Steely Dan discography
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The discography for the American rock band Steely Dan consists of nine studio albums, twenty one singles, two live albums, one live set on DVD, seven compilations and one box set in the United States. The band was originally active from 1971 to 1981 but later reformed in 1993 and continued to release studio and live material, with their most recent album issued in 2021.
Studio albums9
Live albums2
Compilation albums12
Singles22
| Steely Dan discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 12 |
| Singles | 22 |
| Video albums | 2 |
| Box sets | 2 |
Steely Dan album sales are estimated at forty million worldwide.[1] Their best-selling album is 1977's Aja.[2]
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications[3] (sales threshold) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
AUS [5] |
CAN [6] |
FIN [7] |
GER [8] |
NL [9] |
NZ [10] |
NOR [11] |
SWE [12] |
UK [13] | |||||
| 1972 | Can't Buy a Thrill
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17 | 46 | 4 | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | 38 | |||
| 1973 | Countdown to Ecstasy
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35 | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| 1974 | Pretzel Logic
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8 | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | 37 | |||
| 1975 | Katy Lied
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13 | 28 | 12 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 13 | |||
| 1976 | The Royal Scam
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15 | 30 | 24 | — | — | 14 | 3 | — | — | 11 | |||
| 1977 | Aja
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3 | 9 | 3 | — | — | 9 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 5 | |||
| 1980 | Gaucho
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9 | 9 | 18 | — | 57 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 2000 | Two Against Nature
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6 | 51 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 7 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 2003 | Everything Must Go
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9 | 68 | — | 31 | 29 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 11 | 21 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certification | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
AUS [5] |
BEL [16] |
GER [8] |
NL [9] |
SWE [12] |
SWI [17] |
UK [13] | |||||||
| 1995 | Alive in America
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40 | — | — | — | 74 | 41 | — | 62 | |||||
| 2021 | Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!
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— | — | 49 | 39 | 51 | — | 62 | —[A] | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Video albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certification | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [5] | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Aja
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34 |
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| 2000 | Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party
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— | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications[3] (sales threshold) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
AUS [5] |
NL [9] |
NZ [10] |
NOR [11] |
SWE [12] |
UK [13] | ||||||||
| 1978 | Greatest Hits
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30 | 11 | — | 10 | 21 | — | 41 | ||||||
Steely Dan
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1982 | Gold
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115 | — | — | — | 30 | — | 44 |
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| 1985 | A Decade of Steely Dan
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122 | — | — | — | — | — | 100 | ||||||
The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 43 |
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| 1987 | The Very Best of Steely Dan: Do It Again
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | ||||||
| 1993 | Remastered: The Best of Steely Dan – Then and Now
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— | 34 | 21 | 7 | — | 38 | 42 |
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| 2000 | Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980
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— | — | — | 27 | — | — | 53 | ||||||
| 2006 | Steely Dan: The Definitive Collection
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92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2007 | 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steely Dan
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2009 | The Very Best of Steely Dan
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 183 |
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Collected
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— | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Other albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan
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| 2007 | Found Studio Tracks
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Box sets
| Year | Album details | Certifications[3] (sales threshold) |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Gold
|
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| 1993 | Citizen Steely Dan
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [21] |
US A/C [22] |
AUS [5] |
CAN |
NL [9] |
NZ [10] |
UK [13] | |||
| 1972 | "Dallas" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album Single |
| "Do It Again" | 6 | 34 | 60 | 6 | 10 | — | 39[B] | Can't Buy a Thrill | |
| 1973 | "Reelin' In the Years" | 11 | — | 62 | 15 | — | — | — | |
| "Show Biz Kids" | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Countdown to Ecstasy | |
| "My Old School" | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974 | "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" | 4 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 18 | — | 58[C] | Pretzel Logic |
| "Pretzel Logic" | 57 | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | ||
| 1975 | "Black Friday" | 37 | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | Katy Lied |
| "Bad Sneakers" | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "Kid Charlemagne" | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Royal Scam |
| "The Fez" | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Haitian Divorce" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | ||
| 1977 | "Peg" | 11 | 30 | — | 7 | — | — | — | Aja |
| 1978 | "Deacon Blues" | 19 | 40 | — | 14 | — | — | — | |
| "FM (No Static at All)" | 22 | — | 87 | 19 | — | 19 | 49 | FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack | |
| "Josie" | 26 | 44 | — | 20 | — | — | — | Aja | |
| 1980 | "Hey Nineteen" | 10 | 11 | 48 | 3 | — | 19 | — | Gaucho |
| 1981 | "Time Out of Mind" | 22 | 13 | — | 31 | — | — | — | |
| 1999 | "Cousin Dupree" | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | Two Against Nature |
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart | |||||||||
Promotional singles
| Year | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "What a Shame About Me" | Two Against Nature |
| "Jack of Speed" | ||
| "Janie Runaway" | ||
| 2003 | "Things I Miss the Most" | Everything Must Go |
| "Blues Beach" | ||
Notes
Tribute albums
- The Hoops McCann Band – Plays the Music of Steely Dan (1988)
- Garden Party – No Static at All: An Instrumental Tribute to Steely Dan (2000)
- Various artists – The Royal Dan: A Tribute to the Genius of Steely Dan (2006)
- Various artists – Maestros of Cool: A Tribute to Steely Dan (2006)
- Sara Isaksson & Rebecka Törnqvist – Fire in the Hole: Sara Isaksson & Rebecka Törnqvist Sing Steely Dan (2006)