Wide River

{{Infobox album

| name = Wide River

| type = studio

| artist = Steve Miller Band

| cover = Wideriver.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 8, 1993

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length = 53:08

| label = Sailor/Polydor

| producer = Steve Miller

| prev_title = The Very Best of the Steve Miller Band

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Bingo!

| next_year = 2010

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/wide-river-mw0000097811|title=Wide River - Steve Miller Band - Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic|accessdate=11 September 2017}}

| rev3 = Rolling Stone

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stevemillerband/albums/album/133756/review/5946355/wide_river |title=Steve Miller Band: Wide River : Music Reviews |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=2007-08-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002121352/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stevemillerband/albums/album/133756/review/5946355/wide_river |archivedate=2007-10-02 }}

| rev4 = The Village Voice

| rev4Score = C{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=November 23, 1993|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ts93-93.php|title=Turkey Shoot|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|accessdate=July 5, 2013}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

}}

Wide River is the fifteenth album by American rock band the Steve Miller Band, released in 1993. The title track was their last Billboard Hot 100 single, peaking at No. 64. It is their last album of original material to date, and would also be their last studio album until Bingo! in 2010. {{As of|2010}}, sales in the United States have exceeded 258,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rOA5W_BoYGIC&dq=sigur+ros+albums+sales&pg=RA7-PA32|title=Billboard|work=Billboard|date=3 April 2010|accessdate=11 September 2017|via=Google Books}} It was re-released on vinyl by Sailor Records in 2016. In addition, May 24, 2019, saw the re-release again of Wide River on exclusive translucent light blue vinyl, by UMe Label, and on black vinyl.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Wide River

| writer1 = Chris McCarty, Steve Miller

| length1 = 4:00

| title2 = Midnight Train

| writer2 = McCarty, Miller, Kenny Lee Lewis

| length2 = 4:20

| title3 = Blue Eyes

| writer3 = Miller, Les Dudek, Rocket Richotte

| length3 = 5:10

| title4 = Lost in Your Eyes

| writer4 = Leo Sidran

| length4 = 3:47

| title5 = Perfect World

| writer5 = Sidran

| length5 = 5:30

| title6 = Horse and Rider

| writer6 = McCarty, Miller

| length6 = 4:10

| title7 = Circle of Fire

| writer7 = David Denny

| length7 = 3:46

| title8 = Conversation

| writer8 = Sidran, Miller

| length8 = 4:11

| title9 = Cry Cry Cry

| writer9 = Miller

| length9 = 4:19

| title10 = Stranger Blues

| writer10 = Elmore James, Bobby Robinson

| length10 = 4:30

| title11 = Walks Like a Lady

| writer11 = Sidran, Miller

| length11 = 3:58

| title12 = All Your Love (I Miss Loving)

| writer12 = Otis Rush

| length12 = 5:17

}}

Personnel

  • Steve Miller – vocals, guitar, producer, mixing
  • Billy Peterson – bass guitar, piano
  • Gordy Knutson – drums, percussion
  • Bob Mallach – saxophone
  • Norton Buffalo – harmonica

Additional personnel

Production

  • Steve Wiese – recording engineer, mixing
  • Rick Fisher – recording engineer

Charts

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|+Chart performance for Wide River

!scope="col"|Chart (1993)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{album chart|Germany4|81|id=31100|artist=Steve Miller Band|album=Wide River|rowheader=true|access-date=April 7, 2025}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|85|artist=The Steve Miller Band|rowheader=true|access-date=April 7, 2025}}

Notes

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{{Steve Miller Band}}

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Category:Steve Miller Band albums

Category:1993 albums

Category:Polydor Records albums