Like a Rock

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Like a Rock
Studio album by Bob Seger
Released	April 1986
Recorded	1985-1986
Genre	Rock
Length	43:55
Label	Capitol
Producer	Punch Andrews, David Cole, Bob Seger
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Bob Seger chronology
The Distance (1982) Like a Rock (1986) The Fire Inside (1991)

This article is about the album. For the song, see Like a Rock (song)

Like a Rock is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music). The title track is best known for being featured on Chevrolet truck commercials. "Fortunate Son" is a live track from 1983, which was added as a bonus to the CD release of the album. The vinyl version ends with "Somewhere Tonight".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Silver Bullet Band 2.2 Additional musicians 3 Production 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

all songs written by Bob Seger, except where noted

1. "American Storm" – 4:17
2. "Like a Rock" – 5:56
3. "Miami" – 4:40
4. "The Ring" – 5:35
5. "Tightrope" (Frost, Seger) – 4:31
6. "The Aftermath" (Craig Frost, Seger) – 3:30
7. "Sometimes" – 3:31
8. "It's You" – 4:03
9. "Somewhere Tonight" – 4:25
10. "Fortunate Son" (John Fogerty) – 3:20

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Silver Bullet Band

• Bob Seger - acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, vocals
• Craig Frost - organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboard
• Chris Campbell - bass
• Alto Reed - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone

[edit] Additional musicians

• Izora Armstead - see The Weather Girls
• Dawayne Bailey - acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar
• Don Brewer - drums
• Pete Carr - guitar
• Mark Chatfield - electric guitar
• David Cole - synthesizer
• Laura Creamer - vocals, background vocals
• Mark Creamer - vocals, background vocals
• Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
• Donny Gerrard - vocals, background vocals
• Gary Grant - trumpet
• Don Henley - vocals, background vocals, harmony vocals
• Gary Herbig - saxophone
• Jerry Hey - trumpet
• Dann Huff - guitar
• Kim Hutchcroft - saxophone
• Douglas Kibble - vocals, background vocals
• Russ Kunkel - drums
• Gary Mallaber - drums
• Shaun Murphy - vocals, background vocals, harmony vocals
• Bill Payne - synthesizer, piano, keyboard
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone
• John "J.R." Robinson - drums
• Marc Russo - saxophone
• Timothy B. Schmit - vocals, background vocals
• Fred Tackett - acoustic guitar, guitar
• Rick Vito - acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
• Martha Wash - see The Weather Girls
• Ernie Watts - saxophone
• The Weather Girls (Izora Armstead and Martha Wash) - background vocals on Like a rock, Tightrope and The Aftermath.

[edit] Production

• Producers: Punch Andrews, David Cole, Bob Seger
• Engineers: David Cole, Greg Edward, Shelly Yakus
• Assistant engineers: David Azelbaum, Bob Castle, Judy Clapp, Peter Doell, Steve Himelfarb
• Mixing: Punch Andrews, David Cole, Bob Seger
• Mastering: Wally Traugott
• Horn arrangements: Jerry Hey, Alto Reed
• Art direction: Bill Burks, Roy Kohara
• Design: Mark Shoolery
• Photography: Aaron Rapoport

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1986	The Billboard 200	3

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	"American Storm"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	2
1986	"American Storm"	The Billboard Hot 100	13
1986	"Fortunate Son"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	9
1986	"It's You"	Adult Contemporary	22
1986	"It's You"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	8
1986	"It's You"	The Billboard Hot 100	52
1986	"Like a Rock"	Adult Contemporary	21
1986	"Like a Rock"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
1986	"Like a Rock"	The Billboard Hot 100	12
1986	"Miami"	The Billboard Hot 100	70
1986	"Tightrope"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	35
1986	"The Aftermath"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	9

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