Album · Steve Miller Band
Sailor by Steve Miller Band
Sailor is an album by Steve Miller Band, released in 1968. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 12 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Living In The U.S.A.”, on 12 lists with a best position of #119.
Sailor, the Steve Miller Band's second album, came out on Capitol, cut in Los Angeles and produced by the band with Glyn Johns. The group had formed in San Francisco in 1966, with Miller leading on guitar and lead vocals, and they'd recorded their debut, Children of the Future, in February 1968. Sailor was the last record with two of the original members, Boz Scaggs and Jim Peterman, so it catches this outfit at the end of its first chapter.
What you get is blues rock with the psychedelic haze of the Bay Area still clinging to it, loose and rangy and in no great hurry, before Miller got a knack for the radio hooks that came later. "Living In The U.S.A." is the one that turned up on the countdowns, and Brave New World was next up.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Sailor on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Living In The U.S.A. | 12 | #119 | – | 1982–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.