Often called "Rock Bottom" by
Miller's fans,
Rock Love did hale to help rebound
Miller's sagging career at the time. Consisting of
Miller and a couple of hired hands, this part live, part studio effort had no hits on it and was generally panned by critics. Time has not made their words sound any kinder for
Rock Love neither rocks nor shows any sort of love within the course of seven tunes. While the title cut is slight, but catchy, not much else abounds here to recommend listening more than once. The only way was up for
the Steve Miller Band after this sad excuse for an album by, what some deemed a major rock artist.
–
James Chrispell, Rovi