The Very Best of Steely Dan

Tracklist

• 1
  Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
  4:06
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Reelin’ In the Years
  4:24
  4.5 ★
• 3
  Kid Charlemagne
  4:30
  4.4 ★
• 4
  Doctor Wu
  3:52
• 5
  FM
  4:49
• 6
  My Old School
  5:37
  4.2 ★
• 7
  The Fez
  3:55
• 8
  Do It Again
  5:29
• 9
  Pretzel Logic
  4:30
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Any Major Dude Will Tell You
  3:07
  4.5 ★
• 11
  Black Friday
  3:35
  4.5 ★
• 12
  Showbiz Kids
  4:40
• 13
  Peg
  3:53
  4.2 ★
• 14
  Haitian Divorce
  5:41
  3.6 ★

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Release credits

• Barney Perkins
  mix [3, 7, 14]
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
  drums (drum set) [3, 7, 14]
• Bill Perkins
  saxophone [6]
• Bob Findley
  horn [3, 7, 14]
• Chuck Findley
  horn [3, 7, 14], trumpet [3, 7, 14]
• Chuck Rainey
  bass [3-4, 7, 11, 14], bass guitar [13]
• Clydie King
  background vocals [3]
• Cosmo Creek
  steel guitar [5]
• David Paich
  keyboard [11]
• David Palmer
  background vocals [2]
• Dean Parks
  acoustic guitar [1], guitar [14], solo [14]
• Denny Dias
  electric guitar [2], guitar [6, 9-10]
• Dick Hyde
  horn [3, 7, 14], trombone [3, 7, 14]
• Don Grolnick
  clavinet [13], keyboard [3]
• Donald Fagen
  arranger [4, 11], background vocals [1-3, 7, 14], horn [3, 7, 14], keyboard [3-4, 7, 9-11, 14], lead vocals [1-3, 5-7, 11, 13-14], piano [2, 4-6, 11], vocal [3, 9-10]
• Elliot Scheiner
  engineer [3, 7, 14]
• Elliott Randall
  electric guitar [2], solo [2]
• Ernie Watts
  saxophone [6]
• Gary Coleman
  percussion [3, 7, 13-14]
• Gary Katz
  producer [1-7, 9-11, 13-14]
• Jay Graydon
  guitar [13], solo [13]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [4, 11], membranophone [5], percussion [4]
• Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
  electric guitar [2], guitar [1, 6, 9-10], pedal steel guitar [9-10], solo [1, 6]
• Jim Gordon
  drums (drum set) [1, 9-10]
• Jim Hodder
  drums (drum set) [2, 6]
• Jim Horn
  saxophone [3, 7, 14]
• Jimmie Haskell
  horn [6]
• John Klemmer
  saxophone [3, 7, 14]
• Johnny Mandel
  strings [5]
• Johnny Rotella
  saxophone [6]
• Lanny Morgan
  saxophone [6]
• Larry Carlton
  guitar [3], solo [3]
• Michael McDonald
  background vocals [3, 13]
• Michael Omartian
  keyboard [11], piano [1]
• Miss Natalie
  assistant [6]
• Myrna Matthews
  background vocals [6]
• Patricia Hall
  background vocals [6]
• Paul Griffin
  Rhodes piano [13], background vocals [13], electric piano [13], keyboard [3, 7, 14]
• Pete Christlieb
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Phil Woods
  alto saxophone [4]
• Plas Johnson
  saxophone [3, 7, 14]
• Rick Marotta
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Roger Nichols
  engineer [1-4, 6-7, 9-11, 14], executive [13], mix [3, 7, 14]
• Sherlie Matthews
  background vocals [3, 6]
• Steve Kahn
  guitar [13]
• Steve Khan
  guitar [13]
• Tim Weston
  assistant [2]
• Timothy B. Schmit
  background vocals [1, 5]
• Tom Scott
  Lyricon [13]
• Venetta Fields
  background vocals [3]
• Victor Feldman
  percussion [1, 4-5, 11, 13], vibraphone [4, 11]
• Walter Becker
  arranger [4, 11], bass [1, 3-7, 9-11, 14], electric bass guitar [2], guitar [3-4, 7, 9-11, 11, 14], guitar family [5], horn [3, 7, 14], solo [7, 11]
• Wilton Felder
  bass [4]
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Issues

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  The Very Best of Steely Dan

  CD
  1987