I see an album I haven't got, I buy it.
There's a lot of good songs on this compilation and a few that are missing. Where's Famous Final Scene? Or Fire Down Below? And Her Strut? That's the trouble with any compilation from someone so prolific, there's always going to be songs missed out.
And herein lies my problem.
These, apart from a choice 6, are not my favourite Bob Seger songs. Which will obviously knock the score down. What will also knock the score down is the fact that it's a compilation. Individual songs taken out of their album setting. An album that would have been crafted to tell a story or set a vibe. You could argue that most of his songs are about similar themes but for me it takes the shine off.
So...a score. With complicated maths.
7 for Bob, -1 for compilation, + 1 for Turn The Page, - 1 for no Famous Final Scene...
It's a 6.