Night Moves

Released more than 10 years into his career, <i>Night Moves</i> transformed Bob Seger from regional hero to national star. Throwing together everything from roadhouse rave-ups (“Mary Lou”) to bittersweet, Van Morrison-style ballads (“Night Moves”), the album stands as a monument to the power of rock ’n' roll at its most passionately direct, revelling in the past while still trying to cut loose in the present. Or, as Seger puts it in “Rock and Roll Never Forgets,” “Sweet Sixteen’s turned 31”.