Steve Miller Fly Like An Eagle CD

Personnel: Steve Miller (vocals, guitar, sitar guitar); Curley Cooke (guitar); John McFee (dobro); Jachym Young (Hammond B-3 organ); Charles Calamise, Lonnie Turner (bass); Gary Mallaber (drums, percussion); Kenny Johnson (drums).
Recorded at C.B.S., San Francisco, California.
Personnel: Steve Miller (vocals, guitar, sitar, Roland organ); Lonnie Turner (bass); Gary Mallaber (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Curley Cooke (guitar); Les Dudek (slide guitar); Kenny Johnson (drums).
Recorded at C.B.S. Studios, San Francisco, California.
Digitally remastered by Steve Hoffman (February 1993).
This is a limited edition "Album Replica" CD of FLY LIKE AN EAGLE specially packaged to simulate the original LP design.
Personnel: Steve Miller (vocals, guitar, sitar guitar); Lonnie Turner (bass); Gary Mallaber (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Curley Cooke (guitar); John McFee (dobro); Jachym Young (Hammond B-3 organ); Charles Calamise (bass); Kenny Johnson (drums); James Cotton, Les Dudek.
Recorded at C.B.S. Studios, San Francisco, California.
Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg (Capitol Mastering, Los Angeles, California).
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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Miller forsook his love of the blues for this and its sister project Book Of Dreams. In turning to mainstream pop/rock he became a huge star and developed the knack of delivering high-quality three-minute songs that were perfect for FM radio.
The album is linked by Miller's fascination with electronic sounds, sandwiched between the irresistible title track, the Bonnie and Clyde tale of 'Take The Money And Run', the irritatingly simple 'Rock 'n' Me' and the subdued 'The Window', with its quirky lyric 'ask my baby what she wants to be, she says a monkey in a tree'. His baby replies 'there's nothing greater than love', true enough. After all, it was Miller who rhymed 'northern California' with 'girls are warm yeah'.
Miller forsook his love of the blues for this and its sister project Book Of Dreams. In turning to mainstream pop/rock he became a huge star and developed the knack of delivering high-quality three-minute songs that were perfect for FM radio. The album is linked by Miller's fascination with electronic sounds, sandwiched between the irresistible title track, the Bonnie and Clyde tale of 'Take The Money And Run', the irritatingly simple 'Rock 'n' Me' and the subdued 'The Window', with its quirky lyric 'ask my baby what she wants to be, she says a monkey in a tree'. His baby replies 'there's nothing greater than love', true enough. After all, it was Miller who rhymed 'northern California' with 'girls are warm yeah'.
Miller forsook his love of the blues for this and its sister project Book Of Dreams. In turning to mainstream pop/rock he became a huge star and developed the knack of delivering high-quality three-minute songs that were perfect for AM radio. The album isRolling Stone (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "FLY LIKE AN EAGLE...found him combining indelible riffs, sly, catchy tunes and danceable grooves into songs that still light up rock radio."
Uncut (p.90) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Today, FLY... sounds as set in stone as DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. What's surprising is that it seems every bit as artful, too."