Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden

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

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

^ Hal Horowitz. "Recall the Beginning... A Journey from Eden - Steve Miller Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
^ 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.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 27. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

[1] Hal Horowitz. "Recall the Beginning... A Journey from Eden - Steve Miller Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-07-30.

[CG-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.

[Larkin-4] Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 27. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

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Studio albums	Children of the Future Sailor Brave New World Your Saving Grace Number 5 Rock Love Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden The Joker Fly Like an Eagle Book of Dreams Circle of Love Abracadabra Italian X Rays Living in the 20th Century Born 2 B Blue (Steve Miller solo album) Wide River Bingo! Let Your Hair Down
Live albums	Live at the Fillmore Auditorium Steve Miller Band Live!
Compilations	Anthology Greatest Hits 1974–78 Living in the U.S.A. The Very Best of the Steve Miller Band Young Hearts Ultimate Hits
Singles	"The Joker" "Take the Money and Run" "Rock'n Me" "Fly Like an Eagle" "Jet Airliner" "Jungle Love" "Swingtown" "Abracadabra" "I Want to Make the World Turn Around"
Songs	"Mercury Blues" "You Send Me" "Gangster of Love" "Ooh Poo Pah Doo"
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