Bingo! (album)

{{Infobox album|

| name = Bingo!

| type = studio

| artist = Steve Miller Band

| cover = Bingo!.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 15, 2010

| recorded = 2008–2009

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, blues rock

| length = 32:04

| label = Roadrunner, Loud & Proud

| producer = Steve Miller, Andy Johns

| prev_title = Wide River

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Let Your Hair Down

| next_year = 2011

}}

Bingo! is the sixteenth studio album by the Steve Miller Band. The album was released on June 15, 2010, by Roadrunner Records and Loud & Proud.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Bingo-Steve-Miller-Band/dp/B003GE69IO |title=Bingo!: The Steve Miller Band: Music |website=Amazon |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16}}

The album is the first studio release by the band since 1993's Wide River. It was recorded alongside a second album which was released 10 months later.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958781/steve-miller-band-mines-the-blues-for-bingo |title=Steve Miller Band Mines The Blues For 'Bingo!' |publisher=Billboard.com |date=2010-03-31 |accessdate=2012-01-16}} The album is dedicated in memory of Norton Buffalo, who died on October 30, 2009. The first single, "Hey Yeah", was available to stream online in April 2010 and available to purchase on May 18, 2010.

Background and production

The album was recorded, beginning in 2008, at Skywalker Studios, the studio owned by filmmaker George Lucas and was produced by Miller and Andy Johns.{{cite web|url=http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/april/02The_Steve_Miller_Band_Loud_and_Proud_Bingo.shtml |title=The Steve Miller Band Loud and Proud Bingo – Steve Miller News @ |publisher=Antimusic.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16}}

The album features cover versions of songs by artists such as B.B. King, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy Reed, and Jimmie Vaughan.

Miller said of the album, "This is a party record, man. It's about getting up and getting ready to dance. It's like the fraternity party gigs I used to play in college. I went through and picked all my favorite tunes that I really, really loved. I wanted to make this record forever; it started off as just kind of a goof, and then it got real serious."

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Thom |last=Jurek |title=Review: Bingo! |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1804109|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=16 June 2010}}

| rev2 = Mojo Radio

| rev2Score = (8.7/10){{cite web |first=Rustyn |last=Rose |title=Review: Bingo! |url=http://mojoradio.us/cd-review-steve-miller-band-bingo/ |publisher=Mojo Radio |accessdate=19 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017091221/http://mojoradio.us/cd-review-steve-miller-band-bingo/ |archivedate=17 October 2010 }}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|title=BINGO! |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/17385/116964 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616232722/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/17385/116964 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2010 |publisher=Rolling Stone |accessdate=22 June 2010}}}}