Children of the Future (album)

Children of the Future is the debut album by American rock band Steve Miller Band, released in 1968 by Capitol Records. The album was produced by notable British record producer/engineer, Glyn Johns,[1] who went on to produce another successful American band: Eagles.

Children of the Future
Studio album by Steve Miller Band
Released	June 1968
Recorded	Early 1968
Studio	Olympic Studios, London, England[1]
Genre	Psychedelic rock,[2][3] blues rock[2]
Length	38:21
Label	Capitol
Producer	Glyn Johns[1]
Steve Miller Band chronology
Children of the Future (1968) Sailor (1968)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	(positive)[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]

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, which plays as a single continuous track (subtitled Children of the Future), as being "constructed like Sgt Pepper".[6] Writing in Crawdaddy!, Peter Knobler called the album "a triple moment of experience, knowledge, inspiration."[7] However, many of the songs had been written earlier when Miller was working as a janitor at a Texas music studio.[2] "Baby's Callin' Me Home" was written by Boz Scaggs who later rose to considerable global fame in his own right.

On September 17, 2012, Edsel Records released a remastered version of the album (EDSA 5003) with the band's first single B-Side, "Sittin’ In Circles" as a Bonus Track.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Miller, except where noted.

Side one: Children Of The Future

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Children of the Future"		2:59
2.	"Pushed Me to It"		0:38
3.	"You've Got the Power"		0:53
4.	"In My First Mind"	Miller, Jim Peterman	7:35
5.	"The Beauty of Time Is That It's Snowing (Psychedelic B.B.)"		5:17

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Baby's Callin' Me Home"	Boz Scaggs	3:24
7.	"Steppin' Stone"	Scaggs	3:02
8.	"Roll With It"		2:29
9.	"Junior Saw It Happen"	Jim Pulte	2:29
10.	"Fanny Mae"	Buster Brown	3:04
11.	"Key to the Highway"	Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Segar	6:18
Total length:			38:21

Personnel

• Steve Miller – guitar,[1] lead (1–5, 7, 8, 11) and backing vocals, harmonica
• Boz Scaggs – guitar,[1] backing and lead (6, 7) vocals
• Lonnie Turner – bass guitar,[1] backing vocals
• Jim Peterman – Hammond organ, mellotron (1–5)[1] backing vocals
• Tim Davis – drums,[1] backing and lead (9, 10) vocals

Additional personnel

• Glyn Johns – producer/engineer
• Ben Sidran – harpsichord on "Baby's Calling Me Home"

Charts

Chart (1968)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	134

References

1. Ashley Brown, ed. (1990). "Space Cowboy". The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated History of Popular Music. 11 (Reference ed.). Marshall Cavendish. p. 1225. ISBN 1-85435-026-9.
2. "Children of the Future - Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
3. Kreps, Daniel (22 May 2014). "20 Albums Rolling Stone Loved in the Sixties That You've Never Heard > Steve Miller Band, 'Children of the Future'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
4. Wenner, Jann (June 22, 1968). "Children Of The Future - Album Reviews - Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2013-08-31. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
5. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2017-08-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. "Crawdaddy! 1968". Crawdaddy.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-13. Retrieved 12 August 2018.