Steely Dan / discography

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Walter Becker and Donald Fagen Fagen from Steely Dan, 2007

This discography is an overview of the released records of the American rock band Steely Dan . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 11.9 million records to date, over eleven million of them in her home country alone. The most successful release by Steely Dan is the album Aja with over 2.2 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1972 Can't Buy a Thrill - UK38
silver
silver

(1 week)UK 		US17th
platinum
platinum

(59 weeks)US
First published: October 1972
Chart entry in UK only in September 1975
Producer: Gary Katz
1973 Countdown to Ecstasy - - US35
gold
gold

(34 weeks)US
First published: July 1973
Producer: Gary Katz
1974 Pretzel Logic - UK37
silver
silver

(2 weeks)UK 		US8th
platinum
platinum

(36 weeks)US
First published: March 1974
Producer: Gary Katz
1975 Katy song - UK13
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK 		US13
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)US
First published: March 1975
Producer: Gary Katz
1976 The Royal Scam - UK11 (13 weeks)
UK 		US15th
platinum
platinum

(29 weeks)US
First published: May 1976
Producer: Gary Katz
1977 Aye - UK5
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK 		US3
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(60 weeks)US
First published: September 1977
Producer: Gary Katz
1980 Gaucho DE57 (2 weeks)
DE 		UK27 (12 weeks)
UK 		US9
platinum
platinum

(36 weeks)US
First published: November 21, 1980
Producer: Gary Katz
2000 Two Against Nature DE11 (8 weeks)
DE 		UK11
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK 		US6th
platinum
platinum

(30 weeks)US
First release: February 29, 2000
Grammys (Album of the Year + Best Pop Album)
Producers: Donald Fagen , Walter Becker
2003 Everything must go DE29 (7 weeks)
DE 		UK21 (3 weeks)
UK 		US9 (12 weeks)
US
First published: June 10, 2003
Producers: Donald Fagen, Walter Becker

More albums

  • 1971: You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It (Or You'll Lose That Beat) (Soundtrack; as Becker & Fagen)
  • 1983: The Early Years (DE, US) / Old Regime (UK) (demo recordings from 1968-71; also as Becker & Fagen)
  • 1985: Berry Town
  • 1988: Stone Piano
  • 2015: Come Back Baby

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1995 Alive in America - UK62 (1 week)
UK 		US40 (5 weeks)
US
First published: October 17, 1995
Recording: August 19, 1993 to September 19, 1994
Producer: Donald Fagen

More live albums

  • 2005: Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast: Steely Dan
  • 2015: Live at WBCN in Memphis 1974 (recorded April 30, 1974)
  • 2016: Transmission Impossible

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1978 Greatest hits - UK41 (18 weeks)
UK 		US30th
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)US
First published: November 30, 1978
1982 gold - UK49 (4 weeks)
UK 		US115
gold
gold

(9 weeks)US
First published: June 1982
Golden hits - UK44 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: July 1982
1985 The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin 'in the Years - UK43
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		-
First published: October 1985
1987 The Very Best of Steely Dan: Do It Again - UK64 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: September 1987
1993 Remastered: The Best of Steely Dan: Then and Now - UK42 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 1993
1995 A Decade of Steely Dan - UK100
gold
gold

(1 week)UK 		US122
gold
gold

(1 week)US
First publication: September 1995
Chart entry in US only in September 2017
2005 Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972-1980 - UK53 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: November 14, 2000
2006 The Definitive Collection - - US92 (6 weeks)
US
First published: August 1, 2006

More compilations

  • 1975: The Steely Dan Story
  • 1985: Sun Mountain
  • 1987: Reelin 'in the Years
  • 1991: Gold (Expanded Edition)
  • 1993: Roaring of the Lamb
  • 1993: Citizen Steely Dan 1972–1980 (box with 4 CDs) (US:goldgold)
  • 1998: Becker & Fagen: Founders of Steely Dan
  • 2000: The Legends Collection: The Steely Dan Collection (2 CDs)
  • 2000: Steely Dan
  • 2002: Beginnings
  • 2006: Fagen & Becker: The Origins (release: December 4th)
  • 2007: The Best of Steely Dan
  • 2009: The Very Best of Steely Dan (2 CDs) (UK:goldgold)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1972 Do It Again
Can't Buy a Thrill 		DE33 (3 weeks)
DE 		UK39 (4 weeks)
UK 		US6 (17 weeks)
US
First published: October 1972
1973 Reelin 'in the Years
Can't Buy a Thrill 		- - US11 (16 weeks)
US
First published: February 1973
Show Biz Kids
Countdown to Ecstasy 		- - US61 (8 weeks)
US
First published: July 27, 1973
My Old School
Countdown to Ecstasy 		- - US63 (9 weeks)
US
First published: October 1973
1974 Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Pretzel Logic 		- UK58 (3 weeks)
UK 		US4 (19 weeks)
US
First published: April 1974
Chart entry in UK only in March 1979
Pretzel Logic
Pretzel Logic 		- - US57 (5 weeks)
US
First published: September 1974
1975 Black Friday
Katy song 		- - US37 (7 weeks)
US
First published: May 1975
1976 Kid Charlemagne
The Royal Scam 		- - US82 (3 weeks)
US
First published: June 1976
The Fez
The Royal Scam 		- - US59 (5 weeks)
US
First published: September 1976
Haitian Divorce
The Royal Scam 		- UK17 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 12, 1976
1977 Peg
Aja 		- - US11 (19 weeks)
US
First published: November 1977
1978 Deacon Blues
Aja 		- - US19 (16 weeks)
US
First published: March 1978
FM (No Static at All)
FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack 		- UK49 (5 weeks)
UK 		US22 (10 weeks)
US
First published: May 1978
Josie
Aja 		- - US26 (11 weeks)
US
First published: August 1978
1980 Hey Nineteen
Gaucho 		- - US10 (19 weeks)
US
First published: November 1980
1981 Time Out of Mind
Gaucho 		- - US22 (11 weeks)
US
First published: March 1981

More singles

  • 1972: Dallas (release: June)
  • 1975: Bad Sneakers (release: August)
  • 1981: Babylon Sisters (released February 27)
  • 2000: Cousin Dupree (only released as a single in DE; Grammy as best performance by a pop group )
  • 2000: What a Shame About Me
  • 2000: Jack of Speed

* The authors of all songs listed are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.

Video albums

  • 2000: Two Against Nature: Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party in Hi-Fi Stereo (release: June 13th)
  • 2008: In Concert (release: June 24th)
  • 2010: Perfection in Performance

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE UK UK US US
Number one albums DE-DE UK-UK US-US
Top 10 albums DE-DE UK1UK US5US
Albums in the charts DE3DE UK17thUK US13US
DE DE UK UK US US
Number one singles DE-DE UK-UK US-US
Top 10 singles DE-DE UK-UK US3US
Singles in the charts DE1DE UK4thUK US15thUS

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1978: for the album Royal Scam
    • 1978: for the album Greatest Hits
    • 2001: for the album Two Against Nature

2 × platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1978: for the album Aja

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 350,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 9 × platinum9 11,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 6 × silver6th Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 580,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 6 × silver6th Gold record icon.svg 9 × gold9 Platinum record icon.svg 11 × platinum11

swell

  1. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE UK US

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