Steve Miller Band - The Best Of 1968-1973 [1990]

The Best of 1968-1973 is a solid collection that features many of the highlights from Steve Miller's first five years of recording, including "The Joker," "Living in the U.S.A.," "Space Cowboy," and "Gangster of Love." 

Steve Miller Band's The Best Of 1968-1973 is a reworking of the fantastic 1972 Anthology album, adding a few tracks from The Joker and deleting some older tracks while completely glossing over material from Rock Love and Recall The Beginning-Journey From Eden. I completely fail to see the purpose of this collection as both the original, and significantly better Anthology as well as Greatest Hits 1974-78 were reissued in 1990, the same year Capitol released this very redundant compilation. It would have made sense to add the additional tracks from The Joker ("Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma", "Sugar Babe", "Come On in my Kitchen" and "Evil") to the Greatest Hits 1974-78 collection and add "Song For Our Ancestors" and "Jackson Kent Blues" to Anthology. Of course this would leave behind both "Quicksilver Girl" and "Gangster of Love", both of which work much better within the context of their original album than on a compilation.

This compilation isn't as consistently thrilling as Greatest Hits 1974-1978, which also features "The Joker," and it's not as sharply assembled as 1972's Anthology, but it remains an adequate overview of Miller's early records, especially for fans only familiar with Greatest Hits. 

These early strikes saw Steve rise from blues-rocker to stadium filler. His first hits Living in the U.S.A.; Going to the Country, and the Joker join Space Cowboy; Gangster of Love; Seasons; My Dark Hour; Evil, and more early essentials plus bonus tracks!

1.  The Joker - 4:25 

2.  Living In The U.S.A. - 4:04 

3.  My Dark Hour - 3:09 

4.  Going To The Country - 3:13 

5.  Shu Ba Ba Du Ma Ma Ma - 5:40 

6.  Going To Mexico - 2:28 

7.  Come On In My Kitchen - 4:05 

8.  Evil - 4:36 

9.  Song For Our Ancestors - 6:00 

10.  Your Saving Grace - 4:50 

11.  Quicksilver Girl - 2:43 

12.  Seasons - 3:51 

13.  Space Cowboy - 4:57 

14.  Gangster Of Love - 1:15 

15.  Kow Kow - 4:27 

16.  Little Girl - 3:23 

17.  Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around - 2:30 

18.  Jackson-Kent-Blues - 7:18 

19.  Sugar Babe - 4:33 

Notes

Released: 1990 

Format:  CD, Compilation 

Genre:  Rock, Pop 

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Label:  EMI Records

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