BOB SEGER - ULTIMATE HITS

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets [2CD] (2011)

For casual fans who don’t already own both volumes of Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band’s Greatest Hits, this week sees the release of a worthwhile alternative in the two-disc retrospective, Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets (Capitol Records).
All the mainstays are present — “Night Moves,” “Still the Same,” “Against The Wind,” “Old Time Rock and Roll,” etc. — as well as two previously unreleased covers: a middle-of-the-road ride on Tom Waits’ “Downtown Train” and a far more fun romp through the Little Richard classic “Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey (Going Back to Birmingham).”
Unlike the Greatest Hits sets, this one includes classics like the original mono version of “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” by the Bob Seger System…
…and the Live Bullet double shot of “Traveling Man” and “Beautiful Loser,” which once and for all should’ve been mixed into one track as God and rock radio always intended.
What is perhaps most striking about this set, though — and this speaks more to Seger’s indelible impact on American music than it does anything else — is that at 26 tracks it still doesn’t cover all the hits. Though while a case could be made against one or two dubious inclusions — How did his rendition of “Little Drummer Boy” make the cut here, for instance, but not “Sunspot Baby?” — overall this retrospective is solid, like a rock.
DISC 1
NO. TITLE ORIGINAL ALBUM LENGTH
1. “Old Time Rock and Roll” (George Jackson, Thomas E. Jones III) Stranger in Town 3:15
2. “Hollywood Nights“ Stranger in Town 5:03
3. “Night Moves“ Night Moves 5:26
4. “Mainstreet“ Night Moves 3:42
5. “Roll Me Away“ The Distance 4:40
6. “Turn the Page” (live) Live Bullet 5:04
7. “Her Strut” Against the Wind 3:51
8. “Still the Same“ Stranger in Town 3:20
9. “You’ll Accomp’ny Me“ Against the Wind 4:00
10. “We’ve Got Tonight“ Stranger in Town 4:40
11. “Like a Rock“ Like a Rock 5:55
12. “Fire Lake“ Against the Wind 3:31
13. “Tryin’ To Live My Life Without You” (Eugene Williams) Nine Tonight 4:11
DISC 2
NO. TITLE ORIGINAL ALBUM LENGTH
1. “Rock and Roll Never Forgets” Night Moves 3:52
2. “Against the Wind“ Against the Wind 5:34
3. “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man“ Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man 2:21
4. “The Fire Down Below” Night Moves 4:28
5. “Travelin’ Man” (live) Live Bullet 4:40
6. “Beautiful Loser” (live) Live Bullet 4:00
7. “Shakedown” (Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Bob Seger) Beverly Hills Cop II Soundtrack 4:03
8. “Shame on the Moon” (Rodney Crowell) The Distance 4:53
9. “Katmandu“ Beautiful Loser 6:09
10. “The Little Drummer Boy” (Katherine K. Davis) A Very Special Christmas 3:32
11. “Wait for Me” Face the Promise 3:43
12. “Hey Hey Hey Hey (Going Back to Birmingham)” (Richard Penniman) previously unreleased 2:08
13. “Downtown Train” (Tom Waits) previously unreleased 4:00
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