Anthology (Steve Miller Band album)

Anthology is the first greatest hits album for the Steve Miller Band, covering material from their first seven albums (though there are no selections from either Children of the Future or Rock Love). It has been certified Gold in the United States.

Anthology
Greatest hits album by Steve Miller Band
Released	October 1972
Recorded	1968-1972
Genre	Rock
Length	63:24
Label	Capitol / EMI
Steve Miller Band chronology
Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden (1972) Anthology (1972) The Joker (1973)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

In a retrospective review for Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine feels that the album captures Miller's "first-rate" and "effective" early space blues, and that the songs are less commercial and "catchy" than those on Miller's later Greatest Hits album.[3]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "I Love You" (Miller) – 2:46 - from Number 5 (1970)
2. "Going To The Country" (Miller, Sidran) – 3:14 (Number 5)
3. "Baby's House" (Hopkins, Miller) – 8:07 - from Your Saving Grace (1969)
4. "Kow Kow Calqulator" (Miller) – 4:26 - from Brave New World (1969)

Side 2

5. "Your Saving Grace" (Davis, Miller, Sidran) – 4:50 (Your Saving Grace)
6. "Going To Mexico" (Miller, Scaggs) – 2:29 (Number 5)
7. "Space Cowboy" (Miller, Sidran) – 4:55 (Brave New World)
8. "Living In The U.S.A." (Miller) – 4:06 - from Sailor (1968)

Side 3

9. "Journey From Eden" (Miller) – 6:25 - from Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden (1972)
10. "Seasons" (Miller, Sidran) – 3:51 (Brave New World)
11. "Motherless Children" (Traditional) – 4:22 (Your Saving Grace)
12. "Never Kill Another Man" (Miller) – 2:44 (Number 5)

Side 4

13. "Don't You Let Nobody Turn You Around" (Miller) – 2:29 (Your Saving Grace)
14. "Little Girl" (Miller) – 3:24 (Your Saving Grace)
15. "Celebration Song" (Miller, Sidran) – 2:32 (Brave New World)
16. "My Dark Hour" (Miller) – 3:08 (Brave New World)

"Going To The Country", "Baby's House" and "Motherless Children" are shorter edits than their original LP versions.

Personnel

• Steve Miller – guitar, vocals, harmonica, bass
• Boz Scaggs – vocals, guitar
• Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, drums
• Tim Davis – vocals, drums, percussion
• James Curley Cook – guitar
• Buddy Spicher – violin
• Charlie McCoy – harmonica
• Nicky Hopkins – piano, organ
• Richard Thompson – piano, organ
• Ben Sidran – piano, keyboards
• James Peterman organ, vocals
• Lee Michaels – organ
• Gerald Johnson – organ
• Lonnie Turner – organ
• Bob Winkelman – bass
• Gary Mallaber – drums
• Glyn Johns – vocals
• Thomas Lunde – album art

References

1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
3. Stephen ThomasErlewine. Anthology at AllMusic