Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams

24 bit digitally remastered 1998 reissue on Eagle of theirsmash album that reached #2 when first released on Capitolin 1977. Contains the original cover art, new sleeve notes &all 12 tracks, including the top 10 hit 'Jet Airliner', thetop 20 'Swingtown' a Album Description

a classic steve miller album

I would say that next to "Fly like an Eagle" this is the Steve Miller Bands best album. Every song is good and several became big radio hits in the late 70's. I never tire of listening to this album and anyone who is a true fan of this group should own this CD. Although steve miller had other songs on later albums that also received Radio attention, "Fly like an Eagle and "Book of Dreams" were definately the high point of his creative powers. Aside from the Joker, these two albums are a must for any collection. It was groups like this that made the late 70's and early 80's a special time for music. October 2, 2008

Not Like I Remember But Still Listenable

I really liked this album when it came out in the seventies. It is well produced but today sounds dated. One thing that hasn't changed for me though is the fact that Steve Miller's lyrics sound as silly today as they did thirty years. A must though for Steve Miller fans. September 16, 2008

Etherial

I remember when this album came out. I was working in a furniture store and when not assembling was delivering all sorts of chairs and tables and so on. I still remember a drive we made in the delivery van that took us on the road for a couple hours. We listened to this album in its entirety. It was great road music and cemented my memory of that summer.

As I comb through my LP collection and burn CDs that then get dumped into my iPod, I sometimes find that I am missing music that for one reason or another, I never had, or perhaps had on (gasp) 8-track or cassette tape. It would have to be a pretty hard-to-find album for me to justify plugging in the tape machine and burning to CD, not to mention "settling" for a lower-quality result.

My personal standard for buying CDs is to avoid buying any that I have in good condition on LP. If the LP is damaged or the recording is new, I will go for the CD. The other exception to the "rule" is for offerings that contain substantial or in some other way "must have" content not present on the LP.

This album easily qualified for purchase on CD since I had no copy of it to begin with. I bought it along with "Fly Like an Eagle" and "The Joker", seeking to complete my collection of essential Steve Miller Band recordings.

Clearly there are other works that reach deeper into the past and touch the present but for me these albums, and this one in particular hold the essence of what Steve Miller is about.

All the radio hits are here (Jet Airliner, Swingtown, True Fine Love, Jungle Love). Some of them perhaps overplayed but still good to hear. Then there are the less often heard gems like "Winter Time", Wish Upon a Star" and "Sacrifice") that speak to a different side of Steve Miller. It was as much for these tunes that I wanted this album as any of the more well known tracks. August 26, 2008

studio Miller

While live Steve Miller is a LOT better in my opinion (because of his willingness to experiment with creative ways to alter many of his songs) this is still a pretty decent album in its own right.

"Swingtown" and "The Stake" are the highlights for me, with the dreaminess of the former and the Joe Walsh-like guitar playing of the latter. "True Fine Love" is a good vocal melody track, and "Jungle Love "deserved to be a major hit because of its immediately likeable pop sound.

The only bad song is "Jet Airliner" which features a verse melody that drags clumsily (and rather annoyingly too). Steve Miller never had a perfect album though, but this is probably the best of his popular mid to late 70's period. May 10, 2008

Book of Dreams

ESSENTIAL ALBUM!!! It's a hard choice between this album & Fly Like an Eagle as to which one is best. They are so similar it's hard to distinguish them. Steve Miller actually recorded both albums at the same time which explains their similarity. Great songs on this album include "Winter Time", "Swingtown" & "Jet Airliner".

Steve Miller found his commercial voice with these two albums & exploded on the charts. It was a complete change from his previous efforts & his later efforts, though in a somewhat similar vein, didn't measure up to these two albums. Unless you're a committed Steve Miller fan you really don't need to go beyond these two albums. February 18, 2008

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