Beautiful Loser
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.
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
- Bob Seger - lead vocals, guitar, slide guitar, harmonica, piano
- 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
- Harrison Calloway - trumpet
- Ron Eades - baritone saxophone
- Charles Rose - trombone
- Harvey Thompson - tenor saxophone
- Drew Abbott - guitar
- Chris Campbell - bass guitar
- Charlie Martin - drums
- Robyn Robbins - organ
- Drew Abbott - guitar
- Kenny Bell - guitar
- Pete Carr - guitar solo
- Tom Cartmell - saxophone
- Paul Kingery - guitar solo
- Robyn Robbins - Mellotron
- Stoney & Rocky - background vocals
- Punch Andrews - production, mixing
- Jim Bruzzesse - engineering
- Jerry Masters - engineering
- Steve Melton - engineering
- Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section - production
- Bob Seger - production, mixing
- Greg Smith - engineering
Charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
| 1975 | Pop Albums | 131 |
Singles - Billboard
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 1975 | "Katmandu" | Billboard Hot 100 | 43 |
| 1975 | "Beautiful Loser" | Billboard Hot 100 | 103 |
| 1976 | "Nutbush City Limits" | Billboard Hot 100 | 69 |