Children of the Future

Children of the Future
Studio album by Steve Miller Band
Released	September 1968
Genre	Psychedelic Rock
Length	38:21
Label	Capitol
Producer	Glyn Johns
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Children of the Future (1968) Sailor (1969)

Children of the Future is the first album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in 1968.

Style

The style is a mixture of blues and psychedelic rock reflecting the ambience of the British blues revival, not surprisingly considering the album was recorded in London (at Olympic Studios). Rolling Stone described the first side as being "constructed like Sgt Pepper".^[1] Writing in Crawdaddy!, Peter Knobler called the album "a triple moment of experience, knowledge, inspiration."^[2] However, many of the songs had been written earlier in 1967-68 when Miller was working as a janitor at a Texas music studio.^[3] "Baby's Callin' Me Home" was written by Boz Scaggs who later rose to considerable global fame in his own right.

Track listing

1. "Children of the Future" (Miller) – 2:59
2. "Pushed Me to It" (Miller) – 0:38
3. "You've Got the Power" (Miller) – 0:53
4. "In My First Mind" (Miller/Peterman) – 7:35
5. "The Beauty of Time Is That It's Snowing (Psychedelic B.B.)" (Miller) – 5:17
6. "Baby's Callin' Me Home" (Scaggs) – 3:16
7. "Steppin' Stone" (Scaggs) – 3:09
8. "Roll with It" (Miller) – 2:30
9. "Junior Saw It Happen" (Pulte) – 2:30
10. "Fanny Mae" (Brown) – 3:09
11. "Key to the Highway" (Broonzy/Segar) – 6:18

Personnel

• Steve Miller – guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Boz Scaggs – guitar, vocals
• Lonnie Turner – bass, vocals
• Jim Peterman – keyboards, vocals
• Tim Davis – drums, vocals

References

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