Which Steve Miller album made it on Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Albums?

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Fly Like an Eagle is the Steve Miller album that appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Released in 1976, it was the Steve Miller Band's ninth studio album and marked the group's breakthrough into polished, radio-friendly rock.

The album produced three major singles: the title track, "Take the Money and Run," and "Rock'n Me." Its sound blended blues-rock guitar with synthesizers, spacey production, and concise pop songwriting. The title song's repeated "time keeps on slippin'" refrain became one of the band's signature musical moments.

Rolling Stone ranked Fly Like an Eagle at No. 445 in its 2012 edition of the list. A common mix-up is confusing it with Book of Dreams, the band's similarly successful 1977 follow-up. The two albums were recorded during closely related sessions, and both contain familiar Steve Miller hits, but Fly Like an Eagle is the album associated with this Rolling Stone ranking.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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