Fly Like an Eagle

Steve Miller Band

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1976
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002UBB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  DVD Audio  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,504 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Tutored at a young age by no less than guitar whiz Les Paul and blues legend T-Bone Walker, Steve Miller's life seemed destined to be dominated by music. Still, Miller's evolution from 1960s white-boy Chicago blues journeyman to '70s Top 40 hit machine was meteoric. Building on the success of his mainstream breakthrough The Joker, Miller's mastery of the indelibly catchy pop song yielded not only the radio-staple title track (since successfully revived by Seal), but an almost embarrassing wealth of other deceptively simple, hook-laden songs (including the standout "Wild Mountain Honey" as well as the hit singles "Take the Money and Run" and "Rock'n Me") to make Eagle play more like a greatest hits album than a standard collection of songs. This is Miller at his '76 pop-perfectionist peak, and one of the decade's most enduring surprises. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars DTS version is very good, but with some strange flaws..., September 20, 2001

By	Gregory J. Bendokus (Lansford, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fly Like an Eagle (DVD-Audio DTS Surround Sound) (DVD Audio)

We all know that this is a classic album, but how does the 5.1 mix hold up? Well, to start off with, my biggest gripe is that 'Space Intro', the original opening track, is NOT EVEN ON THIS CD! You hear a few seconds of it, then the title track starts. On top of that, the title track is the short version! When I pay ($) for a newly remastered album, I want the orignal album - Is that too much to ask?!?!

As far as the mix, the sound quality is very good and the mix is clean and spatious, but the rear channels have an incredible amount of hiss as times, the only time I've ever heard this on a DTS disc.

In summary, if you like the album, you'll like this, but let the buyer beware. Recommended with some strong reservations...

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fly Like An Eagle (DTS Surrond Sound), July 1, 2004

By	Scott kupitz (Mount Prospect, il USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fly Like an Eagle (DVD-Audio DTS Surround Sound) (DVD Audio)

I should've paid more attention to the other comments concerning the deletion of the song, "Intro" before the song Fly Like An Eagle.

Do the people who made this DTS Surrond CD fall asleep when the disc was being mastered? To leave out the song "Intro" shows they don't care about the product and probably never listened to the complete version which has the song "Intro."

Anyone who purchased the disc should get their money back or if they ever redo the disc please include "Intro" and send us a free copy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most DVD-Audio discs listed are DTS-CD, August 20, 2007

By	Practical Music (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fly Like an Eagle (DVD-Audio DTS Surround Sound) (DVD Audio)

The album is obvious a classic this review is for the DVD-Audio that sellers are listing item as. I purchased two they were both DTS-CD don't get me wrong it still sounds good but if you want a DVD-Audio disc ask before you purchase. On DTS-CD "Space Intro" was left out what were they thinking?