Beautiful Loser is the eighth studio album by American rock artist Bob Seger, released in 1975. This album marked Seger's return to Capitol Records 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 Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, 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 Ike & Tina Turner.
Contents
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.
Bob Seger - lead vocals (all tracks), guitar (tracks 4, 5, 9), slide guitar (track 3), harmonica (track 3), piano (track 4)
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (all tracks except tracks 4 and 7)
Barry Beckett - grand piano, organ, synthesizer, electric piano
Pete Carr - lead guitar, acoustic guitar
Roger Hawkins - drums, percussion
David Hood - 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 - Mellotron (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)