''Million Mile Reflections'' is the tenth studio album by

Charlie Daniels Charles Edward Daniels (October 28, 1936 – July 6, 2020) was an American singer, musician, and songwriter. His music fused rock, country, blues and jazz, and was a pioneering contribution to Southern rock and progressive country. He was ...

and the seventh as

the Charlie Daniels Band Charles Edward Daniels (October 28, 1936 – July 6, 2020) was an American singer, musician, and songwriter. His music fused rock, country, blues and jazz, and was a pioneering contribution to Southern rock and progressive country. He was ...

, released on April 20, 1979. It is best known for the hit single "

The Devil Went Down to Georgia "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a song written and recorded by American music group Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979 album '' Million Mile Reflections''. The song is written in the key of D minor. Although uncredited, Vassar ...

". The title refers to the band having passed the million mile mark in its touring. The song "Reflections" is a tribute to

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, and

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. Daniels dedicated the album to Van Zant, who was killed in the CV-240 plane crash on October 20, 1977. ''Million Mile Reflections'' emerged as the band's most commercially successful album, achieving triple-platinum certification in the US and reaching the position of number five on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart. It also reached number one on the

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chart.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote that Daniels's "lyrics sometimes seem awkward ndout of synch." ''

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'' said of the single "Behind Your Eyes" that "the hit-bound ballad features shimmering keyboards and a lyrical guitar run."

Track listing

All songs composed by the Charlie Daniels Band (

, Tom Crain, Taz DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward & James W. Marshall), except where indicated: # "Passing Lane" - 3:17 # "Blue Star" - 3:40 # "Jitterbug" (Daniels, Crain, DiGregorio, Edwards, Hayward, Don Murray) - 3:11 # "Behind Your Eyes" (John Boylan) - 3:56 # "Reflections" - 5:26 # "

" - 3:34 # "

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" (Daniels) - 3:10 # "Blind Man" (Crain) - 3:46 # "Rainbow Ride" - 7:24 The 8-track tape running order (Epic JEA 35751) differs from the original LP, as follows: Program 1: Passing Lane - Blue Star - Jitterbug Program 2: Reflections - The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Behind Your Eyes (Part 1) Program 3: Behind Your Eyes (Concl) - Mississippi - Blind Man Program 4: Rainbow Ride - The Devil Went Down To Georgia (Reprise)* *"The Devil Went Down To Georgia (Reprise)" is a shorter version of "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" evidenced only by an earlier fade, likely to best program the 8-track tape to minimize a lengthy silent portion of Program 4 and minimize splitting more than one track over the four programs.

Personnel

The Charlie Daniels Band: *

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fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

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s *Tom Crain - guitar, vocals * "Taz" DiGregorio - keyboards, vocals *Fred Edwards -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

*Charles Hayward -

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*James W. Marshall - drums, percussion Additional personnel: *Bergen White - string arrangements on tracks 5 and 7 *Lea Jane Singers - background vocals on tracks 3 and 5 *Terry Mead - trumpet on "Jitterbug" ;Production *Producer: John Boylan *Engineer: Paul Grupp *Assistant (recording): Steve Goostree *Mixed at Westlake Sound, Los Angeles, Ca. *Assistants (mixing): Dave Rideau, Erik Zobler *Production supervisor: Joseph E. Sullivan *Cover illustration: Bill Myers *Cover design: Virginia Team - Wm. J. Johnson

Catalog number

*Original LP Catalog Number:

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JE 35751 *CD Catalog Number:

EK 35751

Charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1979 albums Epic Records albums Charlie Daniels albums Albums produced by John Boylan (record producer)