Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets

The good:
This is a good set and I'm glad to finally get Ramblin' Gamblin' Man. For someone who has not already bought Greatest Hits 1 and then 2, this is the collection to get. Not only are almost all of the big hits from both those collections included here, but the sound quality is louder and better.

Note About the Sound Quality:
Someone posted a complaint about the sound of certain songs, which worried me... I checked it out, compared it to previous Greatest Hits CD's and also to the individual album CD's. I think that person was complaining about the previous Greatest Hits CD's and NOT this one. Greatest Hits 1 is very quiet and not a clean/clear as this one, so maybe the dropouts are on THAT CD. There are no dropouts on this CD on the songs stated by the other reviewer and the sound is louder and clearer, with maybe too much highs sometimes. Overall I think the individual album CD's sounded best because they had the volume without being too loud but were warmer and better balanced and probably less compressed. However, I don't think most people would notice the difference unless they played it on a decent stereo system anyways.

The Bad:
The guy had a LOT of hits. Like many others, I also feel Segar deserves a 3-4 CD box set in order to do him and his fans proper justice. This was a lost opportunity to give fans all the hits missing from Greatest Hits 1 and Greatest Hits 2... this should have been Greatest Hits 3. Instead THIS collection has almost all of Greatest Hits 1 (11 of the 14 songs) and half of Greatest Hits 2 (8 of 16 songs, the last track is a bonus video), making the other purchases redundant. Also, this CD includes the studio version of Katmandu while the hit version was live (the studio version is still good but not the radio played hit I'm familiar with).

This CD is missing these songs from Greatest Hits 1:
The Fire Inside, C'est La Vie, In Your Time

This CD is missing these songs from Greatest Hits 2:
Understanding, Beautiful Loser (studio version, it has the live version instead), Sunspot Baby, Manhattan, New Coat of Paint, Chances Are, Satisfied, Tomorrow.

Hope that helps.

Great collection of his hits but more so of what Seger really is."Rock n Roll never forgets!!"
One of the true "Rockers"

Back in high school Bob Seger was huge. Mostly from Tom cruise dancing in his under ware to "Old Time Rock n' Roll" but huge none the less. I saw him on his "Like a Rock" tour and he (like Springsteen) really knows how to put on a show. This collection does an excellent job of getting all his best tracks together. Very good remastering job! The only reason I am giving it four stars is because the second disc does have some crap on it. "Shakedown" I could have easily gone the rest of my life without hearing again but besides that there are no other painfully bad tracks on either disc. Booklet contains lyrics and full credits for each song. It's nice to see an artist do that now a days since most don't even credit them on the regual releases let alone a greatest hits. If you like Jackson Brown, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac you will probably like this.
Interesting story about "Downtown Train". Bob Seger was freinds with Rod Stewart and one day in the studio Rod asked him if he knew any great songs he could cover on his new record. Seger told him that Tom Waits has tons of really good songs and played him his version of "Downtown Train" (the Bob Seger version). Rod said he liked it and left. A couple of moths later Rod Stewart released his version of downtown train that he recorded and released after hearing Bob Segers but before Seger had finished his record and could release his own. Nice eh!