Night Moves was in the pipeline when Live Bullet hit, and wound up eclipsing the double live set anyway, so Stranger in Town is really the record where Bob Seger started grasping the changes that happened when he became a star. It happened when he was old enough to have already formed his character. Even as celebrity creeps in, as on "Hollywood Nights," Seger remains a middle-class, Midwestern rocker, celebrating "Old Time Rock & Roll," realizing old flames are still the same, and still feeling like a number. Musically, it's as lively as Night Moves, rocking even harder in some places and being equally as introspective in the acoustic numbers. If it doesn't feel as revelatory as that record, in many ways it does feel like a stronger set of songs. Yes, musically, it doesn't offer any revelations, but it still feels impassioned, both in its performances and songs, and it's still one of the great rock records of its era. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Venetta Fields (Vocals), Maxine Willard Waters (Vocals (Background)), James Lavell (Vocals (Background)), Clydie King (Vocals (Background)), Oren Waters (Vocals), Wally Traugott (Mastering), Don Felder (Guitar), George Jackson (Vocals (Background)), Venetta Fields (Vocals (Background)), Jim Ed Norman (Arranger), Julia Tillman Waters (Vocals), Oren Waters (Vocals (Background)), James Lavell (Vocals), Doug Riley (Keyboards), Bill Payne (Piano), Glenn Frey (Guitar), David Teegarden (Drums), Bob Siedemann (Photography), Bill Payne (Organ), Pete Carr (Guitar), Bob Seger (Producer), Mark Calice (Engineer), Jimmy Johnson (Guitar (Rhythm)), Luther Waters (Vocals), Jim Ed Norman (Conductor), Hugh Davies (Engineer), Roger Hawkins (Percussion), Terrence Bert (Photography), Punch Andrews (Mixing), Clydie King (Vocals), Bob Seger (Performer), Ken Anderson (Design), Drew Abbott (Guitar), Jimmy Johnson (Horn), Sherlie Matthews (Vocals), Luther Waters (Vocals (Background)), David Hood (Bass), Bill Payne (Keyboards), Jimmy Johnson (Guitar), Jim Ed Norman (String Arrangements), Easley Stanley Carter (Vocals), Bob Seger (Guitar), Bob Seger (Mixing), John Arrias (Engineer), Alto Reed (Horn), Julia Waters (Vocals (Background)), Robert Vosgien (Remastering), Barry Beckett (Keyboards), Stanley Carter (Vocals (Background)), Maxine Willard Waters (Vocals), Roger Hawkins (Drums), Chris Campbell (Bass), Roy Kohara (Art Direction), David Cole (Engineer), Doug Riley (Piano), Claude King (Vocals (Background)), Brandye (Vocals), Steve Melton (Engineer), John Arrias (Mixing), Bob Seger (Vocals), Brandye (Vocals (Background)), Bill Payne (Synthesizer), Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (Producer), George Tutko (Engineer), David Teegarden (Percussion), George Jackson (Vocals), Sherlie Matthews (Vocals (Background)), Gregg Hamm (Engineer), Punch Andrews (Producer), Robin Robbins (Keyboards), Silver Bullet Band (Band)
