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Fly Like an Eagle is the ninth studio album by the Steve Miller Band and is their best selling original album having gone 4x Platinum in the United States. It was released in 1976.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 450 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
In 2006 the album was re-released to celebrate its 30th Anniversary. The CD is digitally remastered and includes three bonus tracks and a bonus DVD features a concert performance at Mountain View, California's Shoreline Amphitheater in 2005 with over two hours of music in 5.1 Surround Sound. Guest musicians include George Thorogood and Joe Satriani. The DVD also features a lengthy interview with Steve Miller, archive footage, never-before-seen photographs, and early demo recordings.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side 1
- "Space Intro" (Steve Miller, Ben Sidran) – 1:15
- "Fly Like an Eagle" (Miller) – 4:42
- "Wild Mountain Honey" (Steve McCarty) – 4:51
- "Serenade" (Miller, Chris McCarty) – 3:13
- "Dance, Dance, Dance" (Miller) – 2:18
- "Mercury Blues" (K. C. Douglas) – 3:30
[edit] Side 2
- "Take the Money and Run" (Miller) – 2:50
- "Rock'n Me" (Miller) – 3:05
- "You Send Me" (Sam Cooke) – 2:42
- "Blue Odyssey" (Miller) – 1:00
- "Sweet Maree" (Miller) – 4:16
- "The Window" (Miller, Jason Cooper) – 4:19
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Steve Miller Band
[edit] Special Guests
- James Cotton – harmonica on tracks 10 & 11
- Kenny Johnson – drums on track 12
- Charles Calamise – bass on track 12
- Curley Cooke – guitar on track 12
- Les Dudek – guitar on track 12
- John McFee – dobro on track 5
- Joachim Young – B 3 organ on tracks 2 & 12
[edit] Production
- Engineers – Mike Fusaro, Jim Gains, Win Kutz
- Produced by Steve Miller
- Executive Producer – John Palladino
- Photography – Susan McCardle, David Stahl
[edit] Other versions
- The Spanish rock group M-Clan made a version of the song "Serenade" called "Llamando a la Tierra" (Calling the Earth). The version appears three times on two different albums: Usar y tirar and Sin enchufe. On the first album, there's a version in Spanish and another one with the original lyrics. On Sin enchufe ("Unplugged") an acoustic cover of "Serenade" with guitar solos can be heard.
- The American rock band Killdozer recorded an amusing heavy metal cover of "Take The Money And Run" for their all-covers 1989 album "For Ladies Only".
[edit] See also
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