A Decade of Steely Dan

Compilation by Steely Dan

Released 1985

Tracklist

1
FM
4:50
2
Black Friday
3:40
4.5 ★
3
Babylon Sisters
5:50
5.0 ★
4
Deacon Blues
7:34
4.4 ★
5
Bodhisattva
5:19
3.8 ★
6
Hey Nineteen
5:07
4.0 ★
7
Do It Again
5:57
4.1 ★
8
Peg
3:57
4.2 ★
9
Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
4:32
4.4 ★
10
Reeling In the Years
4:38
4.5 ★
11
East St. Louis Toodle‐oo
2:49
3.0 ★
12
Kid Charlemagne
4:39
4.4 ★
13
My Old School
5:48
4.2 ★
14
Bad Sneakers
3:19
3.0 ★

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Release credits

Barney Perkins
mix [12]
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
drums (drum set) [3-4, 12]
Bill Perkins
saxophone [13]
Bob Findley
horn [12]
Chuck Findley
horn [12], trumpet [12]
Chuck Rainey
bass [2, 12, 14], bass guitar [3, 8]
Clydie King
background vocals [4, 12]
Cosmo Creek
steel guitar [1]
Crusher Bennett
percussion [3]
David Paich
keyboard [2]
David Palmer
background vocals [10]
Dean Parks
acoustic guitar [9], banjo [11]
Denny Dias
electric guitar [10], electric sitar [7], guitar [5, 13], percussion [11], solo [5, 7]
Dick Hyde
horn [12], trombone [12]
Diva Gray
background vocals [3]
Don Grolnick
clavinet [3, 8], electric piano [3], keyboard [12]
Donald Fagen
alto saxophone [11], arranger [2, 14], background vocals [9-10, 12, 14], electric piano [6-7], horn [12], keyboard [2, 7, 11-12, 14], lead vocals, piano [1-2, 5, 10, 13-14], synthesizer [4-6], vocal [12]
Elliot Scheiner
engineer [12], mix [3, 6]
Elliott Randall
electric guitar [10], solo [10]
Ernie Watts
saxophone [13]
Frank Floyd
background vocals [6]
Gary Coleman
percussion [8, 12]
Gary Katz
producer
George Marge
bass clarinet [3]
Gordon Grody
background vocals [3]
Hugh McCracken
guitar [6, 14]
Jay Graydon
guitar [8], solo [8]
Jeff Porcaro
drums (drum set) [2, 14], membranophone [1]
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
electric guitar [7, 10], guitar [5, 9, 13], solo [5, 9, 13]
Jim Gordon
drums (drum set) [9, 11]
Jim Hodder
drums (drum set) [5, 7, 10, 13]
Jim Horn
saxophone [12]
Jimmie Haskell
horn [13]
John Klemmer
saxophone [12]
Johnny Mandel
strings [1]
Johnny Rotella
saxophone [13]
Lani Groves
background vocals [3]
Lanny Morgan
saxophone [13]
Larry Carlton
guitar [4, 12], solo [12]
Lee Ritenour
guitar [4]
Leslie Miller
background vocals [3]
Michael McDonald
background vocals [8, 12, 14]
Michael Omartian
keyboard [2], piano [9, 14]
Miss Natalie
assistant [5, 13]
Myrna Matthews
background vocals [13]
Patricia Hall
background vocals [13]
Patti Austin
background vocals [3]
Paul Griffin
Rhodes piano [8], background vocals [8], electric piano [8], keyboard [12]
Pete Christlieb
tenor saxophone [1, 4]
Plas Johnson
saxophone [12]
Randy Brecker
flugelhorn [3], trumpet [3]
Rick Marotta
drums (drum set) [6, 8]
Rob Mounsey
brass [3]
Roger Nichols
engineer [2, 5, 7, 9-14], executive [3-4, 6, 8], mix [12]
Sherlie Matthews
background vocals [4, 12-13]
Steely Dan
arranger [3, 6]
Steve Gadd
percussion [6]
Steve Kahn
guitar [8]
Steve Khan
guitar [3, 8]
Tim Weston
assistant [7, 10]
Timothy B. Schmit
background vocals [1, 9]
Tom Scott
Lyricon [8], alto saxophone [3], clarinet [3], horn [4], tenor saxophone [3]
Toni Wine
background vocals [3]
Venetta Fields
background vocals [4, 12]
Victor Feldman
Rhodes piano [4], electric piano [4], percussion [1-2, 6-9, 14], vibraphone [2, 14]
Wally Kane
bass clarinet [3]
Walter Becker
arranger [2, 14], bass [1-2, 4-5, 9, 11-14], bass guitar [6], electric bass guitar [7, 10], guitar [2, 6, 11-12, 14], guitar family [1], horn [12], solo [2, 14]
Wilton Felder
bass [14]
Zachary Sanders
background vocals [6]