Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle

RARE/2HAND VINYL LP ON MERCURY 1976

Mercury 6303 926 made in UK.

Vinyl NM. Cover VG+.

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.

Tracklist

Space Intro     1:15
Fly Like An Eagle     4:42
Wild Mountain Honey     4:50
Serenade     3:10
Dance, Dance, Dance     2:16
Mercury Blues     3:43
Take The Money And Run     2:48
Rock 'N Me     3:05
You Send Me     2:40
Blue Odyssey     1:00
Sweet Maree     4:16
The Window     4:19