Number 5 (Steve Miller Band album)

Number 5
Studio album by Steve Miller Band
Released	July 1970 (1970-07) [1]
Studio	Cinderella Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) [2]
Genre	Mexican folk Folk rock psychedelic rock blues rock
Length	36:22
Label	Capitol
Producer	Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band chronology
Your Saving Grace (1969) Number 5 (1970) Rock Love (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	B [4]
Rolling Stone	unfavorable [5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]

Number 5 is the fifth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released in July 1970, by Capitol Records. It is the last of the group's albums to feature original drummer Tim Davis. The album reached number 23 on the Billboard 200 album chart. ^[7]

Track listing

Side One ^[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Good Morning"	Bobby Winkelman	2:48
2.	"I Love You"	Steve Miller	2:45
3.	"Going to the Country"	Miller Ben Sidran	3:47
4.	"Hot Chili"	Tim Davis	3:30
5.	"Tokin's"	Davis	4:23

Side Two ^[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Going to Mexico"	Miller Boz Scaggs	2:29
7.	"Steve Miller's Midnight Tango"	Sidran	2:40
8.	"Industrial Military Complex Hex"	Miller	3:54
9.	"Jackson-Kent Blues"	Miller	7:18
10.	"Never Kill Another Man"	Miller	2:42

Personnel

• Steve Miller — lead vocals (tracks 2, 3, 6-10), guitar (track 2, 6-9), 12-string guitar (tracks 2, 3, 10), piano (track 1), backing vocals (tracks 1, 5), bass (track 4), Condor Innovator guitar (track 6), Echoplex guitar (track 9)
• Bobby Winkelmann — bass (tracks 1-3, 6, 8, 9), backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 8), lead vocals (tracks 1), 12-string guitar (track 1)
• Tim Davis — drums (tracks 1, 3-6, 8, 9), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 8), lead vocals (tracks 4, 5)
• Jim Miller — guitar (tracks 1, 9)
• Charlie McCoy — harmonica (tracks 2, 3, 5)
• Buddy Spicher — violin (track 3)
• Bud Billings — trumpet (track 4)
• Curley Cooke — acoustic guitar (track 4), guitar (track 6)
• Nicky Hopkins — piano (tracks 4, 8, 10)
• Bobby Thompson — banjo (track 5)
• Wayne Moss — guitar (track 5), bass (track 5)
• Lee Michaels — organ (track 6)
• Ben Sidran — keyboards (track 7)
• Jimmy Tillman — drums (track 7)
• Lonnie Turner — fretless bass (track 10) ^[9]

References

1. "Great Rock Discography". p. 548.
2. "Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City - Part 4: Artists That Followed". Country Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
3. "Number 5 - Steve Miller Band". AllMusic . Retrieved July 25, 2018.
4. 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.
5. "Steve Miller Band: Number 5". Rolling Stone. 1970-10-15. Archived from the original on 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
6. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
7. "The Steve Miller Band Chart History –Billboard 200". Billboard.com . Retrieved September 24, 2022.
8. Your Saving Grace (Album notes). Steve Miller Band. Capitol Records. 1969. SKAO-331.
9. https://www.discogs.com/release/1841227-Steve-Miller-Band-Number-5

External links

• Number 5 at Discogs (list of releases)