''Beautiful Loser'' is the eighth studio album by American

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, released in 1975. This album marked Seger's return to

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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

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, 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

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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. *

- lead vocals (all tracks), guitar (tracks 4, 5, 9),

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(track 3), harmonica (track 3), piano (track 4)

(all tracks except tracks 4 and 7) *

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- grand piano, organ, synthesizer, electric piano *

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- lead guitar, acoustic guitar * Roger Hawkins - drums, percussion *

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- 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 -

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(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) Singles - ''Billboard'' (United States)

References

{{Authority control Bob Seger albums 1975 albums Albums produced by Barry Beckett Albums recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Capitol Records albums