Italian X Rays

Italian X Rays is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released in November 1984, by Capitol Records. "Who Do You Love?" and "Out of the Night" were songs co-written by Steve Miller and Tim Davis. Tim Davis had been a co-founder of the Steve Miller Band and had been a drummer, singer and songwriter with the band during its first five albums, released between 1968 and 1970. As of 1984, Davis was suffering from the effects of diabetes, and died four years later.

Italian X Rays
Studio album by Steve Miller Band
Released	November 1984
Recorded	1984
Genre	Rock, new wave, synthpop
Length	37:19
Label	Capitol
Producer	Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band chronology
Steve Miller Band Live! (1983) Italian X Rays (1984) Living in the 20th Century (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Referring to "Out of the Night", Steve Miller wrote, in the liner notes to the Steve Miller Band Box Set (1994), "This is the last song I wrote with Tim Davis. Tim was dying at the time from diabetes and it had taken a terrible toll on him. But he never lost his good humor."[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Radio 1"	Byron Allred	0:37
2.	"Italian X Rays"	Steve Miller, Gary Mallaber	4:40
3.	"Daybreak"	Allred	2:38
4.	"Shangri-La"	Miller, Kenny Lee Lewis	5:04
5.	"Who Do You Love?"	Miller, Tim Davis	2:56
6.	"Harmony of the Spheres 1"	Allred	1:46
7.	"Radio 2"	Allred	0:35
8.	"Bongo Bongo"	Miller, Chris McCarty	3:12
9.	"Out of the Night"	Miller, Davis	3:46
10.	"Golden Opportunity"	Mallaber, Lewis	3:32
11.	"The Hollywood Dream"	Miller, Allred	3:51
12.	"One in a Million"	Miller	3:43
13.	"Harmony of the Spheres 2"	Allred	0:53

Personnel

• Steve Miller – vocals, guitar, Synclavier, keyboards
• Kenny Lee Lewis – bass guitar, guitar
• Norton Buffalo – harmonica
• Byron Allred – keyboards
• Gary Mallaber – drums, percussion

References

1. "Italian X-Rays - Steve Miller Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
3. Steve Miller, liner notes to Steve Miller Band: Box Set, 1994