Name: Ultimate Hits [2 LP]
Brand: Capitol
SKU: 153828119
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Ultimate Hits [2 LP]

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Album: Ultimate Hits [2 LP]
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Harmony of the Spheres 2	More Info...
2)	Steve Miller Age 5 Talking to His Godfather Les Paul	More Info...
3)	Take the Money and Run	More Info...
4)	Rock'n Me	More Info...
5)	The Stake	More Info...
6)	Threshold	More Info...
7)	Jet Airliner	More Info...
8)	The Joker	More Info...
9)	Abracadabra	More Info...
10)	Jungle Love	More Info...
11)	Swingtown	More Info...
12)	Dance, Dance, Dance	More Info...
13)	Serenade from the Stars	More Info...
14)	Space Intro	More Info...
15)	Fly Like an Eagle	More Info...
16)	Wild Mountain Honey	More Info...
17)	Living in the U.S.A	More Info...
18)	Space Cowboy	More Info...
19)	Seasons	More Info...
20)	I Want to Make the World Turn Around	More Info...
21)	Wintertime	More Info...
22)	The Window	More Info...

Album: Ultimate Hits [2 LP]
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Harmony of the Spheres 2	More Info...
2)	Steve Miller Age 5 Talking to His Godfather Les Paul	More Info...
3)	Take the Money and Run	More Info...
4)	Rock'n Me	More Info...
5)	The Stake	More Info...
6)	Threshold	More Info...
7)	Jet Airliner	More Info...
8)	The Joker	More Info...
9)	Abracadabra	More Info...
10)	Jungle Love	More Info...
11)	Swingtown	More Info...
12)	Dance, Dance, Dance	More Info...
13)	Serenade from the Stars	More Info...
14)	Space Intro	More Info...
15)	Fly Like an Eagle	More Info...
16)	Wild Mountain Honey	More Info...
17)	Living in the U.S.A	More Info...
18)	Space Cowboy	More Info...
19)	Seasons	More Info...
20)	I Want to Make the World Turn Around	More Info...
21)	Wintertime	More Info...
22)	The Window	More Info...

Performer Notes

Ultimate Hits may be something of a misnomer for the title of this 2017 compilation. In either its single CD or double-disc incarnation, Ultimate Hits contains the biggest songs from the Steve Miller Band, but they're surrounded by cuts that can't be classified as hits or even singles. This is especially true of the flagship double-disc, which opens up with an old recording of Steve Miller meeting Les Paul as a child -- a snippet that first surfaced on 1994's triple-disc box set Steve Miller Band -- followed by a live cut where Miller recounts the story for the crowd. Such sequencing suggests that Miller is more concerned with telling a narrative than presenting the nonstop party that the title Ultimate Hits suggests, and the first disc proves that to be true, offering an early airing of "The Joker" as a concession before unleashing a lot of latter-day live performances, including the only airing of the classic "Living in the U.S.A." Hits start to roll out toward the end of the first disc and carry through until halfway through the second, when the record shifts into second gear to close out the set. Several singles are absent -- "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash," "Macho City," "Wide River," "Ya Ya," "Circle of Love," "Cool Magic" among them -- which underscores that this Ultimate Hits is more of a career overview than a clearinghouse of familiar tunes. Listeners looking for just the hits should turn to 2003's Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits -- and, if they're all right with missing "Abracadabra," the 1978 LP Greatest Hits 1974-78 is the perfect distillation of Miller's prime -- because even in its single-disc incarnation, Ultimate Hits is too idiosyncratic for a casual fan. Instead, it's for the listener who is a serious Steve Miller Band fan but doesn't want to dig into the albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine