Fly Like an Eagle

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Fly Like an Eagle
Studio album by Steve Miller Band
Released	May 1976
Recorded	1975
Genre	Rock
Length	38:07
Label	Capitol Records
Producer	Steve Miller
Professional reviews
All Music Guide: link Rolling Stone (favorable) link
Steve Miller Band chronology
Living in the U.S.A (1973) Fly Like an Eagle (1976) Book of Dreams (1977)

Fly Like an Eagle is the ninth studio album by the Steve Miller Band and is their best selling album. 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 3 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

1. "Space Intro" (Miller/Sidran) - 1:14
2. "Fly Like an Eagle" (Miller) - 4:50
3. "Wild Mountain Honey" (McCarty) - 4:51
4. "Serenade" (Miller/McCarty) - 3:13
5. "Dance, Dance, Dance" (Miller) - 2:18
6. "Mercury Blues" (Douglas) - 3:30
7. "Take the Money and Run" (Miller) - 2:52
8. "Rock'n Me" (Miller) - 3:09
9. "You Send Me" (Cooke) - 2:42
10. "Blue Odyssey" (Miller) - 0:53
11. "Sweet Maree" (Miller) - 4:04
12. "The Window" (Miller/Cooper) - 4:20

[edit] Personnel

• Steve Miller - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Sitar
• Gary Mallaber - Drums, Percussion
• Lonnie Turner - Bass

• 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

• Engineers - Mike Fusaro, Jim Gains, Win Kutz
• Produced by Steve Miller
• Executive Producer - John Paladino
• Photography - Susan McCardle, David Stahl

[edit] Versions

Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines. The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.

• The song "Mercury Blues" was also done by Alan Jackson in 1993.
• The Spanish rock group M-Clan made a well-known version of the song "Serenade" called "Llamando a la Tierra" (Calling the Earth). The version appears three times in 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 great guitar solos can be heard. Although it is not theirs, it is one of the most popular songs of the group.

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