# Beautiful Loser
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Beautiful Loser
| type = studio
| artist = [Bob Seger](/source/Bob_Seger)
| cover = Bob Seger - Beautiful Loser.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 1975
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = [Muscle Shoals](/source/Muscle_Shoals_Sound_Studio), Sheffield, Alabama
| genre = [Rock](/source/Rock_music)
| length = 33:01
| label = [Capitol](/source/Capitol_Records)
| producer = Bob Seger, [Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section](/source/Muscle_Shoals_Rhythm_Section), [Punch Andrews](/source/Punch_Andrews)
| prev_title = [Seven](/source/Seven_(Bob_Seger_album))
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = [Live Bullet](/source/Live_Bullet)
| next_year = 1976
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r17692 |tab=review |label=Bob Seger: ''Beautiful Loser'' > Review |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |accessdate=4 July 2011 }}]
|rev2 = ''[Christgau's Record Guide](/source/Christgau's_Record_Guide%3A_Rock_Albums_of_the_Seventies)''
|rev2Score = B−[{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies](/source/Christgau's_Record_Guide%3A_Rock_Albums_of_the_Seventies)|publisher=[Ticknor & Fields](/source/Ticknor_%26_Fields)|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|accessdate=March 12, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}]
}}
'''''Beautiful Loser''''' is the eighth studio album by [American](/source/United_States) [rock](/source/rock_and_roll) artist [Bob Seger](/source/Bob_Seger), [released in 1975](/source/1975_in_music). This album marked Seger's return to [Capitol Records](/source/Capitol_Records) after a four-year split. His previous record with Capitol was ''[Brand New Morning](/source/Brand_New_Morning_(Bob_Seger_album))'' in 1971.
The album relied mostly on session musicians from the [Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section](/source/Muscle_Shoals_Rhythm_Section), but the Silver Bullet Band members were used separately on some songs and together on "[Nutbush City Limits](/source/Nutbush_City_Limits)," a cover song of the hit by [Ike & Tina Turner](/source/Ike_%26_Tina_Turner).
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_writing = [Bob Seger](/source/Bob_Seger), except "[Nutbush City Limits](/source/Nutbush_City_Limits)", written by [Tina Turner](/source/Tina_Turner)
| headline = Side One
|
| title1 = [Beautiful Loser](/source/Beautiful_Loser_(song))
| length1 = 3:29
| title2 = Black Night
| length2 = 3:24
| title3 = [Katmandu](/source/Katmandu_(song))
| length3 = 6:09
| title4 = Jody Girl
| length4 = 3:41
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side Two
|
| title1 = Travelin' Man
| length1 = 2:41
| title2 = Momma
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = [Nutbush City Limits](/source/Nutbush_City_Limits)
| length3 = 3:57
| title4 = Sailing Nights
| length4 = 3:18
| title5 = Fine Memory
| length5 = 2:56
}}
'''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.
* [Bob Seger](/source/Bob_Seger) - lead vocals (all tracks), guitar (tracks 4, 5, 9), [slide guitar](/source/slide_guitar) (track 3), harmonica (track 3), piano (track 4)
'''[Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section](/source/Muscle_Shoals_Rhythm_Section)''' (all tracks except tracks 4 and 7)
* [Barry Beckett](/source/Barry_Beckett) - grand piano, organ, synthesizer, electric piano
* [Pete Carr](/source/Pete_Carr) - lead guitar, acoustic guitar
* [Roger Hawkins](/source/Roger_Hawkins_(drummer)) - drums, percussion
* [David Hood](/source/David_Hood) - bass guitar
* [Jimmy Johnson](/source/Jimmy_Johnson_(session_guitarist)) - rhythm guitar
* [Spooner Oldham](/source/Spooner_Oldham) - organ, electric piano
'''[Muscle Shoals Horn Section](/source/Muscle_Shoals_Horns)''' (track 3)
* Harrison Calloway - trumpet
* Ron Eades - baritone saxophone
* Charles Rose - trombone
* Harvey Thompson - tenor saxophone
'''Silver Bullet Band''' (track 7)
* [Drew Abbott](/source/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](/source/Alto_Reed) - saxophone (track 7)
* Paul Kingery - guitar solo (track 7)
* Robyn Robbins - [Mellotron](/source/Mellotron) (track 4)
* Stoney & Rocky - background vocals (track 3)
'''Production'''
* [Punch Andrews](/source/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''](/source/Billboard_magazine) (United States)
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1975
|align="left"|Pop Albums
|align="left"|131
|-
|}
'''Singles''' - ''Billboard'' (United States)
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1975
|align="left"|"Katmandu"
|align="left"|Billboard Hot 100
|align="left"|43
|-
|align="left"|1975
|align="left"|"Beautiful Loser"
|align="left"|Billboard Hot 100
|align="left"|103
|-
|align="left"|1976
|align="left"|"Nutbush City Limits"
|align="left"|Billboard Hot 100
|align="left"|69
|-
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Bob Seger}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Bob Seger albums
Category:1975 albums
Category:Albums produced by Barry Beckett
Category:Albums recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Category:Capitol Records albums
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