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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.
| 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]
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Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak 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
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17 | 46 | 4 | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | 38 | |||
| 1973 | Countdown to Ecstasy
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35 | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 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 [3] |
AUS [4] |
BEL [15] |
GER [7] |
NL [8] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [16] |
UK [12] | |||||||
| 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 | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Video albums
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications[2] (sales threshold) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] |
AUS [4] |
NL [8] |
NZ [9] |
NOR [10] |
SWE [11] |
UK [12] | ||||||||
| 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 | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NL [8] |
UK [12] | ||
| 2005 | Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan
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— | — |
| 2007 | Found Studio Tracks
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— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
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| Year | Album details | Certifications[2] (sales threshold) |
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| 1982 | Gold
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| 1993 | Citizen Steely Dan
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| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [20] |
US A/C [21] |
AUS [4] |
CAN |
NZ [9] |
UK [12] | |||
| 1972 | "Dallas" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album Single |
| "Do It Again" | 6 | 34 | 60 | 7 | — | 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 | — | 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 | Non-album single – from the soundtrack FM | |
| "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
- 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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