Bob Seger
the Silver Bullet Band
Against the Wind
Vinyl LP - Capitol SOO-12041 (1980)
VG++ First Pressing with Shrink Wrap, Hype Sticker
with Fire Lake, You'll Accompany Me
Condition: VG++ (EX) Vinyl and Near Mint Cover. Vinyl was play-tested on both sides and plays really well throughout with good fidelity - clean vinyl. Cover is solid with great color no splits or writing, still has shrink wrap and a hype sticker. Includes original inner sleeve with lyrics. Nice copy.
Against the Wind is the eleventh studio album by Bob Seger and his third which credits the Silver Bullet Band. Like many of his albums, about half of the tracks feature the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section as backing musicians. It was released in February 1980. It is Seger's only number-one album to date, spending six weeks at the top of the Billboard Top LPs chart, knocking Pink Floyd's The Wall from the top spot. Seger said that the album "is about trying to move ahead, keeping your sanity and integrity at the same time."
Against the Wind was an immediate commercial success, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart in its third week. By late 1981 the album sold 3.7 million copies in the US and was certified 5 platinum by the RIAA, and won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.
Track listing
A1 The Horizontal Bop
A2 You'll Accomp'ny Me
A3 Her Strut
A4 No Man's Land
A5 Long Twin Silver Line
B1 Against The Wind
B2 Good For Me
B3 Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight
B4 Fire Lake
B5 Shinin' Brightly
Personnel
Bob Seger ? guitar, vocals, background vocals, guitar solos on "The Horizontal Bop", "Her Strut", and "No Man's Land."
The Silver Bullet Band
Drew Abbott ? guitar, central guitar solo on "The Horizontal Bop"
Chris Campbell ? bass guitar
Alto Reed ? saxophone on "The Horizontal Bop", "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight" and "Shinin' Brightly"
David Teegarden ? drums, percussion
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
Barry Beckett ? piano on "No Man's Land", "Long Twin Silver Line", "Good for Me", "Fire Lake", "Shinin' Brightly"
Pete Carr ? guitar on "No Man's Land", "Long Twin Silver Line", "Good for Me", "Fire Lake", "Shinin' Brightly"
Roger Hawkins ? drums on "No Man's Land", "Long Twin Silver Line", "Good for Me", "Fire Lake", "Shinin' Brightly"
David Hood ? bass guitar on "No Man's Land", "Long Twin Silver Line", "Good for Me", "Fire Lake", "Shinin' Brightly"
Jimmy Johnson ? guitar on "No Man's Land", "Long Twin Silver Line", "Good for Me", "Fire Lake", "Shinin' Brightly"
Randy McCormick ? organ on "No Man's Land", "Long Twin Silver Line", "Good for Me", "Fire Lake", "Shinin' Brightly"
Additional musicians
Ginger Blake ? backing vocals on "You'll Accomp'ny Me" "Good For Me" and "Shinin' Brightly"
Sam Clayton ? percussion on "You'll Accomp'ny Me"
Laura Creamer ? backing vocals on "You'll Accomp'ny Me" "Good For Me" and "Shinin' Brightly"
Linda Dillard ? backing vocals on "You'll Accomp'ny Me" "Good For Me" and "Shinin' Brightly"
Glenn Frey ? harmony vocals on "Fire Lake" and "Against the Wind"
Paul Harris ? piano on "Against the Wind" and "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight", organ on "Against the Wind"
Don Henley ? harmony vocals on "Fire Lake"
Dr. John ? keyboards on "The Horizontal Bop"
Bill Payne ? organ, synthesizer, piano on "You'll Accomp'ny Me"
Doug Riley ? synthesizer on "No Man's Land"
Timothy B. Schmit ? harmony vocals on "Fire Lake"
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