''Stranger in Town'' is the tenth studio album by

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singer

Bob Seger Robert Clark Seger ( ; born May 6, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and The Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s, break ...

and his second with the Silver Bullet Band, released by

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in May 1978 (see

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). As with its predecessor, the Silver Bullet Band backed Seger on about half of the songs and the

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backed Seger on the other half. The album became an instant success in the

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, being certified platinum by the

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less than a month after the album's release, and, like its predecessor ''Night Moves'', it would later go 6× Platinum. It was also his first album to chart in the UK, where limited editions were released on silver vinyl and in picture disc format as well as standard black vinyl.

Track listing

Notes The Silver Bullet Band plays on side one tracks 1, 2, & 5 and on side two track 3 The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section plays on side one tracks 3 & 4 and on side two tracks 1, 2, & 4

Personnel

– vocals, guitar, piano The Silver Bullet Band *

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– guitar *

Robyn Robbins Robert Clark Seger ( ; born May 6, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and The Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s, break ...

– organ *

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 ...

– saxophone *Chris Campbell – bass *

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– drums, percussion

Barry Beckett Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in th ...

– piano, organ *

Pete Carr Jesse Willard "Pete" Carr (April 22, 1950 – June 27, 2020) was an American guitarist. Carr contributed to successful recordings by Joan Baez, Luther Ingram, Bob Seger, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Joe Cocker, Boz Scaggs, The Staple Singers, Rod ...

– guitar * Jimmy Johnson – guitar *

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– bass * Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion Additional musicians *Ken Bell – guitar on "Old Time Rock & Roll" *

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– guitar solo on "Till It Shines" *

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– guitar solo on "Ain't Got No Money" *

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– piano, organ on "Hollywood Nights" *

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– piano on "Feel Like a Number" and "Brave Strangers" *Randy McCormick – piano on "Old Time Rock & Roll" * Howie McDonald – guitar solo on "Old Time Rock & Roll" Background singers :"We've Got Tonite" and "Still the Same" *

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– vocals, background vocals *

Clydie King Clydie Mae King (August 21, 1943 – January 7, 2019) was an American singer, best known for her session work as a backing vocalist. King also recorded solo under her name. In the 1970s, she recorded as Brown Sugar, and her single "Loneliness ( ...

– vocals, background vocals *

Sherlie Matthews Sherlie Matthews (born November 10, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter and former Motown Records producer, best known as a backing vocalist for pop, R&B and rock groups from the mid-1960s to the present time. Early life Matthews started ...

– vocals, background vocals :"Hollywood Nights" *Julia Waters – background vocals *Luther Waters – vocals, background vocals *Maxine Waters – background vocals *

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– vocals, background vocals :"Brave Strangers" *Brandye – vocals, background vocals :"Old Time Rock & Roll" *James Lavell Easley – background vocals *Stanley Carter – background vocals * George Jackson – vocals, background vocals

Production

*Producers:

Punch Andrews Edward "Punch" Andrews is a music producer who produced many albums of Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band. Andrews has also served as a manager for Seger as well as Kid Rock, and managed Grand Funk Railroad Grand Funk Railroad (often shorte ...

, Bob Seger *Engineers: John Arrias, Mark Calice, David Cole, Hugh Davies, Gregg Hamm, Steve Melton, George Tutko *Mixing: Punch Andrews, John Arrias, Bob Seger *Mastering: Wally Traugott *Remastering: Punch Andrews, 1999 *Remastering: Robert Vosgien *String arrangements:

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*Horn arrangements: Alto Reed *Art direction: Roy Kohara *Design: Ken Anderson *Photography: Terrence Bert, Bob Siedemann

Charts

Album

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

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