Sailor
by Steve Miller Band
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Steve Miller Band bestography
Sailor is ranked 3rd best out of 27 albums by Steve Miller Band on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Miller Band is Fly Like An Eagle which is ranked number 2182 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 758.
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Sailor track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/17/2026 23:00 | Philly28 | 952 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 19:49 | matterhornrider | 5,110 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2026 14:33 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/08/2025 04:06 |  AAL2014 | 4,107 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2024 11:18 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,396 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Not a fan of the frat-rock period, but this was a great band for a couple of years, and an anomaly-- a San Francisco band dabbling in psychedelia, which could get and stay in tune.
Considering that this album was released in 68 it sounds way ahead of its time, particularly the opener with a fog horn blending with an organ which gradually allows the first track, a classic, to develop. The whole album flows superbly with no weak filler tracks. Song For Our Ancestors, Gangster of Love, Quicksilver Girl and Livin in the USA are favourites.
RoundTheBend 02/27/2016 21:19 | #160902 | TOP COMMENT
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Song For Our Ancestors, Living In The U.s.a., Quicksilver Girl, Gangster Of Love are all solid songs for me. I love how all these unique sounds are on this record. The fog horn, the harmonica/organ, the mellow quicksilver girl, and motatin' Gangster of Love.
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