Greatest Hits (Steely Dan album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Steely Dan
Released	November 30, 1978
Recorded	1972–77
Genre	Rock
Length	79:17
Label	ABC
Producer	Gary Katz
Steely Dan chronology

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 1978. It has sold over two million units in the U.S.

The double album includes tracks from the band's first six studio albums and includes a previously unreleased song, "Here at the Western World", which was recorded during the sessions for The Royal Scam but not included on that album.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	B–^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
The Great Rock Discography	9/10^[3]

Track listing[]

All songs by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Do It Again"	Can't Buy a Thrill (1972)	5:50
2.	"Reelin' In the Years"	Can't Buy a Thrill	4:35
3.	"My Old School"	Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)	5:45
4.	"Bodhisattva"	Countdown to Ecstasy	5:18

Side two
No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Show Biz Kids"	Countdown to Ecstasy	5:21
2.	"East St. Louis Toodle-oo" (Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley)	Pretzel Logic (1974)	2:46
3.	"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"	Pretzel Logic	4:34
4.	"Pretzel Logic"	Pretzel Logic	4:30
5.	"Any Major Dude"	Pretzel Logic	3:06

Side three
No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Here at the Western World"	Previously unreleased	4:00
2.	"Black Friday"	Katy Lied (1975)	3:39
3.	"Bad Sneakers"	Katy Lied	3:16
4.	"Doctor Wu"	Katy Lied	3:53
5.	"Haitian Divorce"	The Royal Scam (1976)	5:48

Side four
No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Kid Charlemagne"	The Royal Scam	4:38
2.	"The Fez" (Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin)	The Royal Scam	3:54
3.	"Peg"	Aja (1977)	3:54
4.	"Josie"	Aja	4:30

Charts[]

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard 200	30

References[]

^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
^ Strong, Martin Charles (2002). "Steely Dan". The Great Rock Discography. The National Academies. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.

[CG-1] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[2] Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.

[3] Strong, Martin Charles (2002). "Steely Dan". The Great Rock Discography. The National Academies. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.

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hide v t Steely Dan
Donald Fagen Walter Becker Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Denny Dias Jim Hodder David Palmer Royce Jones Michael McDonald Jeff Porcaro
Studio albums	Can't Buy a Thrill (1972) Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Pretzel Logic (1974) Katy Lied (1975) The Royal Scam (1976) Aja (1977) Gaucho (1980) Two Against Nature (2000) Everything Must Go (2003)
Live albums	Alive in America (1995) Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party (2000) Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan (2005)
Singles	"Dallas" "Do It Again" "Reelin' In the Years" "Show Biz Kids" "My Old School" "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" "Pretzel Logic" "Bad Sneakers" "Kid Charlemagne" "Peg" "Deacon Blues" "FM (No Static at All)" "Josie" "Hey Nineteen" "Cousin Dupree" "Janie Runaway"
Album tracks	"Aja" "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" "Dirty Work"
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1978) Steely Dan (1978) Gold (1982/91) A Decade of Steely Dan (1985) Reelin' In the Years (1987) Do It Again (1987) Citizen Steely Dan (1993) Then and Now (1993) Showbiz Kids (2000) The Definitive Collection (2006)
Related articles	Discography Gary Katz Roger Nichols
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