A Decade of Steely Dan | |
Type: | Compilation |
Artist: | Steely Dan |
Cover: | A_Decade_of_Steely_Dan.jpg |
Released: | August 1985 |
Recorded: | 1972–80 |
Genre: | Jazz fusion, soft rock, pop rock |
Length: | 66:26 |
Label: | MCA |
Producer: | Walter Becker, Donald Fagen |
Prev Title: | Gold |
Prev Year: | 1982 |
Next Year: | 1987 |
A Decade of Steely Dan is a compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 1985. It was the band's first compilation specifically for the compact disc market, and was certified a gold record by the RIAA.[1]
The album acts as a de facto singles package, including every Top 40 hit enjoyed by the band prior to its release with the exceptions of "Josie" from 1978 and "Time Out of Mind" from 1981. The remaining six tracks include two additional charting singles "My Old School" and 'Kid Charlemagne," a cover of Duke Ellington's "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" which had been issued as a promotional single and "Bad Sneakers" which missed the Billboard Hot 100 as a single, and two album tracks, "Bodhisattva" and "Babylon Sisters."[2] The version of "FM (No Static at All)" on this compilation is the original album version from the FM soundtrack.
The CD is currently out of print but the album is available on music streaming and digital download services.
All tracks written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen except where noted.
Taken from the liner notes to the box set Citizen Steely Dan; all individuals other than Fagen may not appear on tracks listed.