Greatest Hits 1974-78 by The Steve Miller Band (Vinyl record album review)

Record basics

Album name: Greatest Hits 1974-78

Group name: The Steve Miller Band

Year: 1978

Number of discs: one

Label: Capitol Records

Collection: Selman

Distinguishing characteristics: hole drilled through top right

Buy it:

Amazon (Vinyl): $20.98

Amazon (CD): $4.99

My review

Level of familiarity before listening

When I first picked this one out of the box, I was confused for a moment, since I thought that Steve Miller only ever recorded one song, The Joker. But then I was reminded of Take The Money And Run and Fly Like An Eagle.

What I expected

Bluesy, poppy stadium rock.

What it was actually like

There was more of a hard rock influence than I anticipated, and Dance, Dance, Dance was pretty country (and I almost though that Winter Time was going to be California Dreamin’).

Besides the songs I knew that I knew, I also knew Swingtown and Rock N’Me. Fly Like An Eagle was much more funk than I remember, and Threshold may or may not have been the same song as Rock N’Me.

Grade

4/5: would listen again