Album · 1980
Against the Wind
by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Against the Wind is a 1980 classic rock album by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band. It runs 10 tracks across 40 minutes on Capitol Records.
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- 67 /100
- 4 critics
- 10
- Tracks
- 40 min
- Runtime
- 114 bpm
- Tempo
- A major
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- AllMusic4/5
- Record Mirror3.5/5
- Robert ChristgauC+
- Smash Hits5/10
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Cover art
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- Photography
- Tom Bert
- Illustration
- Jim Warren
- Art direction
- Roy Kohara
Tracklist
10 tracks · 40 min
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Though there are still some traces of the confessionals that underpinned Beautiful Loser through Stranger in Town, Against the Wind finds Bob Seger turning toward craft. Perhaps he had to, since Against the Wind arrived after three blockbuster albums and never-ending tours. Even so, this record winds up not feeling as immediate or soulful as its predecessors, especially since it begins with a tossed-off rocker called "The Horizontal Bop," possibly his most careless tune since "Noah." It's fun, but once it's done, the record really starts to kick into high gear with "You'll Accomp'ny Me," a ballad the equal of anything on its two predecessors. Throughout Against the Wind, Seger winds up performing better on the ballads than the rockers, which, while good, tend to sound a little formulaic.
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Still, Seger's formula is good and if "Her Strut" and "Betty Lou's Gettin' out Tonight" would have been second stringers on Stranger in Town, they offer a nice balance here, and the rest of the record alternates between similarly well-constructed rockers and introspective ballads like "Against the Wind" and "Fire Lake." Compared to its predecessors, this does feel a little weak, but compared with its peers, it's a strong, varied heartland rock album that finds Seger at a near peak.
In brief
- When was Against the Wind released?
- Against the Wind was released in 1980 on Capitol Records.
- How many tracks are on Against the Wind?
- Against the Wind has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 40 minutes.
- What genre is Against the Wind?
- Against the Wind is catalogued under Classic Rock.
- What BPM is Against the Wind?
- Against the Wind runs at a median tempo of 114 BPM across its tracks, most often in A major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Against the Wind?
- Listeners of Against the Wind also rate There Goes the Neighborhood by Joe Walsh, The Best of 3 Dog Night by Three Dog Night, Dance Naked by John Mellencamp.
Against the Wind at a glance
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Produced by
- Bill Szymczyk
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