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. Their best-selling album is 1977's Aja.
Albums Studio albums Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US AUSAustralian Chart Books 1940–2005 (David Kent). Retrieved on 2011-03-27. Remastered: The Best of Steely Dan – Then and Now: Two Against Nature, Everything Must Go and video albums: CANPeak positions for Steely Dan's albums on Canadian Albums Chart: For "Can't Buy a Thrill": For "Countdown to Ecstasy": For "Pretzel Logic": For "Katy Lied": For "The Royal Scam": For "Aja": For "Gaucho": For "Two Against Nature": FIN GER Type Steely Dan in search field NL NZ NOR SWE UK 1972 Can't Buy a Thrill Release date: November 1972 Label: ABC 17 46 4 — 84 — — — — 38 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold 1973 Countdown to Ecstasy Release date: July 7, 1973 Label: ABC 35 — 49 — — — — — — — RIAA: Gold 1974 Pretzel Logic Release date: February 20, 1974 Label: ABC 8 18 5 — — — 23 — — 37 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver 1975 Katy Lied Release date: March 24, 1975 Label: ABC 13 28 12 — — — 10 — — 13 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver 1976 The Royal Scam Release date: May 31, 1976 Label: ABC 15 30 24 — — 14 3 — — 11 RIAA: Platinum MC: Gold 1977 Aja Release date: September 23, 1977 Label: ABC 3 9 3 — — 9 3 10 35 5 RIAA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold MC: 2× Platinum 1980 Gaucho Release date: November 21, 1980 Label: MCA 9 9 18 — 57 44 7 5 15 27 RIAA: Platinum 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 BPI: Silver 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 AUS BEL GER NL SWE SWI UK 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 AUS 1999 Aja Release date: 1999 Label: Classic Albums 34 ARIA: Gold 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(sales threshold) US AUS NL NZ NOR SWE UK 1978 Greatest Hits Release date: November 30, 1978 Label: ABC 30 11 — 10 21 — 41 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum Steely Dan Release date: 1978 Label: ABC/Nippon Columbia — — — — — — — 1982 Gold Release date: 1982 Label: MCA 115 — — — 30 — 44 RIAA: Gold 1985 A Decade of Steely Dan Release date: 1985 Label: MCA 122 — — — — — 100 RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years Release date: October 1985 Label: MCA UK — — — — — — 43 BPI: Silver 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 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 Collected Release date: August 11, 2009 Label: 101 Distribution — — 9 — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Other albums Year Album details 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
Box sets Year Album details Certifications(sales threshold) 1982 Gold Release date: 1982 Label: MCA 1993 Citizen Steely Dan Release date: December 14, 1993 Label: MCA RIAA: Gold
Singles Year Single Chart positions Album US USA/C AUS CAN NL NZ UK1972 "Dallas" — — — — — — — Non-album Single "Do It Again" 6 34 60 6 10 — 39 Can't Buy a Thrill1973 "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 Pretzel Logic "Pretzel Logic" 57 — — 48 — — —1975 "Black Friday" 37 — — 36 — — — Katy Lied "Bad Sneakers" 103 — — — — — —1976 "Kid Charlemagne" 82 — — — — — — The Royal Scam "The Fez" 59 — — — — — — "Haitian Divorce" — — — — — — 171977 "Peg" 11 30 — 7 — — — Aja1978 "Deacon Blues" 19 40 — 14 — — — "FM (No Static at All)" 22 — 87 19 — 19 49 FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack "Josie" 26 44 — 20 — — — Aja1980 "Hey Nineteen" 10 11 48 3 — 19 — Gaucho1981 "Time Out of Mind" 22 13 — 31 — — —1999 "Cousin Dupree" — 30 — — — — — Two Against Nature "—" denotes the single failed to chart
Promotional singles Year Single Album2000 "What a Shame About Me" Two Against Nature "Jack of Speed" "Janie Runaway"2003 "Things I Miss the Most" Everything Must Go "Blues Beach" Notes
Tribute albums The Hoops McCann Band – Plays the Music of Steely Dan (1988) Garden Party – 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) Sara Isaksson & Rebecka Törnqvist – Fire in the Hole: Sara Isaksson & Rebecka Törnqvist Sing Steely Dan (2006)
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