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, who went on to produce another successful American band: Eagles.

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. Rolling Stone described the first side, which plays as a single continuous track, as being "constructed like Sgt Pepper". Writing in Crawdaddy!, Peter Knobler called the album "a triple moment of experience, knowledge, inspiration." However, many of the songs had been written earlier when Miller was working as a janitor at a Texas music studio. "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 with the band's first single B-Side, "Sittin’ In Circles" as a Bonus Track.

Track listing

Personnel

Additional personnel