SOMEDAY I KNOW
I'LL FIND THAT ROAD
AND I
WILL PAY BACK ALL I'VE OWED
SOMEHOW
I'LL BEAR THAT HEAVY LOAD
SOMEDAY
Smokin' O.P.'s
is the fifth
studio album by
American
rock singer-songwriter
released in 1972
It marked Seger's
return to rock and roll,
after the sonic departure
of his previous album,
Brand New Morning.
The album
was reissued on CD
by Capitol Records
in 2005.
It is currently
the earliest
Bob Seger album
available on CD.
The cover art is a
parody of
the Lucky Strike cigarette logo.
Smokin' O.P.'s
refers to
Smokin' Other People's Songs,
a derivation on
the slang phrase
"Smoking O.P.'s"
meaning to smoke
other people's
cigarettes exclusively
(never purchasing your own for consumption).
Most of the tracks
on this release are
covers of songs written
by other artists.
The album cover
was created by
Thomas Leroy Weschler,
who was Seger's
road manager at the time.
The cover was inspired by
an advertisement for
Lucky Strike cigarettes.
Weschler also went on to
co-write
Traveling Man:
On the Road & Behind the Scenes
with Bob Seger.
The first pressings have
a poem from Bob Seger,
with an insert
listing contributing musicians,
but subsequent issues
have the poem omitted
and replaced by
the insert information.
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