Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980
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Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980 is a two-disc compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 2000.
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Released | November 14, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1972–80 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 2:38:24 | |||
Label | MCA Records | |||
Producer | Walter Becker, Donald Fagen | |||
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The compilation was re-released in the UK in 2009 under the title The Very Best of Steely Dan.
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Track listing
editAll songs by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, unless otherwise noted.
Disc one
editNo. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Do It Again" | Can't Buy a Thrill, 1972 | 5:56 |
2. | "Dirty Work" | Can't Buy a Thrill | 3:08 |
3. | "Reelin' in the Years" | Can't Buy a Thrill | 4:37 |
4. | "Only a Fool Would Say That" | Can't Buy a Thrill | 2:57 |
5. | "Change of the Guard" | Can't Buy a Thrill | 3:39 |
6. | "Bodhisattva" | Countdown to Ecstasy, 1973 | 5:18 |
7. | "The Boston Rag" | Countdown to Ecstasy | 5:40 |
8. | "Show Biz Kids" | Countdown to Ecstasy | 5:26 |
9. | "My Old School" | Countdown to Ecstasy | 5:46 |
10. | "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" | Pretzel Logic, 1974 | 4:32 |
11. | "Night by Night" | Pretzel Logic | 3:40 |
12. | "Pretzel Logic" | Pretzel Logic | 4:32 |
13. | "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" | Pretzel Logic | 3:08 |
14. | "Black Friday" | Katy Lied, 1975 | 3:41 |
15. | "Bad Sneakers" | Katy Lied | 3:21 |
16. | "Doctor Wu" | Katy Lied | 3:55 |
17. | "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" | Katy Lied | 3:55 |
18. | "Chain Lightning" | Katy Lied | 2:59 |
Disc two
editNo. | Title | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Kid Charlemagne" | The Royal Scam, 1976 | 4:38 |
2. | "Don't Take Me Alive" | The Royal Scam | 4:16 |
3. | "Haitian Divorce" | The Royal Scam | 5:51 |
4. | "The Fez" (Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin) | The Royal Scam | 4:02 |
5. | "Here at the Western World" | Greatest Hits, 1978 | 4:01 |
6. | "Black Cow" | Aja, 1977 | 5:10 |
7. | "Aja" | Aja | 8:00 |
8. | "Deacon Blues" | Aja | 7:36 |
9. | "Peg" | Aja | 4:00 |
10. | "Josie" | Aja | 4:35 |
11. | "FM" | Remix, originally from the FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack, 1978 | 5:06 |
12. | "Babylon Sisters" | Gaucho, 1980 | 5:49 |
13. | "Hey Nineteen" | Gaucho | 5:07 |
14. | "Time Out of Mind" | Gaucho | 4:12 |
15. | "Third World Man" | Gaucho | 5:13 |