Steely Dan discography
Studio albums9
Live albums2
Compilation albums12
Video albums2
Singles23
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.

Steely Dan album sales estimate at forty million worldwide.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications[1]
(sales threshold)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
CAN
[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[10]
UK
[11]
1972 Can't Buy a Thrill
  • Release date: November 1972
  • Label: ABC
17 46 4 84 38
1973 Countdown to Ecstasy
  • Release date: July 1973
  • Label: ABC
35 49
1974 Pretzel Logic
  • Release date: February 20, 1974
  • Label: ABC
8 18 5 23 37
1975 Katy Lied
  • Release date: March 1975
  • Label: ABC
13 28 12 10 13
1976 The Royal Scam
  • Release date: May 31, 1976
  • Label: ABC
15 30 24 14 3 11
1977 Aja
  • Release date: September 23, 1977
  • Label: ABC
3 9 3 9 3 10 35 5
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[12]
  • BPI: Gold[13]
  • MC: 2× Platinum
1980 Gaucho
  • Release date: November 21, 1980
  • Label: MCA
9 9 18 57 44 7 5 15 27
2000 Two Against Nature
  • Release date: February 29, 2000
  • Label: Giant
6 51 6 22 11 19 39 7 17 11
  • RIAA: Platinum[12]
  • BPI: Silver[13]
  • 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
[2]
AUS
[3]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[14]
UK
[11]
1995 Alive in America
  • Release date: October 17, 1995
  • Label: Giant
40 74 41 62
2021 Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! 39 51 62
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Video albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certification
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
NL
[7]
SWE
[10]
UK
[11]
1999 Aja
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: Classic Albums
34
2000 Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications[1]
(sales threshold)
US
[2]
AUS
[3]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[10]
UK
[11]
1978 Greatest Hits
  • Release date: November 30, 1978
  • Label: ABC
30 11 10 21 41
Steely Dan
1982 Gold
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: MCA
115 30 44
1985 A Decade of Steely Dan
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: MCA
122 100
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
34 21 7 38 42
2000 Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980 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
Collected
  • Release date: August 11, 2009
  • Label: 101 Distribution
9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
NL
[7]
UK
[11]
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

Year Album details Certifications[1]
(sales threshold)
1982 Gold
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: MCA
1993 Citizen Steely Dan
  • Release date: December 14, 1993
  • Label: MCA

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Certifications Album
US
[18]
US
A/C

[19]
AUS
[3]
CAN
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
UK
[11]
1972 "Dallas" Non-album Single
"Do It Again" 6 34 60 6 10 39[upper-alpha 1] Can't Buy a Thrill
1973 "Reelin' In the Years" 11 62 15
"Dirty Work"
"Show Biz Kids" 61 75 Countdown to Ecstasy
"My Old School" 63
1974 "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" 4 15 30 3 18 58[upper-alpha 2] 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 81
"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 FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack
"Josie" 26 44 20 Aja
1980 "Hey Nineteen" 10 11 48 3 19 Gaucho
1981 "Time Out of Mind" 22 13 31
"Babylon Sisters"
1999 "Cousin Dupree" 30 Two Against Nature
2003 "Blues Beach" Everything Must Go
"" denotes the single failed to chart

Promotional singles

Year Single Album
2000 "What a Shame About Me" Two Against Nature
"Jack of Speed"
"Janie Runaway"
2003 "Things I Miss the Most" Everything Must Go

Notes

  1. 1975 re-release
  2. 1979 re-release

Tribute albums

  • 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)

References

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    • Two Against Nature, Everything Must Go and video albums: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 266.
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  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "RIAA searchable certification database". riaa.com. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
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  15. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
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