''Nine Tonight'' is a

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by American

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, released in 1981 (see

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). The album was recorded at

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, in June 1980 and at the

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in Boston, Massachusetts in October 1980. With the exception of three tracks — "Nine Tonight", "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" and "Let It Rock" — the album is composed entirely of songs drawn from Seger's three previous studio albums. Only "Let It Rock" was repeated from the previous live album ''

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" was released as a single and peaked at number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the US. The album's title track was originally recorded for the ''

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'' soundtrack album. The 2011 remastered album has a bonus track called "Brave Strangers", which was originally released on Seger's 1978 album ''Stranger in Town''. This live version was originally released as the

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of the "Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" live single.

Track listing

Track times based upon 2011 remaster. Tracks recorded in Detroit on 15 June 1980: 8 & 17 Tracks recorded in Detroit on 16 June 1980: 4 & 12 Tracks recorded in Detroit on 19 June 1980: 7 & 10 Tracks recorded in Detroit on 20 June 1980: 11 & 14 Tracks recorded in Detroit on 21 June 1980: 13 Tracks recorded in Boston on 5 October 1980: 5 & 9 Tracks recorded in Boston on 6 October 1980: 1 & 2 Tracks recorded in Boston on 7 October 1980: 3, 6, 15 & 16

Personnel

*Bob Seger - acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, vocals *

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- electric guitar, acoustic guitar *Colleen Beaton - vocals *Chris Campbell - bass, background vocals *

Craig Frost Craig Frost (born April 20, 1948 in Flint, Michigan) is the keyboardist for Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band. He is also known as keyboardist for 1970s hard rock band Grand Funk Railroad. He plays organ, synthesizers, and piano. Frost expan ...

- organ, piano, keyboard,

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*Kathy Lamb - vocals *Pamela Moore - vocals *

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- percussion, vocals, background vocals, harmony vocals *

Alto Reed Alto Reed (born Thomas Neal Cartmell, May 16, 1948 – December 30, 2020) was an American saxophonist best known as a long-time member of Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band He was a 1966 graduate of Lake Shore High School in St. Clair Shore ...

- organ, flute, horn, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone *

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- drums, background vocals *June Tilton - vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

* US: 4× Platinum * CAN: Platinum

References

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