Comeback in ages!

I have to admit it, yes, the last Seger album "Face The Promise" was for me a disappointment. Too much Country, too many ballads, a few highlights and foremost the fact that Seger had vocally mined pretty and sounded partly really quite hard. Accordingly, I looked forward to the new album with mixed feelings.

But, much anticipated, "Ride Out" can convince me directly and in contrast to its predecessor. Bob has apparently even realized that his voice has changed and takes this into account by consistently remains in the lower elevations and yet so relaxed and confident sounds like on the last disc rarely. While there are also "Ride Out" still hear a lot of country-rock, but all crashes a little more, and the production is much earthier and rougher failed. In addition to original songs Seger has this time also resumed a handful Covers, tastefully selected and of course made without compromising our own. Even that does to the overall impression, there is a lot of variety, a consistently high musical level and no Füllnummern.

The opener, John Hiatt's "Detroit Made" could be about remained in this version of the sessions for "Stranger in Town" or "Against The Wind", a typical later Seger uptempo banger, and the subsequent snotty-grumpy Blues "Hey Gypsy "remembers with fatter Hammondorgel even at the early seventies! Afterwards, there in nice change mainstream rock fare such as "The Devil's Right Hand" (yes, the Steve Earle song!), Casual biker rock like the title song, West Coast-sections of "Against The Wind" -Machart as "All Of The Roads "and" California Stars "(originally performed by the Billy Bragg / Wilco collaboration" Mermaid Avenue ") and - new! - A handful of unusual folk-oriented songs, sometimes audibly as Kasey Chambers' "Adam & Eve", sometimes arranged properly rocking as in "The Fireman's Talking".

But best picks you up one of the deluxe editions from (best looking one which produced for the target markets issue with a total of five extra songs), because the bonus tracks are just as strong as regular and frankly pretty short album - and with "Let The River Run" is probably the strongest song contained only an accessory. A real goosebumps ballad with lots of atmosphere and a potential favorite song!

For those who can what to do with Seger between "Beautiful Loser" and "The Fire Inside" is "Ride Out" a real duty disc, and if this should actually Bob's last work remains, he can at least be assured goodbye again to have delivered a real career highlight. Horny, horny, horny.