Steely Dan discography

For discographies of the band's two principals, see main entries on Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

Steely Dan discography
Studio albums	9
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	12
Singles	22
Video albums	2
Box sets	2

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.

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 Release date: November 1972 Label: ABC	17	46	4	—	84	—	—	—	—	38	RIAA: Platinum [14] BPI: Gold [15]
1973	Countdown to Ecstasy Release date: July 1973 Label: ABC	35	—	49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold [14]
1974	Pretzel Logic Release date: February 20, 1974 Label: ABC	8	18	5	—	—	—	23	—	—	37	RIAA: Platinum [14] BPI: Silver [15]
1975	Katy Lied Release date: March 1975 Label: ABC	13	28	12	—	—	—	10	—	—	13	RIAA: Platinum [14] BPI: Silver [15]
1976	The Royal Scam Release date: May 31, 1976 Label: ABC	15	30	24	—	—	14	3	—	—	11	RIAA: Platinum [14] MC: Gold
1977	Aja Release date: September 23, 1977 Label: ABC	3	9	3	—	—	9	3	10	35	5	RIAA: 2× Platinum [14] BPI: Gold [15] MC: 2× Platinum
1980	Gaucho Release date: November 21, 1980 Label: MCA	9	9	18	—	57	44	7	5	15	27	RIAA: Platinum [14] ARIA: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Gold
2000	Two Against Nature Release date: February 29, 2000 Label: Giant	6	51	6	22	11	19	39	7	17	11	RIAA: Platinum [14] BPI: Silver [15] MC: Gold
2003	Everything Must Go Release date: June 10, 2003 Label: Reprise	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 Release date: October 17, 1995 Label: Giant	40	—	—	—	74	41	—	62
2021	Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! Release date: September 24, 2021 Label: Universal Music Enterprises	—	—	49	39	51	—	62	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Video albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions					Certification
		US [4]	AUS [5]	NL [9]	SWE [12]	UK [13]
1999	Aja Release date: 1999 Label: Classic Albums	—	34	—	—	—	ARIA: Gold [18]
2000	Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party Release date: June 13, 2000 Label: Image Entertainment	—	—	—	—	—
"—" 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 Release date: November 30, 1978 Label: ABC	30	11	—	10	21	—	41	RIAA: Platinum [14] ARIA: Platinum [19]
	Steely Dan Release date: 1978 Label: ABC/Nippon Columbia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982	Gold Release date: 1982 Label: MCA	115	—	—	—	30	—	44	RIAA: Gold [14]
1985	A Decade of Steely Dan Release date: 1985 Label: MCA	122	—	—	—	—	—	100	RIAA: Gold [14] BPI: Gold [15]
	The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years Release date: October 1985 Label: MCA UK	—	—	—	—	—	—	43	BPI: Silver [15]
1987	The Very Best of Steely Dan: Do It Again Release date: October 1987 Label: Telstar	—	—	—	—	—	—	64
1993	Remastered: The Best of Steely Dan – Then and Now Release date: November 1993 Label: MCA	—	34	21	7	—	38	42	ARIA: Platinum [20]
2000	Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980 Release date: November 14, 2000 Label: MCA/Universal Music TV	—	—	—	27	—	—	53
2006	Steely Dan: The Definitive Collection Release date: August 1, 2006 Label: Geffen	92	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steely Dan Release date: June 12, 2007 Label: Geffen	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	The Very Best of Steely Dan Release date: June 30, 2009 Label: 101 Distribution	—	—	—	—	—	—	183	BPI: Gold [15]
	Collected Release date: August 11, 2009 Label: 101 Distribution	—	—	9	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		NL [9]	UK [13]
2005	Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan Release date: March 15, 2005 Label: Geffen	—	—
2007	Found Studio Tracks Release date: July 17, 2007 Label: Aspirion	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Box sets

Year	Album details	Certifications [3] (sales threshold)
1982	Gold Release date: 1982 Label: MCA
1993	Citizen Steely Dan Release date: December 14, 1993 Label: MCA	RIAA: Gold [14]

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	7	10	—	39 [A]	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 [B]	Pretzel Logic
	"Pretzel Logic"	57	—	—	—	—	—	—
1975	"Black Friday"	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	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	—	42	—	—	—
1999	"Cousin Dupree"	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	Two Against Nature
2000	"Jack of Speed"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Janie Runaway"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes the single failed to chart

Promotional singles

Year	Single	Album
2000	"Cousin Dupree"	Two Against Nature
	"What a Shame About Me"
	"Jack of Speed"
	"Janie Runaway"
2003	"Things I Miss the Most"	Everything Must Go
	"Blues Beach"

Notes

1. 1975 re-release
2. 1979 re-release

Tribute albums

• The Hoops McCann Band – Plays the Music of Steely Dan (1988)
• Various artists – 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)

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   • For "Pretzel Logic": "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 21, No. 25, August 10 1974". RPM. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
   • For "Katy Lied": "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 23, No. 15, June 07 1975". RPM. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
   • For "The Royal Scam": "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 25, No. 17, July 24 1976". RPM. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
   • For "Aja": "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 28, No. 10, December 03 1977". RPM. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
   • For "Gaucho": "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 34, No. 10, February 14 1981". RPM. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
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