# Live Bullet > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Live_Bullet > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Live_Bullet.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Bullet > Source revision: 1345418169 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Live Bullet | type = live | artist = [Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band](/source/Bob_Seger_%26_The_Silver_Bullet_Band) | cover = BobSegerLiveBullet.jpg | alt = | released = April 12, 1976 | recorded = September 4–5, 1975 | venue = [Cobo Hall](/source/Huntington_Place) in [Detroit](/source/Detroit) | studio = | genre = [Rock](/source/Rock_music) | length = 70:40 | label = [Capitol](/source/Capitol_Records) | producer = *[Punch Andrews](/source/Punch_Andrews) *[Bob Seger](/source/Bob_Seger) | prev_title = [Beautiful Loser](/source/Beautiful_Loser) | prev_year = 1975 | next_title = [Night Moves](/source/Night_Moves_(album)) | next_year = 1976 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}} {{AllMusic |class=album |id=r17684 |tab=review |label=Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: ''Live Bullet'' > 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|authorlink=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}} }} '''''‘Live’ Bullet''''' is a [live album](/source/live_album) by [American](/source/United_States) [rock](/source/Rock_and_roll) band [Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band](/source/Bob_Seger), released on April 12, 1976. It was recorded at [Cobo Arena](/source/Cobo_Arena) in [Detroit](/source/Detroit), [Michigan](/source/Michigan), during the heyday of that arena's time as an important rock concert venue. The album is credited, along with ''[Night Moves](/source/Night_Moves_(album))'', with launching Seger's mainstream popularity. ==History== '''Live' Bullet'' became a staple of FM rock radio in Detroit. Classics such as the live version of "[Nutbush City Limits](/source/Nutbush_City_Limits)" and the [medley](/source/Medley_(music)) of "Travelin' Man/Beautiful Loser" were among the most widely played live tracks on Detroit stations such as [WWWW](/source/WLLZ_(FM)) (W4), [WRIF](/source/WRIF), and [WABX](/source/WYCD). Other tracks such as "Let It Rock", "Turn the Page" and "Get Out of Denver" also received wide airplay in Detroit. The success of Seger's music at this time, however, was highly regional, with Seger still remaining quite unknown in adjacent media markets such as [Chicago](/source/Chicago). Even in his home state of Michigan, Seger often struggled to garner mass appeal outside the Metro Detroit area. In December, 1975, 3 months after '''Live' Bullet'' was recorded, a scheduled concert at Western Michigan University was cancelled after only a few hundred advance tickets were sold. In June 1976, Seger played the [Pontiac Silverdome](/source/Pontiac_Silverdome) in metropolitan Detroit at a historic concert that also included [Point Blank](/source/Point_Blank_(band)), [Elvin Bishop](/source/Elvin_Bishop) and [Todd Rundgren](/source/Todd_Rundgren). 78,000 people were in attendance and the concert lasted until nearly 1:30 a.m. The next night, Seger played for fewer than a thousand people in Chicago.Campbell, Mary. "Bob Seger to storm into Poplar Creek with rock poetry" ''Chicago Sun-Times'' July 25, 1986. However, it was only in the following winter that the release of his next recording, ''[Night Moves](/source/Night_Moves_(album))'', launched Seger into more national markets. Over time, the life-on-the-road tale "[Turn the Page](/source/Turn_the_Page_(Bob_Seger_song))" would become the most nationally played song from '''Live' Bullet'', and a perennial favorite on [album-oriented rock](/source/album-oriented_rock) and [classic rock](/source/classic_rock) stations. For Detroit fans, however, the entire ''{{'}}Live' Bullet'' recording captured a Detroit artist at the height of his energy and creativity, in front of a highly appreciative hometown crowd. '''Live' Bullet'' also captured the wild and free spirit of [rock concert](/source/rock_concert)s in the 1970s, and has great historic value in that regard. {{Blockquote|text=As I told everybody last night, I was reading in ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' where they said, "[Detroit](/source/Detroit) audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world." I thought to myself, "Shit! I've known that for ten years!"|author=Bob Seger|title="Nutbush City Limits"|source=''{{'}}Live' Bullet''}} ==Critical reception== Critic [Dave Marsh](/source/Dave_Marsh) called ''Live Bullet'' "one of the best live albums ever made."''The New Rolling Stone Record Guide''. Ed. Dave Marsh and John Swenson. New York: Random House, 1983. {{ISBN|0-394-72107-1}} In 2015, ''Live Bullet'' was ranked No. 26 on ''Rolling Stone'''s "50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time" list.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-live-albums-of-all-time-173246/bob-seger-the-silver-bullet-band-live-bullet-1976-161621/|title=50 Greatest Live Albums|work=rollingstone.com|date=29 April 2015 |access-date=August 11, 2020}} Readers of ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it No. 10 in a 2012 poll of all-time favourite live albums.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-live-albums-of-all-time-18920/10-bob-seger-and-the-silver-bullet-band-live-bullet-132663/ |title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Live Albums of All Time |work=rollingstone.com |date=21 November 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2020}} In an article supporting the 2015 list, Seger states, "We were doing 250 to 300 shows a year before ''Live Bullet''. We were playing five nights a week, sometimes six, as the Silver Bullet Band, and we just had that show down." ==Track listing== {{track listing | all_writing = [Bob Seger](/source/Bob_Seger), except where noted | | headline = Side One | | title1 = [Nutbush City Limits](/source/Nutbush_City_Limits) | writer1 = [Tina Turner](/source/Tina_Turner) | length1 = 4:37 | title2 = Travelin' Man | length2 = 4:53 | title3 = [Beautiful Loser](/source/Beautiful_Loser_(song)) | length3 = 4:00 | title4 = Jody Girl | length4 = 4:28 }} {{track listing | headline = Side Two | | title1 = [I've Been Working](/source/I've_Been_Working) | writer1 = [Van Morrison](/source/Van_Morrison) | length1 = 4:35 | title2 = [Turn the Page](/source/Turn_the_Page) | length2 = 5:05 | title3 = U.M.C. (Upper Middle Class) | length3 = 3:17 | title4 = [Bo Diddley](/source/Bo_Diddley_(Bo_Diddley_song)) | writer4 = [E. McDaniels (Bo Diddley)](/source/Bo_Diddley) | length4 = 5:40 }} {{track listing | headline = Side Three | | title1 = [Ramblin' Gamblin' Man](/source/Ramblin'_Gamblin'_Man_(song)) | length1 = 3:01 | title2 = [Heavy Music](/source/Heavy_Music) | length2 = 8:14 | title3 = [Katmandu](/source/Katmandu_(song)) | length3 = 6:23 }} {{track listing | headline = Side Four | | title1 = [Lookin' Back](/source/Lookin'_Back) | length1 = 2:36 | title2 = Get Out of Denver | length2 = 5:21 | title3 = [Let It Rock](/source/Let_It_Rock_(Chuck_Berry_song)) | writer3 = [E. Anderson (Chuck Berry)](/source/Chuck_Berry) | length3 = 8:30 }} The 2011 remastered CD reissue has one extra track, "[I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home](/source/Breaking_Up_Somebody's_Home)", (3:05), recorded live at the Pontiac Silverdome on June 26, 1976. The live version of the song "Katmandu" was also featured as the sole Bob Seger track as part of a promotional-only compilation album issued by Capitol records entitled ''The Greatest Music Ever Sold'', which was distributed to record stores during the 1976 holiday season as part of Capitol's "Greatest Music Ever Sold" campaign, promoting 15 "best of" albums released by the record label. '''Live' Bullet'' is a live album and not a "best of" compilation, though several tracks were major regional hits ("Lookin' Back" #2 in Detroit, etc.). Many songs from the album such as "Nutbush City Limits", "Lookin' Back", and "Turn the Page" became hit singles off the album, whereas their original studio versions were overlooked. "Lookin' Back" was released as a single in 1971 but had very short lived success as it was not on an actual Seger album. It was originally performed by Seger's first band, The Bob Seger System, whereas the Live Bullet version featured The Silver Bullet Band. Two of the songs on the album are actually medleys. "Bo Diddley" is a medley of "Bo Diddley" and "[Who Do You Love?](/source/Who_Do_You_Love%3F_(Bo_Diddley_song))", while "Let It Rock" is a medley of "Let It Rock" and "[Little Queenie](/source/Little_Queenie)" with some minor lyrical changes. Additionally, the tracks "Travelin' Man" and "Beautiful Loser" feature no audible pause between the two, and are played as a single medley (though the CD has a digital track marker for each). As a result, many [album-oriented rock](/source/album-oriented_rock) and [classic rock](/source/classic_rock) radio stations have played them together as a medley. ==Personnel== *[Bob Seger](/source/Bob_Seger) – lead vocals, guitar, piano *[Drew Abbott](/source/Drew_Abbott) – lead guitar, background vocals *[Alto Reed](/source/Alto_Reed) – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion, background vocals *Robyn Robins – organ, [clavinet](/source/clavinet), [Mellotron](/source/Mellotron), piano on "Katmandu" *Chris Campbell – bass guitar, background vocals *Charlie Allen Martin – drums, background vocals, answer vocals on "Heavy Music", harmony vocals on "Jody Girl" and "Get Out of Denver" ==Charts== ===Album=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Chart !Position |- |1976 |''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' Pop Albums |style="text-align:center;"|34 |- |1986 |[''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200) |style="text-align:center;"|135 |} ===Single=== {| class="wikitable" !Song !Year !Chart !Position |- | "Nutbush City Limits" | rowspan="2" |1976 | rowspan="2" |[''Billboard'' Pop Singles](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) |style="text-align:center;"|69 |- | "Travelin' Man" |style="text-align:center;"|– |- | colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|"–" indicates releases that did not chart |} ==Certifications== {| class="wikitable" !Organization !Level !Date |- |RIAA – U.S. |Gold |December 12, 1976 |- |RIAA – U.S. |Platinum |December 16, 1977 |- |CRIA – Canada |Gold |December 1, 1979 |- |CRIA – Canada |Platinum |December 1, 1979 |- |CRIA – Canada |Double Platinum |December 1, 1983 |- |RIAA – U.S. |4× Platinum |June 6, 1991 |- |RIAA – U.S. |5× Platinum |September 22, 2003 |} ==Notes== {{Reflist}} {{Bob Seger}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Live Bullet}} Category:1976 live albums Category:Albums produced by Punch Andrews Category:Bob Seger live albums Category:Capitol Records live albums --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Live Bullet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Bullet) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Bullet?action=history)). 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