Like a Rock

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Field	Value
name	Like a Rock
type	Album
artist	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
cover	Bob Seger - Like a Rock.jpg
released	March 27, 1986
studio	*Capitol (Hollywood)
*Criteria (Miami){{cite news	last
genre	Rock
length	43:55
label	Capitol
producer	Punch Andrews, David N. Cole, Bob Seger
prev_title	The Distance
prev_year	1982
next_title	The Fire Inside
next_year	1991
misc	{{Singles
name	Like a Rock
type	studio
single1	American Storm
single1date	March 1986
single2	Like a Rock
single2date	May 1986
single3	It's You
single3date	August 1986
single4	Miami
single4date	November 1986
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| name = Like a Rock | type = Album | artist = Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | cover = Bob Seger - Like a Rock.jpg | alt = | released = March 27, 1986 | recorded = | venue = | studio = *Capitol (Hollywood)

• Criteria (Miami) | genre = Rock | length = 43:55 | label = Capitol | producer = Punch Andrews, David N. Cole, Bob Seger | prev_title = The Distance | prev_year = 1982 | next_title = The Fire Inside | next_year = 1991 | misc = {{Singles | name = Like a Rock | type = studio | single1 = American Storm | single1date = March 1986 | single2 = Like a Rock | single2date = May 1986 | single3 = It's You | single3date = August 1986 | single4 = Miami | single4date = November 1986 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score =

Like a Rock is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1986. The title track is best known for being featured in Chevrolet truck commercials throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

Content

"Fortunate Son" is a live cover of the 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival hit, recorded March 31, 1983 at Cobo Hall in Detroit. It was originally available only as the B-side of the "American Storm" single, and was added as a bonus track to the CD release of the album. The vinyl version ends with "Somewhere Tonight". The song "Miami" is featured in an episode of the TV series Miami Vice.

Seger said of "The Ring":

Cash Box said of "It's You" that "This mid-tempo ballad has a mellow country inflection with the customary Seger rock edge." Billboard called it a "subdued mid-tempo song" that "fairly begs for a country cover."

Cash Box called "Miami" a "more relaxed, meldodic outing." Billboard called it a "wistful boogie that contemplates the immigrant's dilemma."

This is the first studio album credited to "Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band" that does not feature the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section replacing the Silver Bullet Band on any tracks.

History

The album was originally going to be named American Storm after the first track and was going to be released in December 1985, but it was delayed and the name was changed.

Track listing

| all_writing = Bob Seger, except where noted | | title1 = American Storm | length1 = 4:17 | title2 = Like a Rock | length2 = 5:56 | title3 = Miami | length3 = 4:40 | title4 = The Ring | length4 = 5:35 | title5 = Tightrope | writer5 = Craig Frost, Seger | length5 = 4:31 | title6 = The Aftermath | writer6 = Frost, Seger | length6 = 3:30 | title7 = Sometimes | length7 = 3:31 | title8 = It's You | length8 = 4:03 | title9 = Somewhere Tonight | length9 = 4:25 | title10 = Fortunate Son | writer10 = John Fogerty | length10 = 3:20 | headline = Deluxe Edition bonus tracks | | title11 = Shakedown | writer11 = Seger, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey | length11 = 4:03 | title12 = Blue Monday | writer12 = Dave Bartholomew | length12 = 2:23

Personnel

As listed in the liner notes.

• Bob Seger – guitar (1), piano (3), acoustic guitar (4), vocals (1–10)

Silver Bullet Band

• Craig Frost – organ (1–4, 7), piano (4, 10), synthesizer (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Chris Campbell – bass (1–10)
• Alto Reed – baritone saxophone (1, 7), tenor saxophone (3, 6), organ (10)

Additional musicians

Guitars

• Pete Carr – guitar (1)
• Dawayne Bailey – acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (10)
• Rick Vito – slide guitar (2, 5, 6), acoustic guitar (3, 4)
• Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (4, 9), guitar solo (7)
• Dann Huff – guitar (7)
• Mark Chatfield – electric guitar (10) Drums and percussion
• Russ Kunkel – drums (1, 2)
• John Robinson – drums (3, 5–9)
• Gary Mallaber – drums (4)
• Don Brewer – drums (10)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 6, 8) Keyboards
• Bill Payne – piano (1, 2, 6–9), piano solo (8), synthesizer (3, 4, 8)
• David Cole – synthesizer solo (8) Horns
• Gary Grant – trumpet (3)
• Gary Herbig – saxophone (3)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (3, 6, 7)
• Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone (3, 7)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (3, 6, 7)
• Marc Russo – saxophone (3, 6, 7)
• Ernie Watts – saxophone (3, 6, 7) Additional vocals
• Douglas Kibble – background vocals (2)
• The Weather Girls (Izora Armstead and Martha Wash) – background vocals (2, 5, 6)
• Don Henley – background vocals (3)
• Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals (3)
• Laura Creamer – background vocals (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Mark Creamer – background vocals (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Donny Gerrard – background vocals (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Shaun Murphy – vocals (5), background vocals (6, 9), harmony vocals (7, 8)

Production

• Producers: Punch Andrews, David N. Cole, Bob Seger
• Engineers: David N. Cole, Greg Edward, Shelly Yakus
• Assistant engineers: David Axelbaum, Bob Castle, Judy Clapp, Peter Doell, Steve Himelfarb
• Mixing: Punch Andrews, David N. Cole, Bob Seger
• Mastering: Wally Traugott
• Horn arrangements: Jerry Hey, Alto Reed
• Art direction: Bill Burks, Roy Kohara
• Design: Mark Shoolery
• Photography: Aaron Rapoport

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1986) | Peak position | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) | |---|---|---| | 24 | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1986)	Position	US Billboard 200
22
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Singles

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Year	Song title	Billboard chart	Peak
1986	"American Storm"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	2
Hot 100	13
"Fortunate Son"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	9
"It's You"	Adult Contemporary	22
Mainstream Rock Tracks	8
Hot 100	52
"Like a Rock"	Adult Contemporary	21
Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
Hot 100	12
"Miami"	Hot 100	70
"Tightrope"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	35
"The Aftermath"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	9
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References

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