Rock Love

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Rock Love
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Studio album / live album by
ReleasedSeptember 1971
Genre Rock
Length38:11
Label Capitol
Producer Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band chronology
Number 5
(1970)
Rock Love
(1971)
Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C− [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Rock Love is a half live / half (sixth) studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released in September 1971, and compiled by Capitol Records. All of Miller's previous backing band had left following the recording of the previous album, save bassist Bobby Winkelman. They were replaced by members of Winkelman's previous group, the psychedelic rock band Frumious Bandersnatch for this record, including Ross Valory (a future member of Journey) on bass, and Jack King on drums. Bobby Winkelman was in the band (having moved back to rhythm guitar) during the live recordings on the album's first side, but is not credited on the album cover. David Denny, who later joined the band in 1976, is a guest guitarist (again, not credited) on "Blues Without Blame".

Contents

The album consists of three blues-rock tracks recorded live, including lengthy jam-style "Love Shock" which lasts nearly 12 minutes and includes an extensive drum solo, and four studio tracks. The first song starts with the words "I'm going to play you some blues 'cos I know you like that", but some critics disagreed, criticising the album's songs as "generic white-boy blueisms". Unlike Miller's previous five albums, this album was a commercial failure. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Miller

Side one (live)
No.TitleLength
1."The Gangster Is Back"2:28
2."Blues Without Blame"5:41
3."Love Shock"11:43
Side two (studio)
No.TitleLength
1."Let Me Serve You"2:26
2."Rock Love"2:28
3."Harbor Lights"4:06
4."Deliverance"9:19
Total length:38:11

Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

YearChartPosition
1971The Billboard 20082

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References

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