Brave New World (Steve Miller Band album)

Brave New World is the third studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band, released in June 1969. It is the band's first album following the departure of founding members Boz Scaggs and Jim Peterman, with Ben Sidran replacing Peterman on keyboards. The album reached number 22 on the Billboard 200 album chart.^[1] In Colin Larkin's third edition of All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000) it was voted number 676.^[2]

Brave New World
Studio album by Steve Miller Band
Released	June 16, 1969 (1969-06-16)
Recorded	1969
Studio	Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California Olympic, London
Genre	Psychedelic rock blues rock
Length	29:52
Label	Capitol
Producer	Glyn Johns Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band chronology
Sailor (1968) Brave New World (1969) Your Saving Grace (1969)
Singles from Brave New World
"My Dark Hour / Song for Our Ancestors" Released: October 1973

Paul McCartney contributed to "My Dark Hour" (credited as "Paul Ramon"), providing backing vocals, drums, guitar and bass guitar.^[3][4] The other members of The Beatles did not show up for a recording session so Glyn Johns suggested Miller and McCartney work together to take advantage of the time.^[5]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[8]

Track listing

Side One^[9]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Brave New World"	Steve Miller	3:27
2.	"Celebration Song"	Miller, Ben Sidran	2:33
3.	"Can't You Hear Your Daddy's Heartbeat"	Tim Davis	2:30
4.	"Got Love 'Cause You Need It"	Miller, Sidran	2:28
5.	"Kow Kow Calqulator"	Miller	4:28

Side Two^[9]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Seasons"	Miller, Sidran	3:50
2.	"Space Cowboy"	Miller, Sidran	4:55
3.	"LT's Midnight Dream"	Lonnie Turner	2:33
4.	"My Dark Hour"	Miller	3:07

References

1. "The Steve Miller Band Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
2. Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 219. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
3. Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1977). "1969 – "But If Paul's Alive, How Did He Die?". All Together Now – The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975 (Second ed.). New York City: Ballantine Books. p. 78. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.
4. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Record World. June 7, 1969. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
5. Farber, Jim (September 17, 2023). "Steve Miller Shares the Stories Behind His Greatest Hits". Parade. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
6. Newsome, Jim. "Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band: Brave New World – Review". AllMusic.
7. Morthland, John (26 July 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone. No. 38. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. p. 37. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
8. Larkin, Colin (2011). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
9. Brave New World (Album notes). Steve Miller Band. Capitol Records. 1969. SKAO-184.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

• Brave New World at Discogs (list of releases)