Brave New World
by Steve Miller Band
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Steve Miller Band bestography
Brave New World is ranked 5th best out of 27 albums by Steve Miller Band on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Miller Band is Fly Like An Eagle which is ranked number 2203 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 749.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Brave New World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Brave New World rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 81 Music Albums of 1969 | 47/81 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AleJohnMari | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 43/100 | 55 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 48 Music Albums of 1969 | 42/48 | 1 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 97 Music Albums of 1969 | 65/97 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 57 Music Albums of 1969 | 16/57 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Wisconsin | 13/33 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | ExTeaSea | F2LF: Steve Miller Band | 2/14 | - |
| 2025 | ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 50/100 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 45 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 167 | |||
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Brave New World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/08/2026 00:06 | matterhornrider | 5,196 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2026 23:00 | Philly28 | 968 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/08/2025 20:49 | AAL2014 | 4,338 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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Brave New World forum mentions
UofTBlues 08/31/2021 11:42 in What album are you listening to right now?Brave New World comments
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Been a Steve Miller fan going back some forty years. This is my favorite. From the long time radio favorite Space Cowboy to the gorgeous Seasons, Miller takes all the musical trends of the time and makes them his own. Something he always excels at. Give it a listen!
It's not exactly the musical equivalent of the literary 'Brave New World', but this early SMB release (their 3rd) has some fun and interesting songs that hint at the future musical success the group would garner. Seasons and Space Cowboy are my favourites.
This album totally rocks. In my opinion it's his best release before he went totally commercial. Paul(McCartney) Ramon backround vocals on "My Dark Hour". Nicky Hopkins piano on "Kow Kow". (Edited)
A good band, a good album to start with-- and then you add several dashes of McCartney, and, well, you keep coming back to it for decades.
Jboy56 02/28/2023 13:10 | #294546 | TOP COMMENT
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THis album has some notable guitarwork from Miller. Strong songs and cohesion from the band,
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