A working-class hero is something to be.
Just ask Michigan native Bob Seger, whose R&B-based rock and poetically uncomplicated lyrics made him a less cerebral alternative to Bruce Springsteen.
For those who want the studio album that comes closest to a greatest-hits package, you can hardly do better than this 1978 LP.
The follow-up to the previous year’s smash, Night Moves, Stranger scored Seger a triple-platinum home run with can’t-shake-’em-from-your-head hits like ˝Hollywood Nights,˝ ˝Still the Same,˝ ˝Till It Shines,˝ and ˝We’ve Got Tonight.˝
And even if the jukebox staple ˝Old Time Rock & Roll˝ has grown stale with time, Seger and company balance it out with the epic melancholy of the album’s closer, ˝Famous Final Scene.˝
Backed by incessant touring, Stranger in Town erased any lingering doubts about Seger’s talent for crafting blue-collar rock anthems, cementing a reputation and a sound that’s continued to hold up for decades.