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.
Track listing
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.
Personnel
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
Charts Album - Billboard (United States) YearChartPosition1975Pop Albums131
Singles - Billboard (United States) YearSingleChartPosition1975"Katmandu"Billboard Hot 100431975"Beautiful Loser"Billboard Hot 1001031976"Nutbush City Limits"Billboard Hot 10069
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