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Mortality is on Bob Seger's mind on I Knew You When, an album dedicated to his departed friend Glenn Frey. I Knew You When contains two tributes to Frey -- the sepia-toned title track and "Glenn Song," the latter available only on the album's Deluxe Edition -- but the onetime Eagle isn't the only dead rock star to haunt the album. Seger covers Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen, both selections -- "Busload of Faith" and "Democracy" -- nodding to the American mess of 2017, another element that adds a sense of immediacy to the record. Despite these undercurrents of sentiment and politics, I Knew You When can't quite be called a meditative, melancholy record, not with roughly half the record devoted to fist-pumping arena-fillers that feel piped in from several different eras. "Runaway Train" is confined by a robotic pulse that channels "Shakedown," "The Highway" is dressed with '80s synths, and "The Sea Inside" is a clumsy nod to Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir," sounds that not only fight with Seger's protests and tributes but fight with each other. These old-fashioned album rockers are so loud and awkward, they overshadow the excellent singer/songwriter album that lurks at the core of I Knew You When. Such imbalance makes I Knew You When a bit incoherent, yet in its quietest and angriest moments, it offers some of the best music Seger has made in the 21st century.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Herschel Boone, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Darken, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Seger, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gerard Smerek, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joshua Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Hoffman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terena Boone, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Lou Reed, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Creamer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Seger, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Gerard Smerek, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shaun Murphy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Jensen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John Rutherford, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Hoffman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Kaminski, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Byerly, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Jim "Moose" Brown, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - LUKE WOOTEN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Seger, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gerard Smerek, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shaun Murphy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Kyle Manner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Hoffman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Bill Payne, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Richie Hayward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Vito, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rosemary Butler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Fogie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Darken, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - David Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Laura Creamer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Seger, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Cherney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Donny Gerrard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Graban, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerard Smerek, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shaun Murphy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Campbell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Frost, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Hoffman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Reese Wynans, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barbara Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Creamer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Seger, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gerard Smerek, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shaun Murphy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Gatteno, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
John Jarvis, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jim "Moose" Brown, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Leslie Richter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - BIFF WATSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Seger, Producer, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Seth Morton, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerard Smerek, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Herschel Boone, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Darken, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Seger, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gerard Smerek, Mixer, Percussion, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Schexnayder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deanie Richardson, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Hoffman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terena Boone, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Gatteno, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Richie Hayward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barbara Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Creamer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Seger, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marc Frigo, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerard Smerek, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shaun Murphy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Frost, Clavichord, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Mitchell, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tyler Hoffman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alto Reed, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Bekka Bramlett, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richie Hayward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Brown, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Catchings, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Darken, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - David Cole, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Laura Creamer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Seger, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - J.T. Corenflos, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Graban, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shaun Murphy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alto Reed, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Kaatz, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Jim "Moose" Brown, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Nathan, Organ, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carole Rabinowitz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Darken, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Creamer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Seger, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Schexnayder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Badum, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deanie Richardson, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Terena Boone, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Michael Henderson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Payne, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Richie Hayward, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Vito, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Fogie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barbara Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Creamer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Seger, Producer, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Cherney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leroy Parnell, Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Graban, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerard Smerek, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shaun Murphy, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Frost, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Chatfield, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tyler Hoffman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Bill Payne, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Richie Hayward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Vito, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Brown, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Fogie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barbara Payton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Creamer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Seger, Producer, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Cherney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerard Smerek, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Campbell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Craig Frost, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Chatfield, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alto Reed, Bari Sax, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Steve Nathan, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Seger, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rob McNelley, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gerard Smerek, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Deanie Richardson, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Joshua Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Mortality is on Bob Seger's mind on I Knew You When, an album dedicated to his departed friend Glenn Frey. I Knew You When contains two tributes to Frey -- the sepia-toned title track and "Glenn Song," the latter available only on the album's Deluxe Edition -- but the onetime Eagle isn't the only dead rock star to haunt the album. Seger covers Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen, both selections -- "Busload of Faith" and "Democracy" -- nodding to the American mess of 2017, another element that adds a sense of immediacy to the record. Despite these undercurrents of sentiment and politics, I Knew You When can't quite be called a meditative, melancholy record, not with roughly half the record devoted to fist-pumping arena-fillers that feel piped in from several different eras. "Runaway Train" is confined by a robotic pulse that channels "Shakedown," "The Highway" is dressed with '80s synths, and "The Sea Inside" is a clumsy nod to Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir," sounds that not only fight with Seger's protests and tributes but fight with each other. These old-fashioned album rockers are so loud and awkward, they overshadow the excellent singer/songwriter album that lurks at the core of I Knew You When. Such imbalance makes I Knew You When a bit incoherent, yet in its quietest and angriest moments, it offers some of the best music Seger has made in the 21st century.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:31
- Main artists: Bob Seger
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records (CAP)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc. ℗ 2017 Hideout Records & Distributors, Inc.
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