Steely Dan discography

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Steely Dan discography
Studio albums9
Live albums2
Compilation albums12
Singles22
Video albums2
Box sets2

The discography for the American jazz 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 and later reformed in 1993 and continued to release studio and live material up to today.

Contents

Steely Dan album sales are estimated at forty million worldwide. [1]

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications [2]
(sales threshold)
US
[3]
AUS
[4]
CAN
[5]
FIN
[6]
GER
[7]
NL
[8]
NZ
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[11]
UK
[12]
1972 Can't Buy a Thrill
  • Release date: November 1972
  • Label: ABC
174648438
1973 Countdown to Ecstasy
  • Release date: July 1973
  • Label: ABC
3549
1974 Pretzel Logic
  • Release date: February 20, 1974
  • Label: ABC
81852337
1975 Katy Lied
  • Release date: March 1975
  • Label: ABC
1328121013
1976 The Royal Scam
  • Release date: May 31, 1976
  • Label: ABC
15302414311
1977 Aja
  • Release date: September 23, 1977
  • Label: ABC
3939310355
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [13]
  • BPI: Gold [14]
  • MC: 2× Platinum
1980 Gaucho
  • Release date: November 21, 1980
  • Label: MCA
99185744751527
2000 Two Against Nature
  • Release date: February 29, 2000
  • Label: Giant
65162211193971711
  • RIAA: Platinum [13]
  • BPI: Silver [14]
  • MC: Gold
2003 Everything Must Go
  • Release date: June 10, 2003
  • Label: Reprise
9683129254051121
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertification
US
[3]
AUS
[4]
BEL
[15]
GER
[7]
NL
[8]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[16]
UK
[12]
1995 Alive in America
  • Release date: October 17, 1995
  • Label: Giant
40744162
2021Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!49395162
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Video albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertification
US
[3]
AUS
[4]
NL
[8]
SWE
[11]
UK
[12]
1999Aja
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: Classic Albums
34
2000 Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications [2]
(sales threshold)
US
[3]
AUS
[4]
NL
[8]
NZ
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[11]
UK
[12]
1978 Greatest Hits
  • Release date: November 30, 1978
  • Label: ABC
3011102141
  • RIAA: Platinum [13]
  • ARIA: Platinum [18]
Steely Dan
1982 Gold
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: MCA
1153044
1985 A Decade of Steely Dan
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: MCA
122100
The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years
  • Release date: October 1985
  • Label: MCA UK
43
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
342173842
  • ARIA: Platinum [19]
2000 Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980 2753
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
Collected
  • Release date: August 11, 2009
  • Label: 101 Distribution
9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
NL
[8]
UK
[12]
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

YearAlbum details Certifications [2]
(sales threshold)
1982 Gold
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: MCA
1993 Citizen Steely Dan
  • Release date: December 14, 1993
  • Label: MCA

Singles

YearSingleChart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US BB
[20]
[21] [22] AUS
[4]
CAN
NL
[8]
NZ
[9]
UK
[12]
1972"Dallas"Non-album Single
"Do It Again"63476061039 [upper-alpha 1] Can't Buy a Thrill
1973"Reelin' In the Years"1176215
"Dirty Work"
"Show Biz Kids"613075Countdown to Ecstasy
"My Old School"6356
1974"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"41533031858 [upper-alpha 2] Pretzel Logic
"Pretzel Logic"575948
1975"Black Friday"373136Katy Lied
"Bad Sneakers"10390
1976"Kid Charlemagne"82101The Royal Scam
"The Fez"597181
"Haitian Divorce"17
1977"Peg"113087Aja
1978"Deacon Blues"19401714
"FM (No Static at All)"222487191949 FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack
"Josie"26442120Aja
1980"Hey Nineteen"10111048319Gaucho
1981"Time Out of Mind"22132331
"Babylon Sisters"
"" denotes the single failed to chart

Promotional singles

YearSingleAlbum
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

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