Beautiful Loser
1975 studio album by Bob Seger
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B− |
Beautiful Loser is the eighth studio album by American rock artist Bob Seger, released in 1975. This album marked Seger's return to Capitol Records after a four-year split. His previous record with Capitol was Brand New Morning in 1971.
The album relied mostly on session musicians from the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, but the Silver Bullet Band members were used separately on some songs and together on "Nutbush City Limits," a cover song of the hit by Ike & Tina Turner.
01Track listing
All tracks are written by Bob Seger, except "Nutbush City Limits", written by Tina Turner.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Beautiful Loser" | 3:29 |
| 2. | "Black Night" | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Katmandu" | 6:09 |
| 4. | "Jody Girl" | 3:41 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Travelin' Man" | 2:41 |
| 2. | "Momma" | 3:22 |
| 3. | "Nutbush City Limits" | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Sailing Nights" | 3:18 |
| 5. | "Fine Memory" | 2:56 |
Note
- The liner notes credit "Nutbush City Limits" to the Silver Bullet Band, while the album as a whole is credited to only Bob Seger.
02Personnel
Track numbering refers to CD and digital releases of the album.
- Bob Seger - lead vocals (all tracks), guitar (tracks 4, 5, 9), slide guitar (track 3), harmonica (track 3), piano (track 4)
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (all tracks except tracks 4 and 7)
- Barry Beckett - grand piano, organ, synthesizer, electric piano
- Pete Carr - lead guitar, acoustic guitar
- Roger Hawkins - drums, percussion
- David Hood - bass guitar
- Jimmy Johnson - rhythm guitar
- Spooner Oldham - organ, electric piano
Muscle Shoals Horn Section (track 3)
- Harrison Calloway - trumpet
- Ron Eades - baritone saxophone
- Charles Rose - trombone
- Harvey Thompson - tenor saxophone
Silver Bullet Band (track 7)
- Drew Abbott - guitar
- Chris Campbell - bass guitar
- Charlie Martin - drums
- Robyn Robbins - organ
Additional musicians
- Drew Abbott - guitar (tracks 2, 3)
- Kenny Bell - guitar (track 3)
- Pete Carr - guitar solo (track 6)
- Tom Cartmell - saxophone (track 7)
- Paul Kingery - guitar solo (track 7)
- Robyn Robbins - Mellotron (track 4)
- Stoney & Rocky - background vocals (track 3)
Production
- Punch Andrews - production (tracks 4 and 7 only), mixing
- Jim Bruzzesse - engineering
- Jerry Masters - engineering
- Steve Melton - engineering
- Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section - production (all tracks except 4 and 7)
- Bob Seger - production (all tracks), mixing
- Greg Smith - engineering
03Charts
Album - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Pop Albums | 131 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | "Katmandu" | Billboard Hot 100 | 43 |
| 1975 | "Beautiful Loser" | Billboard Hot 100 | 103 |
| 1976 | "Nutbush City Limits" | Billboard Hot 100 | 69 |
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