Bob Seger. Greatest Hits, Vol. 2

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Okay, Bob, this definitely helps erase the specter of that first anemic greatest hits CD, but you're not quite there yet. Here's what Volumes Three and Four should contain. Throw in a couple new tunes on each one so you'll have a nice 12 or 13 tunes per CD. Seriously, put all four volumes out and I'll pick them all up in a heartbeat, one shot.

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
Get Out Of Denver
Travelin' Man/Beautiful Loser (live)
Come To Poppa
Til It Shines
Feel Like A Number
The Horizontal Bop
Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight
Nine Tonight (from the movie "Urban Cowboy")
Even Now
Makin' Thunderbirds
American Storm
It's You
Miami
Fortunate Son (live)
Blue Monday (from the movie "Roadhouse")
The Real Love
Hands In The Air
Lock And Load


A great companion to the first set but lacks cohesiveness   December 17, 2003
guillermoj (Washington, DC United States)
32 out of 34 found this review helpful

Although many, self included, liked Bob's first greatest hits collection, it overlooked so many key songs that I wondered why they did not shoot for a double CD release it the time as, unlike many other artists, Bob has huge hits and non-hit masterprices that could have made for an outstanding release.
While some key songs finally appear in this second volume, essential songs "Feel Like a Number" and "Even Now" are nowhere to be found, while there is a lot of filler that does not make for a fully satisfying purchase. My question to Capitol again would be why did they not use this opportunity to release a remastered 2CD set covering all of Bob's greatest hits (which would please those who only know Bob's hits) and some quality cuts that may not have made the charts or been released as singles?

The answer to my question is probably the almighty buck as volume one is a must, and fans will feel the need to buy the second volume to complement the missing material, maybe not knowing that key songs are still missing. The economics at work here are probably that the record company will make more money off two individual releases than releasing a 2 CD set, which are sold at much more reasonable prices these days.

If you can find this release at a reasonable price, you may want to buy it and grab the first greatest hits release to make your own hit-filled CD that may lack two (actually more as I can already think of a favorite of mine "Living Inside My Heart" from the movie "About Last Night") essential songs but at least you can bypass what I deem to be too much filler in this second release. The 2 new songs really did not do much for me and there are others that just don't cut it. I read somewhere that Bob did not include "Rambling Gambling Man" because he did not see it fitting in as part of this collection. If this is was indeed an intended omission due to flow, my thinking is that he should have worked harder on what is here as it not only lacks key releases, but it's greatest fault to me is not only the filler but the lack of cohesiveness.

This is not meant to knock Bob as I am a huge fan, and it's great to hear songs like "Beautiful Loser", "Katmandu", Shame On The Moon", "Fire Lake" again, but they missed the boat by not releasing a 2 CD set that would replace the first greatest hits, integrate what it originally overlooked, and provided some surprise gems. I am off to make my own copy.


Supplemental Seger   January 17, 2005
Michael Kerner (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.)
21 out of 31 found this review helpful

Sometimes, when Greatest hits record seem to come out, they either hit the nail on the head, or they flop right out of the gates with a lackluster compilation. That does sometimes happen to so many quality artists, in all the wrong compilations. There are very few deserving acts from the 70's that have had that happen to, especially Bob Seger. His first Greatest Hits package from 1994 really made a massive smash in record sales the past few years, nearly doubling in record sales from the original release. Now that a sequel was issued, a feeling of the success could be enhanced quite a bit.

Bob Seger Greatest Hits 2, is a compilation consisting of 16 tracks, including some well recognized tracks never before released on any Bob Seger collection. The songs here on this volume are mixed, compared to the previous hits collection. There are some well known recognized tracks incluidng the soulful Shame On The Moon, the classic track Beautiful Loser, Shakedown from Beverly Hills Cop II, Manhattan, and other tracks. The album includes two never before released tracks: Satisfied & Tomorrow. The new tracks really lost a bit of the shine that really held down quite well for other tracks. The album does also rely on lesser known songs Seger performed like New Coat Of Paint, Her Strut, and his collaboration with Martina McBride on Chances Are from Hope Floats, instead of recognizing live materialand better realized songs.

All in all, Bob Seger Greatest Hits volume 2 fairs well for some who enjoyed the previous hits collection, but other people might not really feel well interested in this collection. The only way to understand this from the Silver Bullet from Detroit, is to listen to this collection and see. If not, just stick to the 1994 Greatest Hits collection only.

Album Cover: B-

Rematsering: B+

Price: B-

Collection of Songs: C-

Overall: C


A must have! Two killer "new" tracks.   November 6, 2003
19 out of 20 found this review helpful

...first of all we will all never agree on the selections. The positive thing here is, with the songs mentioned above that people claim are obviously missing, the majority of them are available in any CD store (Some have already even been remastered ie; Till it Shines). Seger has said that he tried to put on Ramblin' Gamblin' Man but it just sounded out of place with all the other songs. The great thing is this time around Understanding, and Shakedown were included. Both these tracks, along with Chances Are, are not readily available other wise and you will pay a pretty penny for them off of eBay.

The remastering job on here is killer, not to mention the sequencing of the songs. It has a great flow. Of all the remastered tracks, I wold say that Beautiful Loser and Shakedown have benfited the most. Both are now crisp. You will also hear sounds that were muffled or missing all together in the past. Great job.

Now the two new tracks - "Satisfied" -- a great bluesy number that will get in your head and just stay there. Very catchy tune. You won't be disapointed.

- "Tomorrow" -- this is proof that Bob should not be retired, and anyone that thinks he has mellowed should crank this up and give a listen... Seger plays lead guitar on this track. It is a great hard rocking song. Well worth the purchase of the CD on its' own.

My opinion, don't waste anymore time reading, just order it.


Still waiting...   February 25, 2004
Zub (North Plainfield, NJ)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful

Anyone who ever turned on a rock/pop radio station during the 70's or 80's surely needs no convincing to buy (or not) music from Bob Seger. So this commentary is about the purpose of this particular CD, not the relative merits of the music it contains. With that being said, just what do we have here in this Seger compilation and how have we arrived here? Probably, in an effort to keep up sales of the individual albums on CD, a greatest hits collection for Bob Seger didn't appear until 1994. And when it did finally appear, what a letdown it was. More than half of his top-10 tunes were missing, there were a paltry 14 tracks and several non-hit songs appeared instead of the many bona-fide hits Seger had during his long tenure on the charts. Now, along comes volume two of greatest hits which does fill in some of the gaps but still falls far short of what it should be. Three top-20 tunes are yet to be accounted for with an additional ten, incredibly, top-100 tunes not to be found while several non-charting tunes have somehow nuzzled their way into a supposedly "greatest hits" piece. How many more greatest hits volumes do we need to see and purchase before Seger's music gets compiled correctly? Giving credit where at least minimal credit is due, between these two greatest hits volumes you can gather up most of Seger's biggest tunes but for the casual collector these two pieces are sadly inadequate. For the more avid fan, there is little reason to purchase either of these if you already have the CD's of the original albums. The only real benefit is here in volume two, where a couple of tunes from soundtracks are available for the first time on a Seger CD although these tracks can be found on the soundtrack CD's themselves. So either we wait for a comprehensive box set or a two-disc "very best"-styled compilation to get a decent overview of Seger's long run on the music charts. It doesn't look like Capital has much interest in this so maybe it'll have to be done by the likes of Rhino or some foreign label (which ironically often outdoes our domestic record companies). All in all then, a frustrating and disappointing Seger compilation CD, again.