Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band: The Distance (Capitol)
Mat Snow, NME, 8 January 1983
THE RECENT US chart successes of Springsteen, Geils and relative newcomer John Cougar demonstrates that American worship of the great god Raaack 'n' Rawl continues undiminished.
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