Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980

Showbiz Kids:
The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980
Showbiz Kids:; The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980
Compilation album by Steely Dan
Released	November 14, 2000
Recorded	1972-80
Genre	Rock
Length	2:38:24
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Steely Dan chronology

Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980 is a two-disc compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 2000. The exact same compilation (all tracks in the same sequence) was also in 2009 re-released in UK under the title The Very Best of Steely Dan.

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Track listing[]

All songs by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, unless otherwise noted.

Disc one[]

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Do It Again"	Can't Buy a Thrill, 1972	5:56
2.	"Dirty Work"	Can't Buy a Thrill	3:08
3.	"Reelin' in the Years"	Can't Buy a Thrill	4:37
4.	"Only a Fool Would Say That"	Can't Buy a Thrill	2:57
5.	"Change of the Guard"	Can't Buy a Thrill	3:39
6.	"Bodhisattva"	Countdown to Ecstasy, 1973	5:18
7.	"The Boston Rag"	Countdown to Ecstasy	5:40
8.	"Show Biz Kids"	Countdown to Ecstasy	5:26
9.	"My Old School"	Countdown to Ecstasy	5:46
10.	"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"	Pretzel Logic, 1974	4:32
11.	"Night by Night"	Pretzel Logic	3:40
12.	"Pretzel Logic"	Pretzel Logic	4:32
13.	"Any Major Dude Will Tell You"	Pretzel Logic	3:08
14.	"Black Friday"	Katy Lied, 1975	3:41
15.	"Bad Sneakers"	Katy Lied	3:21
16.	"Doctor Wu"	Katy Lied	3:55
17.	"Any World (That I'm Welcome To)"	Katy Lied	3:55
18.	"Chain Lightning"	Katy Lied	2:59

Disc two[]

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Kid Charlemagne"	The Royal Scam, 1976	4:38
2.	"Don't Take Me Alive"	The Royal Scam	4:16
3.	"Haitian Divorce"	The Royal Scam	5:51
4.	"The Fez" (Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin)	The Royal Scam	4:02
5.	"Here at the Western World"	Greatest Hits, 1978; originally recorded for The Royal Scam	4:01
6.	"Black Cow"	Aja, 1977	5:10
7.	"Aja" (Extended version)	Aja	8:00
8.	"Deacon Blues"	Aja	7:36
9.	"Peg"	Aja	4:00
10.	"Josie"	Aja	4:35
11.	"FM (No Static at All) (Remix)"	Citizen Steely Dan, 1993; originally from the FM soundtrack, 1978	5:06
12.	"Babylon Sisters"	Gaucho, 1980	5:49
13.	"Hey Nineteen"	Gaucho	5:07
14.	"Time Out of Mind"	Gaucho	4:12
15.	"Third World Man"	Gaucho	5:13

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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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