Greatest Hits (Steely Dan album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Steely Dan
Released	November 30, 1978
Recorded	1972–1977
Genre	Rock
Length	79:17
Label	ABC
Producer	Gary Katz
Steely Dan chronology

ReleasedNovember 30, 1978

Recorded1972–1977

GenreRock

Length79:17

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Great Rock Discography	9/10^[4]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released in 1978 by ABC Records. The double album includes tracks from the band's first six studio albums, as well as a previously unreleased song, "Here at the Western World", recorded during sessions for The Royal Scam (1976).^[1] Greatest Hits was certified platinum in the U.S., with sales of over one million units.^[5]

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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

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

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

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

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[6]	11
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[7]	25
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[8]	10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[9]	21
UK Albums (OCC)^[10]	41
US Billboard 200^[11]	30

Greatest Hits (Steely Dan album)

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Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[12]	Platinum	50,000^{^}
Canada (Music Canada)^[13]	Gold	50,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[14]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[15]	Platinum	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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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) Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan (2005) Northeast Corridor (2021)
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" "Time Out of Mind" "Cousin Dupree"
Album tracks	"Aja" "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" "Dirty Work" "Only a Fool Would Say That"
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1978) Steely Dan (1978) Gold (1982/91) A Decade of Steely Dan (1985) Reelin' In the Years (1985) Do It Again (1987) Citizen Steely Dan (1993) Then and Now (1993) Showbiz Kids (2000) The Definitive Collection (2006) Found Studio Tracks (2007)
Video albums	Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party (2000)
Related articles	Discography Gary Katz Members Roger Nichols Yacht rock You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat
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