Feature LP

Friday 3/4/22 8pm ET: Feature LP: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Against The Wind (1980)

Against the Wind is the eleventh studio album by American rock singer Bob Seger and his fourth with the Silver Bullet Band. It was released February 25, 1980. It is Seger’s only number-one album to date, spending six weeks at the top of the Billboard Top LPs chart, knocking Pink Floyd’s The Wall from the top spot.

  1. “The Horizontal Bop” 4:03
  2. “You’ll Accomp’ny Me” 4:00
  3. “Her Strut” 3:51
  4. “No Man’s Land” 3:43
  5. “Long Twin Silver Line” 4:18
  6. “Against the Wind” 5:34
  7. “Good for Me” 4:03
  8. “Betty Lou’s Gettin’ Out Tonight” 2:52
  9. “Fire Lake” 3:30
  10. “Shinin’ Brightly” 4:30

Bob Seger – guitar, vocals, background vocals, guitar solos on “The Horizontal Bop” (intro and outro) and “Her Strut”, outro guitar solo on “No Man’s Land”

The Silver Bullet Band
Drew Abbott – guitar, central guitar solo on “The Horizontal Bop”
Chris Campbell – bass
Alto Reed – saxophone on “The Horizontal Bop”, “Betty Lou’s Gettin’ Out Tonight” and “Shinin’ Brightly”
David Teegarden – drums, percussion

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
Barry Beckett – piano on “No Man’s Land”, “Long Twin Silver Line”, “Good for Me”, “Fire Lake”, “Shinin’ Brightly”
Pete Carr – guitar on “No Man’s Land”, “Long Twin Silver Line” (including solos), “Good for Me”, “Fire Lake”, “Shinin’ Brightly”
Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion on “No Man’s Land”, “Long Twin Silver Line”, “Good for Me”, “Fire Lake”, “Shinin’ Brightly”
David Hood – bass on “No Man’s Land”, “Long Twin Silver Line”, “Good for Me”, “Fire Lake”, “Shinin’ Brightly”
Jimmy Johnson – guitar on “No Man’s Land”, “Long Twin Silver Line”, “Good for Me”, “Fire Lake”, “Shinin’ Brightly”
Randy McCormick – organ on “No Man’s Land”, “Long Twin Silver Line”, “Good for Me”, “Fire Lake”, “Shinin’ Brightly”

Additional musicians
Ginger Blake – backing vocals on “You’ll Accomp’ny Me” “Good For Me” and “Shinin’ Brightly”
Sam Clayton – percussion on “You’ll Accomp’ny Me”
Laura Creamer – backing vocals on “You’ll Accomp’ny Me” “Good For Me” and “Shinin’ Brightly”
Linda Dillard – backing vocals on “You’ll Accomp’ny Me” “Good For Me” and “Shinin’ Brightly”
Glenn Frey – harmony vocals on “Fire Lake” and “Against the Wind”
Paul Harris – piano on “Against the Wind” and “Betty Lou’s Gettin’ Out Tonight”, organ on “Against the Wind”
Don Henley – harmony vocals on “Fire Lake”
Dr. John – keyboards on “The Horizontal Bop”
Bill Payne – organ, synthesizer, piano on “You’ll Accomp’ny Me”
Doug Riley – synthesizer on “No Man’s Land”
Timothy B. Schmit – harmony vocals on “Fire Lake”