Brave New World (Steve Miller Band album)
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| Studio album by Steve Miller Band | ||||
| Released | September 1969 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 29:52 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Glyn Johns | |||
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| Allmusic |   link |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed) link |
Brave New World is the third album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in 1969. The tracks "Celebration Song" and "My Dark Hour" featured Paul McCartney on backing vocals, drums and bass guitar credited as Paul Ramon.
The primary guitar riff on "My Dark Hour" was also used on the title track to Steve Miller's 1976 album Fly Like An Eagle.
"Space Cowboy" uses the same primary guitar riff as the Beatles' song "Lady Madonna". It was released as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band on January 20, 2009.
[edit] Track listing
- "Brave New World" (Steve Miller) – 3:27
- "Celebration Song" (Miller, Ben Sidran) – 2:33
- "Can't You Hear Your Daddy's Heartbeat" (Tim Davis) – 2:30
- "Got Love 'Cause You Need It" (Miller, Sidran) – 2:28
- "Kow Kow" (Miller) – 4:28
- "Seasons" (Miller, Sidran) – 3:50
- "Space Cowboy" (Miller, Sidran) – 4:55
- "LT's Midnight Dream" (Lonnie Turner) – 2:33
- "My Dark Hour" (Miller) – 3:07
[edit] Personnel
- Steve Miller – guitar, harmonica, lead vocals
- Glyn Johns – guitar, percussion, background vocals
- Lonnie Turner – bass guitar, guitar, background vocals
- Ben Sidran – keyboards
- Tim Davis – drums, lead vocals on "Can You Hear Your Daddy's Heartbeat?" & "LT's Midnight Dream".
- Nicky Hopkins – piano on "Kow Kow"
- Paul McCartney (as "Paul Ramon") – bass, drums, vocals on "Celebration Song" and "My Dark Hour"
- Produced by Glyn Johns and Steve Miller
- Recording Engineer – Glyn Johns
- Recorded at Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California except "My Dark Hour" was recorded at Olympic Studios, London, May, 1969.
- Photography – Ivan Nagy
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1969 | The Billboard 200 | 22 |
