John Miles - More Miles Per Hour (1979)

“More Miles Per Hour” was the fourth solo album released by John Miles in 1979. Just like
For this album, Miles reunited with producer Alan Parsons and orchestral arranger Andrew Powell with whom he also collaborated on “Rebel”.
This album contains John Miles's best ever crowning achievement, in the track 'fella in the cellar', a beautiful piano ballad, with a stupendous arrangement and lyrics that are deep and heart wrenching. The emotion that goes into the melody and the multi parts to this song is literally breath taking. I am amazed every time I listen to this track.
The other epic track 'We all fall down' is also fantastic. A beautiful melody and excellent guitar riff make this ballad wonderful. The guitar solo at the end is one of his best ever and has a gentle, ambient quality.
They range from gutsy rock and roll (“can't keep a good man down”) is a nice slice of rock, with some cowbell and nice piano, to other beautiful ballads, “It's not called angel”, which just wins out on the melody alone, and the gorgeous 'oh dear', which is a brilliant ballad almost personified. Nice build up, emotional, melodic and atmospheric.
For the cover Miles wanted a picture of him as a pilot in front of a Concorde, but British Airports in London denied permission so Miles had to fly to New York to do the shoot.

Tracklist

01. "Satisfied" - 3:59
02. "It's Not Called Angel" - 5:08
03. "Bad Blood" - 4:16
04. "Fella in the Cellar" - 6:43
05. "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" - 3:48
06. "Oh Dear!" - 4:10
07. "C'est La Vie" - 4:27
08. "We All Fall Down" - 6:57

All Tracks written by Bob Marshall and John Miles

Credits
John Miles: Lead vocals, Keyboards, Guitar
Bob Marshall: Bass
Barry Black: Drums
Brian Chatton: Keyboards
Andrew Powell: Orchestral arrangements
Producer - Alan Parsons

Notes
Recorded: November 1978 – January 1979
Genre: Rock
Length: 50:03
Label: Decca Records