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Track Listing
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. Window, The
Album Notes
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.
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'.
Industry Reviews
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.
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.
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