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{{Infobox album|
{{unreferenced|date=April 2011}}
| name = A Decade of Steely Dan
{{Infobox album| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = A Decade of Steely Dan
| type = Compilation
| Type = Compilation album
| artist = [[Steely Dan]]
| Artist = [[Steely Dan]]
| cover = A_Decade_of_Steely_Dan.jpg
| Cover = A_Decade_of_Steely_Dan.jpg
| alt =
| Released = January 1, 1985
| released = August 1985
| Recorded = 1972–80
| recorded = 1972–80
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| venue =
| Length = 66:26
| studio =
| Label = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| genre = [[Jazz fusion]], [[soft rock]], [[pop rock]]
| length = 66:26
| Producer = [[Walter Becker]], [[Donald Fagen]]
| label = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| Last album = ''[[Gold (Steely Dan album)|Gold]]''<br />(1982)
| producer = [[Walter Becker]], [[Donald Fagen]]
| This album = '''''A Decade of Steely Dan'''''<br />(1985)
| Next album = ''[[The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years]]''<br />(1987)
| prev_title = [[Gold (Steely Dan album)|Gold]]
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = [[The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years]]
| 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 [[music recording sales certification|gold record]] by the [[RIAA]].<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=steely+dan#search_section RIAA Gold and Platinum retrieved 12 March 2017]</ref>


==Overview==
'''''A Decade of Steely Dan''''' is a [[compilation album]] by [[Steely Dan]], released in 1985. It has gone [[music recording sales certification|platinum]].{{Citation needed|reason=please cite a reliable source confirming this. The RIAA is only listing Gold sales status.|date=April 2010}} On the back of the album, the song [[FM (No Static at All)]] is just titled FM.
The album acts as a ''de facto'' [[single (music)|singles]] package, including every [[Top 40]] hit enjoyed by the band prior to its release with the exceptions of "[[Josie (Steely Dan song)|Josie]]" from 1978 and "[[Time Out of Mind (Steely Dan song)|Time Out of Mind]]" from 1981. The remaining six tracks include two additional charting singles "[[My Old School (song)|My Old School]]" and '[[Kid Charlemagne]]," a cover of [[Duke Ellington|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]]."<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/artist/160906-Steely-Dan?filter_anv=0&subtype=Singles-EPs&type=Releases Discogs website retrieved 12 March 2017]</ref> The version of "[[FM (No Static at All)]]" on this compilation is the original album version from the ''[[FM (film)|FM]]'' [[FM (soundtrack)|soundtrack]].


The CD is currently out of print but the album is available on music streaming and digital download services.
{{Album reviews
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r18970|pure_url=yes}} link]
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r18970|pure_url=yes}} link]
}}
}}


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
''All tracks written by [[Walter Becker]] and [[Donald Fagen]] except where noted.''
{{Tracklist
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = [[Walter Becker]] and [[Donald Fagen]], except where noted
| title1 = [[FM (No Static at All)]]
| title1 = [[FM (No Static at All)]]
| note1 = from the movie [[FM (film)|FM]]
| note1 = from the ''[[FM (soundtrack)|FM soundtrack]]'', 1978
| length1 = 4:50
| length1 = 4:50
| title2 = Black Friday
| title2 = Black Friday
| length2 = 3:33
| length2 = 3:33
| note2 = from [[Katy Lied]]
| note2 = from ''[[Katy Lied]]'', 1975
| title3 = Babylon Sisters
| title3 = Babylon Sisters
| length3 = 5:51
| length3 = 5:51
| note3 = from [[Gaucho (album)|Gaucho]]
| note3 = from ''[[Gaucho (album)|Gaucho]]'', 1980
| title4 = [[Deacon Blues]]
| title4 = [[Deacon Blues]]
| length4 = 7:26
| length4 = 7:26
| note4 = from [[Aja (album)|Aja]]
| note4 = from ''[[Aja (album)|Aja]]'', 1977
| title5 = Bodhisattva
| title5 = Bodhisattva
| length5 = 5:16
| length5 = 5:16
| note5 = from [[Countdown to Ecstasy]]
| note5 = from ''[[Countdown to Ecstasy]]'', 1973
| title6 = [[Hey Nineteen]]
| title6 = [[Hey Nineteen]]
| length6 = 5:06
| length6 = 5:06
| note6 = from Gaucho
| note6 = from ''Gaucho''
| title7 = [[Do It Again (Steely Dan song)|Do It Again]]
| title7 = [[Do It Again (Steely Dan song)|Do It Again]]
| length7 = 5:56
| length7 = 5:56
| note7 = from [[Can't Buy a Thrill]]
| note7 = from ''[[Can't Buy a Thrill]]'', 1972
| title8 = [[Peg (song)|Peg]]
| title8 = [[Peg (song)|Peg]]
| length8 = 3:58
| length8 = 3:58
| note8 = from Aja
| note8 = from ''Aja''
| title9 = [[Rikki Don't Lose That Number]]
| title9 = [[Rikki Don't Lose That Number]]
| length9 = 4:30
| length9 = 4:30
| note9 = from [[Pretzel Logic]]
| note9 = from ''[[Pretzel Logic]]'', 1974
| title10 = [[Reelin' In the Years]]
| title10 = [[Reelin' In the Years]]
| length10 = 4:35
| length10 = 4:35
| note10 = from Can't Buy a Thrill
| note10 = from ''Can't Buy a Thrill''
| title11 = East St. Louis Toodle-oo
| title11 = [[East St. Louis Toodle-Oo]]
| note11 = [[Duke Ellington]] and [[James "Bubber" Miley|Bubber Miley]], from "[[Pretzel Logic]]"
| note11 = [[Duke Ellington]] and [[James "Bubber" Miley|Bubber Miley]]; from ''Pretzel Logic''
| length11 = 2:45
| length11 = 2:45
| title12 = [[Kid Charlemagne]]
| title12 = [[Kid Charlemagne]]
| length12 = 4:38
| length12 = 4:38
| note13 = from "[[The Royal Scam]]"
| note12 = from ''[[The Royal Scam]]'', 1976
| title13 = My Old School
| title13 = [[My Old School (song)|My Old School]]
| length13 = 5:46
| length13 = 5:46
| note13 = from "Countdown to Ecstacy"
| note13 = from ''Countdown to Ecstasy''
| title14 = [[Bad Sneakers]]
| title14 = [[Bad Sneakers]]
| length14 = 3:16
| length14 = 3:16
| note14 = from "Katy Lied"
| note14 = from ''Katy Lied''
}}
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
''Taken from the [[liner notes]] to the [[box set]] [[Citizen Steely Dan]]; all individuals other than Fagen may not appear on tracks listed''.
{{Div_col}}
* [[Donald Fagen]] — [[vocals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*Patti Austin: backing vocals
* [[Walter Becker]] — [[bass guitar]], [[guitars]], [[backing vocals]]
*Jeff Baxter: guitar
* [[Randy Brecker]], [[Chuck Findley]], [[Dick Hyde (musician)|Slyde Hyde]], [[Lanny Morgan]], Lou McCreary, John Rotella, [[Ernie Watts]] — [[brass instruments]]
*Walter Becker: bass guitar, guitar, vocals
* [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]] — [[woodwind instruments]], [[arrangements|horn arrangements]]
*Crusher Bennett: percussion
* [[Wayne Shorter]] — [[saxophones]]
*Randy Brecker: trumpet, flugelhorn
* [[Pete Christlieb]], [[Jim Horn]], [[Plas Johnson]], [[Jackie Kelso]], [[Lanny Morgan]], [[Bill Perkins (saxophonist)|Bill Perkins]] — [[flutes]], saxophones
*Larry Carlton: guitar
* Walter Kane, George Marge — [[bass clarinet]]s
*Pete Christlieb: flute, tenor saxophone
*Gary Coleman: percussion
* [[Victor Feldman]] — [[electric piano]], [[percussion]]
* [[Paul Griffin (musician)|Paul Griffin]], [[Don Grolnick]], [[Michael Omartian]], [[David Paich]] — keyboards
*Cosmo Creek: steel-stringed guitar
* [[Jeff Baxter]], [[Larry Carlton]], Cosmo Creek, [[Denny Dias]], [[Jay Graydon]], [[Steve Khan]], [[Hugh McCracken]], [[Dean Parks]], [[Elliott Randall]], [[Lee Ritenour]] — guitars
*Denny Dias: guitar, percussion
* [[Chuck Rainey]] — bass guitar
*Donald Fagen: synthesizer, acoustic and electric piano, keyboards, alto saxophone, vocals, backing vocals
* Crusher Bennett, Gary Coleman, [[Steve Gadd]], [[Jim Gordon (musician)|Jim Gordon]], [[Jim Hodder (musician)|Jim Hodder]], [[Rick Marotta]], [[Jeff Porcaro]], [[Bernard Purdie]] — [[drum kit|drums]], percussion
*Victor Feldman: percussion, electric piano
* [[Patti Austin]], [[Venetta Fields]], Frank Floyd, Diva Gray, Gordon Grody, [[Lani Groves]], Patricia Hall, [[Clydie King]], Myrna Matthews, [[Sherlie Matthews]], [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]], [[Lesley Miller|Leslie Miller]], [[David Palmer (vocalist)|David Palmer]], Zachary Sanders, [[Timothy B. Schmit]], [[Toni Wine]] — backing vocals
*Venetta Fields: backing vocals

*Chuck Findley: brass
;Production personnel
*Frank Floyd: backing vocals
* [[Gary Katz]] — [[record producer|producer]]
*Steve Gadd: percussion
* [[Roger Nichols (recording engineer)|Roger Nichols]] — [[audio engineering|engineer]], [[audio mastering|mastering]]
*Diva Gray: backing vocals
* Bob Ludwig — mastering
*Jay Graydon: guitar
* Glenn Meadows — mastering (1996 reissue)
*Paul Griffin: keyboards, electric piano, backing vocals
* [[Jimmie Haskell]], [[Rob Mounsey]] — horn arrangements
*Gordon Grody: backing vocals
* [[Johnny Mandel]] — [[arrangements|string arrangements]]
*Don Grolnick: electric piano, clavinet

*Lani Groves: backing vocals
==References==
*Patricia Hall: backing vocals
{{Reflist}}
*Jimmie Haskell: horn arrangements

*Jim Hodder: drums
==External links==
*Jim Horn: flute, saxophone
* {{discogs master|242333}}
*[[Dick Hyde (musician)|Slyde Hyde]]: brass
*Plas Johnson: flute, saxophone
*Walter Kane: bass clarinet
*Gary Katz: producer
*Jackie Kelso: flute, saxophone
*Steve Khan: guitar
*Clydie King: backing vocals
*Johnny Mandel: string arrangements
*George Marge: bass clarinet
*Rick Marotta: drums
*Myrna Matthews: backing vocals
*Sherlie Matthews: backing vocals
*Hugh McCracken: guitar
*Lou McCreary: brass
*Michael McDonald: backing vocals
*Glenn Meadows: mastering
*Leslie Miller: backing vocals
*Lanny Morgan: horn
*Rob Mounsey: horn arrangements
*Roger Nichols: engineer
*Michael Omartian: piano, keyboards
*Lanny Organ: horn
*David Paich: keyboards
*David Palmer: backing vocals
*Dean Parks: acoustic guitar, banjo
*Bill Perkins: flute, horn, saxophone, producer
*Jeff Porcaro: percussion, drums
*Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: drums
*Chuck Rainey: bass guitar
*Elliott Randall: guitar
*Lee Ritenour: guitar
*John Rotella: horn
*Zachary Sanders: backing vocals
*Timothy B. Schmit: backing vocals
*Tom Scott: alto clarinet, flute, conductor, alto and tenor saxophone, Lyricon, alto and tenor vocals, horn arrangements
*Wayne Shorter: flute, saxophone
*Ernie Watts: horn
*Toni Wine: backing vocals
{{Div_col end}}


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Latest revision as of 23:52, 27 July 2024

A Decade of Steely Dan
Compilation album by
Steely Dan
ReleasedAugust 1985
Recorded1972–80
GenreJazz fusion, soft rock, pop rock
Length66:26
LabelMCA
ProducerWalter Becker, Donald Fagen
Steely Dan chronology
Gold
(1982) 		A Decade of Steely Dan
(1985) 		The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years
(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]

Overview

[edit]

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."FM (No Static at All)" (from the FM soundtrack, 1978)4:50
2."Black Friday" (from Katy Lied, 1975)3:33
3."Babylon Sisters" (from Gaucho, 1980)5:51
4."Deacon Blues" (from Aja, 1977)7:26
5."Bodhisattva" (from Countdown to Ecstasy, 1973)5:16
6."Hey Nineteen" (from Gaucho)5:06
7."Do It Again" (from Can't Buy a Thrill, 1972)5:56
8."Peg" (from Aja)3:58
9."Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (from Pretzel Logic, 1974)4:30
10."Reelin' In the Years" (from Can't Buy a Thrill)4:35
11."East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" (Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley; from Pretzel Logic)2:45
12."Kid Charlemagne" (from The Royal Scam, 1976)4:38
13."My Old School" (from Countdown to Ecstasy)5:46
14."Bad Sneakers" (from Katy Lied)3:16

Personnel

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Taken from the liner notes to the box set Citizen Steely Dan; all individuals other than Fagen may not appear on tracks listed.

Production personnel

References

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  1. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum retrieved 12 March 2017
  2. ^ Discogs website retrieved 12 March 2017
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