Sailor (album)
Sailor is the second studio album by American rock group Steve Miller Band, released in October 1968 by Capitol Records. It was recorded in Los Angeles, California,[1] and was produced by the band along with Glyn Johns. The album was the last Steve Miller Band album to feature contributions by original members Boz Scaggs and Jim Peterman.
| Sailor | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 1968[1] | |||
| Recorded | Los Angeles, California, 1968 | |||
| Genre | Rock[2] | |||
| Length | 34:22 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Steve Miller Band, Glyn Johns[1] | |||
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The album reached number 24 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[3] and number 27 in Canada.[4] It was voted number 353 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[5]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Rolling Stone | (positive)[7] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Song for Our Ancestors" | Steve Miller | 5:57 |
| 2. | "Dear Mary" | Miller | 3:35 |
| 3. | "My Friend" | Tim Davis, Boz Scaggs | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Living in the U.S.A." | Miller | 4:03 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Quicksilver Girl" | Miller | 2:40 |
| 2. | "Lucky Man" | Jim Peterman | 3:08 |
| 3. | "Gangster of Love" | Johnny "Guitar" Watson | 1:24 |
| 4. | "You're So Fine" | Jimmy Reed | 2:51 |
| 5. | "Overdrive" | Scaggs | 3:54 |
| 6. | "Dime-a-Dance Romance" | Scaggs | 3:26 |
References
- Brown, Ashley (1990). "Space Cowboy". The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated History of Popular Music. Vol. 11 (Reference ed.). Marshall Cavendish. p. 1225. ISBN 1-85435-026-9.
- Evans, Paul; Scoppa, Bud (2004). "Steve Miller Band". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 542–543. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- "The Steve Miller Band Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
- "Album chart". RPM. Retrieved June 3, 2012 – via Library and Archives Canada.
- Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 139. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
- Hanson, Amy (2010). "Steve Miller Band: Sailor – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- Dorn, Mike (November 23, 1968). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco, California.
- Larkin, Colin (2011). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
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Sailor (Album notes). Steve Miller Band. Capitol Records. 1969. ST-2984.
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