Fly Like an Eagle (album)

Fly Like an Eagle
Studio album by
Steve Miller Band
ReleasedMay 15, 1976 (1976-05-15)[1]
Recorded1975–1976
StudioCBS, (San Francisco, California)
Genre
Length38:07
LabelCapitol
ProducerSteve Miller
Steve Miller Band chronology
The Joker
(1973) 		Fly Like an Eagle
(1976) 		Book of Dreams
(1977)
Singles from Fly Like an Eagle
  1. "Take the Money and Run"
    Released: April 26, 1976[4]
  2. "Rock'n Me"
    Released: August 1976 (US)[5]
  3. "Fly Like an Eagle"
    Released: August 13, 1976 (UK)[6]
  4. "Serenade"
    Released: January 28, 1977 (UK)[7]

Fly Like an Eagle is the ninth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band, released on May 14, 1976, by Capitol Records in the United States, Canada and Japan and Mercury Records in Europe.[citation needed] The album was a commercial success, spawning three hit singles: the title track, "Take the Money and Run" and "Rock'n Me", and eventually received a quadruple platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Fly Like an Eagle was voted number 400 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[8] In 2012, the album was ranked number 445 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time."[9] It remains a staple of rock, and its singles remain in constant rotation on classic rock radio stations in the United States and worldwide.

On the album's cover, Miller is posing with a black left-handed Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix had originally ordered, but Miller ended up claiming it from Manny's Music and re-strung it right-handed, as Hendrix had died after it was ordered. However, the guitar was stolen after the album's release.[10]

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  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. p. 90. ISBN 0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Steve Miller singles". DutchCharts.
  5. ^ "Steve Miller singles". DutchCharts.
  6. ^ "Steve Miller single". DutchChartss.
  7. ^ "Steve Miller singles". DutchCharts.
  8. ^ Colin Larkin (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 150. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
  9. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  10. ^ "Jimi Hendrix's 1970s Fender Stratocaster (Black, left-handed)". November 10, 2022.