Seven (Bob Seger album)

Seven was the first Seger album to feature 'The Silver Bullet Band', which he would steadily rely on for the rest of his career. The album gained notorious recognition and is a fan favorite despite its rarity. The very successful tour for this album was kicked off with Seger and his newly formed Silver Bullets as the opening act for Kiss. Kiss asked Seger & the band to support them for a few shows. After seeing the band's first set, they offered Seger the rest of the tour, which gained the band much needed recognition.

Early vinyl copies of the album featured the word 'contrasts' at the bottom of the cover, leading people to believe the album had two titles. Others believed the album was titled 'Seven Contrasts'. However, Contrasts is the name of the artwork featured on the album. The word in parenthesis is simply a reference to the artwork rather than an actual subtitle or title of the record.

A later bootleg of the album released in the 1980s was entitled Seven Worlds.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	B+ ^[2]

Although the album failed to make the Billboard Top 200 albums chart, the single "Get Out of Denver" reached 80. Critics and longtime Seger fans tend to regard the album as a lost classic, much like its predecessor Back in '72. For example, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 5/5 stars, calling it "one of [Seger's] strongest, hardest-hitting rock records".^[1] Summing up, Erlewine wrote:

"Only nine songs, lasting just over a half-hour, but it's one of the most infectious sets Seger ever cut, proving that he wasn't just a dynamite rocker, but he had the songs to match. And, again, it didn't have any success — it didn't even chart, actually. That doesn't change the fact that this is one of his very best albums. "^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Bob Seger.

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Get Out of Denver"	2:44
2.	"Long Song Comin'"	4:30
3.	"Need Ya"	3:22
4.	"School Teacher"	2:45
5.	"Cross of Gold"	2:23

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"U.M.C. (Upper Middle Class)"	3:15
2.	"Seen a Lot of Floors"	3:00
3.	"20 Years from Now"	4:32
4.	"All Your Love"	4:28

Personnel

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Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

Bob Seger – guitar, vocals
Drew Abbott – lead guitar (A5, B1, B4)
Tom Cartmell – saxophone (later known as Alto Reed) (A2, B2)
Robyn Robins – keyboard, mellophonium, Mellotron (B3)
Chris Campbell – bass (A4, A5, B1, B4 )
Charlie Allen Martin – drums (A5, B1, B4)

Additional musicians

Dave Doran – lead guitar (A2)
Jim McCarty – lead guitar (A1, B2), slide guitar (A3)
Charlie McCoy – rhythm guitar (A1, A3)
Bill Meuller – lead guitar (A4)
David Briggs – piano (A1, A2, A3, B2, B3)
John Harris – organ (B3)
Rick Manasa – organ, piano (A5, B1, B4)
Bobby Woods – piano (B3)
Tommy Cogbill – bass (A1, A2, A3, B2, B3)
Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums (A1, A2, A3, B2, B3)
Randy Meyers – drums (A4)

Production

Producers: Punch Andrews, Bob Seger
Engineer: Gene Eichelberger, Jim Bruzzese, Greg Miller
Cover art by Thomas Weschler
Photography by Thomas Weschler, Scott Sparling

Charts

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1974	"Get Out of Denver"	Pop Singles	80

References

1 2 3 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Bob Seger - Seven (1974) album review at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
↑ Bob Seger - Seven (1974) album review by Robert Christgau
↑ Bob Seger - Seven (1974) album releases & credits at Discogs.com

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Bob Seger Craig Frost Chris Campbell Alto Reed Drew Abbott Charlie Allen Martin Dave Teegarden Rick Manasa Robyn Robbins Dawayne Bailey
The Bob Seger System albums	Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1969) Noah (1969) Mongrel (1970)
Bob Seger solo albums	Brand New Morning (1971) Smokin' O.P.'s (1972) Back in '72 (1973) Seven (1974) Beautiful Loser (1975) Face the Promise (2006) Ride Out (2014)
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band albums	Night Moves (1976) Stranger in Town (1978) Against the Wind (1980) The Distance (1982) Like a Rock (1986) The Fire Inside (1991) It's a Mystery (1995)
Live albums	Live Bullet (1976) Nine Tonight (1981)
Compilations	The Bob Seger Collection (1979) Greatest Hits (1994) Greatest Hits 2 (2003) Early Seger Vol. 1 (2009) Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets (2011)
Singles	"The Lonely One" (1961) "TGIF" (1965) "Ballad of the Yellow Beret" (1966) "East Side Story" (1966) "Sock It to Me Santa" (1966) "Persecution Smith" (1966) "Vagrant Winter" (1967) "Heavy Music" (1967) "2 + 2 = ?" (1968) "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" (1969) "Ivory" (1969) "Noah" (1969) "Innervenus Eyes" (1969) "Lucifer" (1970) "Lookin' Back" (1971) "If I Were a Carpenter" (1972) "Who Do You Love" (1972) "Midnight Rider" (1973) "Turn the Page" (1973) "Back in '72" / "Rosalie" (1973) Need Ya / Seen Alot of Floors (1973) "UMC (Upper Middle Class)" (1974) "Get Out of Denver" (1974) "Beautiful Loser" (1975) "Katmandu" (1975) "Nutbush City Limits" (live) (1976) "Travelin' Man" (1976) "Night Moves" (1976) "Mainstreet" (1976) "Rock and Roll Never Forgets" (1976) "The Fire Down Below" (1977) "Sunspot Baby" (1977) "Hollywood Nights" (1978) "We've Got Tonite" (1978) "Still the Same" (1978) "Old Time Rock and Roll" (1979) "Fire Lake" (1980) "Against the Wind" (1980) "You'll Accomp'ny Me" (1980) "The Horizontal Bop" (1980) "Her Strut" (1980) "Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" (1981) "Feel Like a Number" (live) (1981) "Hollywood Nights" (live) (1981) "We've Got Tonite" (live) (1982) "Shame on the Moon" (1982) "Even Now" (1983) "Roll Me Away" (1983) "Understanding" (1984) "American Storm" / "Fortunate Son" (1986) "Like a Rock" (1986) "It's You" (1986) "Miami" (1986) "Shakedown" (1987) "Blue Monday" (1989) "Take a Chance" (1991) "The Real Love" (1991) "The Fire Inside" (radio edit) (1991) "In Your Time" (1994) "C'est La Vie" / "Night Moves" (1994) "Lock and Load" (rock mix) (1995) "Manhattan" (1995) "Hands in the Air" (1996) "Chances Are" (with Martina McBride) (1998) "Landing in London" (with 3 Doors Down) (2005) "Wait for Me" (2006) "Wreck This Heart" (2006) "Downtown Train" (2011) "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey (Going Back to Birmingham)" (2011) "Detroit Made" (2014) "You Take Me In" (2014) "Glenn Song" (2017)
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