Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976) [2006, CD + DVD 30th Anniversary Ed.]

Steve Miller had started to essay his classic sound with The Joker, but 1976's Fly Like an Eagle is where he took flight, creating his definitive slice of space blues. The key is focus, even on an album as stylishly, self-consciously trippy as this, since the focus brings about his strongest set of songs (both originals and covers), plus a detailed atmospheric production where everything fits. It still can sound fairly dated – those whooshing keyboards and cavernous echoes are certainly of their time – but its essence hasn't aged, as "Fly Like an Eagle" drifts like a cool breeze, while "Take the Money and Run" and "Rock 'n Me" are fiendishly hooky, friendly rockers. The rest of the album may not be quite up to those standards, but there aren't any duds, either, as "Wild Mountain Honey" and "Mercury Blues" give this a comfortable backdrop, thanks to Miller's offhand, lazy charm. Though it may not quite transcend its time, it certainly is an album rock landmark of the mid-'70s and its best moments (namely, the aforementioned singles) are classics of the idiom.

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic

Tracklist CD:

01. Space Intro 1:14
02. Fly Like An Eagle 4:46
03. Wild Mountain Honey 4:53
04. Serenade 3:14
05. Dance, Dance, Dance 2:19
06. Mercury Blues 3:44
07. Take The Money And Run 2:51
08. Rock'n Me 3:09
09. You Send Me 2:43
10. Blue Odyssey 0:53
11. Sweet Maree 4:20
12. The Window 4:20

Bonus Tracks (Original Demos):
13. Fly Like An Eagle '73 4:33
14. Take The Joker And Run 3:43
15. Rock'n Me '76 Slow 4:22




Tracklist DVD:

1. Thirty Years Rock’n – documentary 29:47 min.
2. Live At Shoreline Amphitheatre – 130 min.
September 17, 2005
01.Swingtown
02.Fine True Love
03.Abracadabra
04.Dance Dance Dance
05.Wild Mountain Honey
06.Nature Boy
07.Mercury Blues
08.The Stake
09.Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma
10.I love The Life I Live
11.Got Love If You Want It
12.Gangsters Of Love
13.All Your Love
14.I Am Tore Down
15.Slow Blue
16.Crossroads
17.Fly Like An Eagle
18.Take The Money And
19.Rock"n Me
20.Jungle Love
21.The Joke
22.Serenade

3. Fly Like An Eagle (Audio) – 37:31 min.
In 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
1. Space Intro
2. Fly Like An Eagle
3. Wild Mountain Honey
4. Serenade
5. Dance, Dance, Dance
6. Mercury Blues
7. Take The Money And Run
8. Rock'n Me
9. You Send Me
10. Blue Odyssey
11. Sweet Maree
12. The Window






All thanks go to the original releasers