For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been a big fan of Steely Dan, an American jazz-rock band founded by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen in 1972. Owning several of their CD’s, I thought that I’d share a list of some of my favorite songs…
With a cornucopia of great songs to select from, most of my favorites aren’t the most popular, commercially successful recordings. With that in mind, here’s a chronological listing of the Steely Dan CD’s which I own, wherein I’ve cited three of my favorites in the order in which they appear –
Can’t Buy A Thrill (1972)
- Midnite Cruiser
- Only A Fool Would Say That
- Turn That Heartbeat Over Again
Countdown To Ecstasy (1973)
- Razor Boy
- The Boston Rag
- Your Gold Teeth
Pretzel Logic (1974)
- Any Major Dude Will Tell You
- Charlie Freak
- Monkey In Your Soul
Katy Lied (1975)
- Rose Darling
- Doctor Wu
- Your Gold Teeth II
The Royal Scam (1976)
- The Caves of Altamira
- Haitian Divorce
- The Royal Scam
Aja (1977)
- Black Cow
- Aja
- Peg
Gaucho (1980)
- Babylon Sisters
- Glamour Profession
- Time Out of Mind
Gold / Expanded Edition (1991)
- FM
- Here At The Western World
- True Companion
Two Against Nature (2000)
- Almost Gothic
- Jack of Speed
- West of Hollywood
Everything Must Go (2003)
- Green Book
- Pixeleen
- Everything Must Go
So, what’s my all-time favorite Steely Dan song? While difficult to select just one song, I’d probably have to say, Here At The Western World, a recording originally released on a 2-album “Greatest Hits” (1978) record set which I owned, many moons ago. As to which Steely Dan CD is my all-time favorite, it’s a tie between Countdown To Ecstasy & Katy Lied.