Mongrel (The Bob Seger System album)

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Mongrel
Bob Seger - Mongrel.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1970
StudioGM Studios, East Detroit, Michigan
Genre Rock
Length33:44
Label Capitol
Producer Punch Andrews
The Bob Seger System chronology
Noah
(1969)
Mongrel
(1970)
Brand New Morning
(1971)
Singles from Mongrel
  1. "Lucifer"
    Released: April 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [2]

Mongrel is the third studio album by American rock band the Bob Seger System, released in 1970. During its four-week run on the Billboard 200 chart, the album entered the chart at the end of October 1970, [3] then rose to number 171 two weeks later. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Rolling Stone reviewed Mongrel on January 7, 1971. Ben Edmonds called the album "...easily [Seger's] best work to date, but there are still some crucial musical problems he must come to grips with if he is to realize the tremendous potential he displayed on his earlier Cameo-Parkway singles (most notably 'Heavy Music' and 'Persecution Smith')." Edmonds continued: "[Seger] writes marvelous rock and roll songs in the virile 1965 mold, somewhat of a lost art these days." The band itself, however, he said, is "like Mountain" and "often degenerates into 'heavy' overstatements of the most clichéd sort." Edmonds called "Lucifer" the strongest cut on the album, [5] but his review may have had a dampening effect on sales.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bob Seger, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Song to Rufus" 2:46
2."Evil Edna" 3:12
3."Highway Child" 2:49
4."Big River" 3:10
5."Mongrel" 2:22
6."Lucifer" 2:27
7."Teachin' Blues" 1:59
8."Leanin on My Dream" 3:16
9."Mongrel Too" 3:16
10."River Deep, Mountain High" Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector 7:24

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

YearChartPosition
1970Pop Albums171 [4]

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1970"Lucifer"Pop Singles84

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