Doyen Seger with very felicitous album

Somehow it is in autumn 2014, the old Ü60-artists with their albums but very surprised.
After mediocre to solid albums in the recent past, surprised by Tom Petty (Hypnotic Eye), John Mellencamp (plainspoken) and Stevie Nicks (24 carat gold) now Detroit rock veteran Bob Seger shortly before his 70th birthday in the next year with a more than tidy geratenen album.
On Ride Out to Seger remembers back to his strengths. Seger had in his music in the '70s to the early 80s always a mixture of rock, country, folk, blues and soul. He manages to Ride On again.
Vocally he gives Although some moderate than in the 70s and no longer screams quite as high, but he is also no spring chicken.

With Detroit Made the album rocks going well, Hey Gypsy is a Blues, The Devil's Right Hand and California Stars mix country and folk and were on Springsteen's recent albums not misbehaving. Devil's Right Hand is a catchy tune at which the gun lobby in the US is likely but have no joy.
It is also essential to the title track, the slightly reminiscent Her Strut with his guitar. It's Your World with its lowered piano chords comes across a bit darker and dirtier. Many of the other songs are settled in the area or midtempo ballads. Among the ballads Let The Rivers Run and the bombast of Gates Of Eden are advised particularly poignant.
For my taste, Ride Out offers not a single failure. Very nice also the duet Adam & Eve has become.
The 3 additional songs lists (a great comforter), the rockier The Fireman's Talkin 'and the already mentioned Let The Rivers Run are no committee, but rather highlights by far.
It should also be noted that there also is a version with 2 more additional songs, which unfortunately is hard to come by in Europe.

The arrangements have been very traditional, sometimes you can hear already a banjo or violin. It is also worth the female backround vocals. The production has a very warm sound. Only the brass sound partially synthetic. Much of the album could have appeared before more than 30 years in this kind. Most of the 13 songs are quite short, there is hardly a exceeds the 4-minute mark.

Conclusion:
A really well listenable album between rock, blues and country and folk propagated. An American in the best sense album. Far and wide, no failure. Therefore full points. For me, the surprise of autumn 2014. Who wants to hear once whence Kid Rock has brought the inspiration for his latest albums to Segers albums should make from the 70s.