Steely Dan

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Steely Dan

MUSIC

Rock band, formed 1972. Named after a dildo in William S. Burroughs's The Naked Lunch (1959).

Official Website:
http://www.steelydan.com/

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Walter Becker Musician 20-Feb-1950 Co-Founder of Steely Dan

Donald Fagen Musician 10-Jan-1948 Keyboards and vocals for Steely Dan

Michael McDonald Musician 12-Feb-1952 White pop/soul vocalist

Bernard Purdie Drummer 11-Jun-1939 Prolific session drummer

Lee Ritenour Jazz Musician 1-Nov-1952 Jazz-fusion guitarist

Tom Scott Musician 19-May-1948 Prolific composer, session player

DISCOGRAPHY

Can't Buy A Thrill (1972, ABC)

1 Do It Again

2 Dirty Work

3 Kings

4 Midnight Cruiser

5 Only A Fool Would Say That

6 Reelin' In The Years

7 Fire In The Hole

8 Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me)

9 Change Of The Guard

10 Turn That Heartbeat Over Again

A digitally remastered version was issued on CD by MCA in 1998.

Countdown To Ecstasy (1973, ABC)

1 Bodhisattva

2 Razor Boy

3 The Boston Rag

4 Your Gold Teeth

5 Show Biz Kids

6 My Old School

7 Pearl Of The Quarter

8 King Of The World

A digitally remastered version was issued on CD by MCA in 1998.

Pretzel Logic (1974, ABC)

1 Rikki Don't Lose That Number

2 Night By Night

3 Any Major Dude Will Tell You

4 Barrytown

5 East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (Duke Ellington cover)

6 Parker's Band

7 Through With Buzz

8 Pretzel Logic

9 With A Gun

10 Charlie Freak

11 Monkey In Your Soul

A digitally remastered version was issued on CD by MCA in 2000.

Katy Lied (1975, ABC)

1 Black Friday

2 Bad Sneakers

3 Rose Darling

4 Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More

5 Doctor Wu

6 Everyone's Gone To The Movies

7 Your Gold Teeth II

8 Chain Lightning

9 Any World (That I'm Welcome To)

10 Throw Back The Little Ones

A digitally remastered version was issued on CD by MCA in 2000.

The Royal Scam (1976, ABC)

1 Kid Charlemagne

2 The Caves Of Altamira

3 Don't Take Me Alive

4 Sign In Stranger

5 The Fez

6 Green Earrings

7 Haitian Divorce

8 Everything You Did

9 The Royal Scam

A digitally remastered version was issued on CD by MCA in 1999.

Aja (1977, ABC)

1 Black Cow

2 Aja

3 Deacon Blues

4 Peg

5 Home At Last

6 I Got The News

7 Josie

A digitally remastered version was issued on CD by MCA in 1999.

Greatest Hits (1978, MCA)

1 Do It Again

2 Reeling In The Years

3 My Old School

4 Bodhisattva

5 Show Biz Kids

6 East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (Duke Ellington cover)

7 Rikki Don't Lose That Number

8 Pretzel Logic

9 Any Major Dude

10 Here At The Western World

11 Black Friday

12 Bad Sneakers

13 Doctor Wu

14 Haitian Divorce

15 Kid Charlemagne

16 The Fez

17 Peg

18 Josie

Gaucho (1980, MCA)

1 Babylon Sisters

2 Hey Nineteen

3 Glamour Profession

4 Gaucho

5 Time Out Of Mind

6 My Rival

7 Third World Man

A digitally remastered version was issued on CD by MCA in 2000.

A Decade Of Steely Dan (1985, MCA)

1 FM

2 Black Friday

3 Babylon Sisters

4 Deacon Blues

5 Bodhisattva

6 Hey Nineteen

7 Do It Again

8 Peg

9 Rikki Don't Lose That Number

10 Reeling In The Years

11 East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (Duke Ellington cover)

12 Kid Charlemagne

13 My Old School

14 Bad Sneakers

Citizen Steely Dan (1993, MCA)

Disc 1

1 Do It Again

2 Dirty Work

3 Kings

4 Midnite Cruiser

5 Only A Fool Would Say That

6 Reelin' In The Years

7 Fire In The Hole

8 Brooklyn

9 Change Of The Guard

10 Turn That Heartbeat Over Again

11 Bodhisattva

12 Razor Boy

13 Boston Rag

14 Your Gold Teeth

15 Show Biz Kids

16 My Old School

Disc 2

1 King Of The World

2 Pearl Of The Quarter

3 Rikki Don't Lose That Number

4 Night By Night

5 Any Major Dude Will Tell You

6 Barrytown

7 East St Louis Toodle-Oo (Duke Ellington cover)

8 Parker's Band

9 Through With Buzz

10 Pretzel Logic

11 With A Gun

12 Charlie Freak

13 Monkey In Your Soul

14 Bodhisattva (Live)

15 Black Friday

16 Bad Sneakers

17 Rose Darling

18 Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More

19 Doctor Wu

20 Everyone's Gone To The Movies

21 Chain Lightning

Disc 3

1 Your Gold Teeth II

2 Any World That I'm Welcome To

3 Throw Back The Little Ones

4 Kid Charlemagne

5 Caves Of Altamira

6 Don't Take Me Alive

7 Sign In Stranger

8 The Fez

9 Green Earrings

10 Haitian Divorce

11 Everything You Did

12 The Royal Scam

13 Here At The Western World

14 Black Cow

15 Aja

16 Peg

Disc 4

1 Deacon Blues

2 Home At Last

3 I Got The News

4 Josie

5 FM

6 Babylon Sisters

7 Hey Nineteen

8 Glamour Profession

9 Gaucho

10 Time Out Of Mind

11 My Rival

12 Third World Man

13 Everyone's Gone To The Movies (Demo)

Alive In America (1995, Giant)

1 Babylon Sisters

2 Green Earrings

3 Bodhisattva

4 Reelin' In The Years

5 Josie

6 Book Of Liars

7 Peg

8 Third World Man

9 Kid Charlemagne

10 Sign In Stranger

11 Aja

Two Against Nature (2000, Giant)

1 Gaslighting Abbie

2 What A Shame About Me

3 Two Against Nature

4 Janie Runaway

5 Almost Gothic

6 Jack Of Speed

7 Cousin Dupree

8 Negative Girl

9 West Of Hollywood

Everything Must Go (2003, Reprise)

1 The Last Mall

2 Things I Miss The Most

3 Blues Beach

4 Godwhacker

5 Slang Of Ages

6 Green Book

7 Pixeleen

8 Lunch With Gina

9 Everything Must Go

A special edition with an additional DVD was also released.

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