FlashBack! - Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-78 (album stream)

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Friday, September 09, 2011

FlashBack! - Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-78 (album stream)

Greatest Hits 1974–78 is a compilation album by the Steve Miller Band released in November 1978. It has sold thirteen million copies in the United States and is ranked 37th on the Recording Industry Association of America list of best selling albums. It also achieved Diamond certification in Canada (1,000,000 units) in 2003.

Two singles that reached #1 are "The Joker" which topped the charts on January 12, 1974 and "Rock'n Me" on November 6, 1976. As a sign of the album-oriented rock times, all but one track came from their last two albums even though they had eleven studio albums at the time. A prior greatest hits album, 1972's Anthology, contained songs from the first five albums.

Track listing
"Swingtown" (Steve Miller, Chris McCarty) – 3:27
"Jungle Love" (Lonnie Turner, Greg Douglass) – 3:10
"Take the Money and Run" (Miller) – 2:50
"Rock'n Me" (Miller) – 3:05
"Serenade" (Miller, McCarty) – 3:10
"True Fine Love" (Miller) – 2:37
"The Stake" (David Denny) – 3:56
"The Joker" (Eddie Curtis, Ahmet Ertegün, Miller) – 3:36
"Fly Like an Eagle" (Miller) – 3:00
"Threshold" (Byron Allred, Miller) – 1:05
"Jet Airliner" (Paul Pena) – 3:33
"Dance, Dance, Dance" (Brenda Cooper, Jason Cooper, Miller) – 2:16
"Winter Time" (Miller) – 3:10
"Wild Mountain Honey" (Steve McCarty) – 4:50

"All selections published by Sailor Music, except "The Joker" by Sailor Music/Unichappel Music, Inc. and "Jet Airliner" by Sailor Music/No Thought Music."

Personnel
Steve Miller – synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, vocals, producer, compilation producer
David Denny – guitar, rhythm guitar
Greg Douglass – guitar, slide guitar
John McFee – dobro
Bob Glaub – bass guitar
Gerald Johnson – bass guitar
Lonnie Turner – bass guitar
Byron Allred – synthesizer, piano, keyboards
Joachim Jymm Young – Hammond organ
Dickie Thompson – organ, clavinet
Norton Buffalo – harmonica on tracks 7 & 13
John King – drums
Gary Mallaber – percussion, drums
Production
Roberta Ballard – production manager
Mike Fusaro – engineer
Jim Gaines – engineer, mixing
Gene Hicks – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
Steve Hoffman – remastering
Win Kutz – mixing assistant
Marcia McGovern – pre-production
John Palladino – executive producer
Jay Ranellucci – engineer, mixing

Artwork & Design
Kelly & Mouse - Cover Illustration & Design
Sam Shepard – cover lettering
David Stahl – photography
John Van Hamersveld – design

Popular culture
The 1996 film The Pompatus of Love took its name from a lyric in "The Joker".
"Fly Like an Eagle" is the theme song of the US Postal Service and the University of North Texas.
The seventh season of Everybody Loves Raymond plays "Jungle Love" over the opening credits.

Album Cover
The album cover features a hidden woman laying on her side within the negative space under the bust of the horse.

Links
http://www.stevemillerband.com
http://www.facebook.com/stevemillerband
http://twitter.com/SMBofficial
http://www.last.fm/music/Steve+Miller+Band