Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden

Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden
Studio album by Steve Miller Band
Released	March 1972
Recorded	January 29, 1972
Genre	Rock
Length	34:44
Label	Capitol
Producer	Ben Sidran
Steve Miller Band chronology
Rock Love (1971) Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden (1972) Anthology (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C− [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden is the seventh studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released in March 1972, by Capitol Records. Like his previous album, Rock Love , this album did not meet with much success.

It was voted number 2 in the 50 All-Time Long Forgotten Gems from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums . ^[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Steve Miller.

Side One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Welcome"	1:18
2.	"Enter Maurice"	3:53
3.	"High on You Mama"	3:42
4.	"Heal Your Heart"	3:22
5.	"The Sun Is Going Down"	1:37
6.	"Somebody Somewhere Help Me"	2:37

Side Two

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Love's Riddle"	3:25
8.	"Fandango"	3:57
9.	"Nothing Lasts"	4:08
10.	"Journey from Eden"	6:45

Personnel

• Steve Miller – guitar, vocals
• Gerald Johnson – bass guitar
• Ben Sidran – keyboards
• Dick Thompson – keyboards
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Roger Allen Clark – drums
• Gary Mallaber – drums
• Jack King – drums

Additional personnel

• Jesse Ed Davis – guitar on "Heal Your Heart"
• Nick DeCaro – strings, horns
• Produced by Ben Sidran
• Recorded and balanced by Bruce Botnick
• Photography – Bill Walker
• Art direction – John Hoernle
• Album design & Serigraphy – Tom Lunde
• Album Coordinator – Lester T. Pouncy
• Recording completed on January 29, 1972

References

1. Hal Horowitz. "Recall the Beginning... A Journey from Eden - Steve Miller Band". AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
2. 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.
3. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
4. Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 27. ISBN   0-7535-0493-6.