Editing Nine Tonight

{{Infobox album
| name       = Nine Tonight
| type       = live
| artist     = [[Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band]]
| cover      = Bob Seger - Nine Tonight.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 8, 1981 (Charted September 26)
| recorded   = [[Cobo Center|Cobo Hall]], [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]–June 15-21, 1980 and [[Boston Garden]], [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]–October 5-7, 1980
  Recorded by David Hewitt on the Record Plant NY Black Truck
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length     = 67:21 (CD)<br /> 80:00 (Original vinyl)
| label      = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer   = [[Punch Andrews]], Bob Seger
| prev_title = [[Against the Wind (album)|Against the Wind]]
| prev_year  = 1980
| next_title = [[The Distance (Bob Seger album)|The Distance]]
| next_year  = 1982
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Nine Tonight
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Tryin' to Live My Life Without You]]
 | single1date = August 1981
 | single2     = [[Feel Like a Number]]
 | single2date = December 1981
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r17686 |tab=review |label=Bob Seger &amp; the Silver Bullet Band: ''Nine Tonight'' > Review |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |accessdate=July 4, 2011 }}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gardner|first=Mike|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/81/Record-Mirror-1981-09-26-OCR.pdf|title=Albums: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band – ''Nine Tonight''|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Inc.|date=September 26, 1981|page=12|issn=0144-5804|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520095308/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/81/Record-Mirror-1981-09-26-OCR.pdf|archivedate=20 May 2024|access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''''Nine Tonight''''' is a [[live album]] by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band]], released in 1981 (see [[1981 in music]]). The album was recorded at [[Cobo Hall]] in [[Detroit, Michigan]], in June 1980 and at the [[Boston Garden]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] in October 1980. With the exception of three tracks — "Nine Tonight", "Tryin' To Live My Life Without You" and "Let It Rock" — the album is composed of songs drawn from Seger's three previous studio albums. Only "Let It Rock" was repeated from the previous live album ''[[Live Bullet]]''. "[[Tryin' to Live My Life Without You]]" was released as a single and peaked at number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the US. The album's title track was originally recorded for the ''[[Urban Cowboy]]'' soundtrack [[Urban Cowboy (soundtrack)|album]].

The 2011 remastered album has a bonus track called "Brave Strangers", which was originally released on Seger's 1978 album [[Stranger in Town (album)|''Stranger in Town'']]. This live version was originally released as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of the "Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" live single.

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Bob Seger, except where noted
| title1   = Nine Tonight
| length1  = 5:23
| title2   = [[Tryin' to Live My Life Without You]]
| writer2  = Eugene Williams
| length2  = 4:00
| title3   = [[You'll Accomp'ny Me]]
| length3  = 4:13
| title4   = [[Hollywood Nights (song)|Hollywood Nights]]
| length4  = 4:49
| title5   = [[Old Time Rock & Roll]]
| writer5  = George Jackson, Thomas Earl Jones III
| length5  = 5:12
| title6   = [[Mainstreet (song)|Mainstreet]]
| length6  = 4:04
| title7   = [[Against the Wind (Bob Seger song)|Against the Wind]]
| length7  = 5:35
| title8   = The Fire Down Below
| length8  = 4:47
| title9   = [[Her Strut]]
| length9  = 3:51
| title10  = [[Feel Like a Number]]
| length10 = 4:10
| title11  = [[Fire Lake]]
| length11 = 3:52
| title12  = Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight
| length12 = 2:59
| title13  = [[We've Got Tonight]]
| length13 = 4:55
| title14  = [[Night Moves (Bob Seger song)|Night Moves]]
| length14 = 5:44
| title15  = [[Rock and Roll Never Forgets]]
| length15 = 3:36
| title16  = [[Let It Rock (Chuck Berry song)|Let It Rock]]
| note16   = edited for [[compact disc|CD]] - original LP version was 8:25.
| writer16 = [[Chuck Berry|E. Anderson (Chuck Berry)]]
| length16 = 5:58
| title17  = Brave Strangers
| length17 = 6:48
| note17   = bonus track
}}

Track times based upon 2011 remaster.

Tracks recorded in Detroit on 15 June 1980: 8 & 17

Tracks recorded in Detroit on 16 June 1980: 4 & 12

Tracks recorded in Detroit on 19 June 1980: 7 & 10

Tracks recorded in Detroit on 20 June 1980: 11 & 14

Tracks recorded in Detroit on 21 June 1980: 13

Tracks recorded in Boston on 5 October 1980: 5 & 9

Tracks recorded in Boston on 6 October 1980: 1 & 2

Tracks recorded in Boston on 7 October 1980: 3, 6, 15 & 16

==Personnel==
*Bob Seger - acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, vocals
*[[Drew Abbott]] - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
*Colleen Beaton - vocals
*Chris Campbell - bass, background vocals
*[[Craig Frost]] - organ, piano, keyboard, [[clavinet]]
*Kathy Lamb - vocals
*Pamela Moore - vocals
*[[Shaun Murphy (singer)|Shaun Murphy]] - percussion, vocals, background vocals, harmony vocals
*[[Alto Reed]] - organ, flute, horn, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
*[[David Teegarden]] - drums, background vocals
*June Tilton - vocals

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1981)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|6|chartid=0403|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 22, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|34|id=11170|artist=Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band|album=Nine Tonight|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|37|artist=Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band|album=Nine Tonight|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|24|artist=Bob Seger|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=Bob Seger|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1981)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|25|chartid=4687|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 22, 2024|refname=CA_YE}}
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1982)
! scope="col"| Position
|- 
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1982/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1982|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref>
| 68
|}
{{col-end}}

===Singles===
{|class="wikitable"
! Single
! Chart
! Position
|-
|rowspan=3|"Tryin' to Live My Life Without You" (Live)
| Canada (RPM)<br>
|align="center"| 11
|-
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Rock Tracks
|align="center"| 2
|-
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100
|align="center"| 5
|-
|rowspan=2|"Feel Like a Number" (Live)
| Canada (RPM)
|align="center"| 29
|-
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100
|align="center"| 5
|-
|"Hollywood Nights" (Live)
| UK Singles Chart
|align="center"| 49
|-
|"We've Got Tonight" (Live)
| UK Singles Chart
|align="center"| 60
|}

==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Nine Tonight|artist=Bob Seger|type=album|award=Platinum|number=1|relyear=1981|certyear=1981}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Nine Tonight|artist=Bob Seger|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=2003|relyear=1981|refname="RIAA"|number=4}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

==References==
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[[Category:1981 live albums]]
[[Category:Bob Seger live albums]]
[[Category:Capitol Records live albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Punch Andrews]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at the Boston Garden]]