Ride Out (album)
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| Studio album by Bob Seger | ||||
| Released | October 14, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2014 in Nashville and Detroit | |||
| Genre | Rock, heartland rock | |||
| Length | 34:21 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Bob Seger | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100 |
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| The Chronicle | (favorable) |
| Daily News | |
| Morning Sun | B+ |
| Paste |    |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
| Ultimate Classic Rock | (mixed) |
| Yahoo! Music | (favorable) |
Ride Out is the seventeenth studio album by American rock singer–songwriter Bob Seger. The album was released on October 14, 2014. Seger has stated that this may be his final album.
Ride Out is Seger's first album of new material in eight years. After 2006's Face the Promise, it is the second studio album since 1975 to be credited to Bob Seger rather than Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.
Rumors about the album started to spread as far back as 2010. On July 13, 2011, Bob Seger reported via Facebook that he was recording new material at Ocean Way Recording in Nashville. A Rolling Stone article from February 16, 2012 suggested that the album would be released in September of that year; however, the album did not come out. On April 11, 2013, Seger told the audience at a live performance in Detroit: "We should have our new album out in late August—if we are lucky." That date was also not met. The official announcement of the album was finally made on August 18, 2014.
Seger stated that he really made an effort to "break new ground" on this album and, therefore, none of the songs on it would sound quite like anything he had done before. Seger said he approached this album differently in terms of feels and speeds.
The official announcement of the album was preceded by the release of the lead single "Detroit Made" to radio stations on August 14, 2014. The album title, artwork and release date were announced on August 18, 2014. The album was scheduled to be released by Capitol Records on October 14, 2014. Initially, no other information besides the release date was made public. On August 28, 2014, a photograph "showing a hand-written list of 13 truncated song titles on top of a studio mixing board" was posted on Seger's official Facebook page. Although this appeared to be the track listing of Ride Out, the final list of songs to be included in the album was not announced officially until September 9, 2014 when the album became available for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon.com.
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