''A Decade of Steely Dan'' is a

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, released in 1985. It was the band's first compilation specifically for the compact disc market, and was certified a gold record by the

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. The album acts as a ''de facto'' singles package, including every Top 40 hit enjoyed by the band prior to its release with the exceptions of " Josie" from 1978 and "Time Out of Mind" from 1981. The remaining six tracks include two additional charting singles " My Old School" and ' Kid Charlemagne," a cover of Duke Ellington's "

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" which had been issued as a promotional single and "

Bad Sneakers "Bad Sneakers" is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan. It was released as the second single and track on their 1975 album ''Katy Lied''. Producer Gary Katz later regretted not releasing the song as the first single. ''Cash Box'' noted that "a ra ...

" which missed the Billboard Hot 100 as a single, and two album tracks, "Bodhisattva" and "

Babylon Sisters ''Gaucho'' is the seventh studio album by the American rock music, rock band Steely Dan, released on November 21, 1980, by MCA Records. The sessions for ''Gaucho'' represent the band's typical penchant for studio perfectionism and obsessive recor ...

."Discogs website retrieved 12 March 2017
/ref> The version of " FM (No Static at All)" on this compilation is the original album version from the '' FM'' soundtrack. The CD is currently out of print but the album is available on music streaming and digital download services.

Track listing

''All tracks written by Walter Becker and

Donald Fagen Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his w ...

except where noted.''

Personnel

''Taken from the liner notes to the

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Citizen Steely Dan; all individuals other than Fagen may not appear on tracks listed''. *

— vocals, keyboards * Walter Becker — bass guitar,

guitars The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, backing vocals * Randy Brecker,

Chuck Findley Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities ...

Slyde Hyde Richard John Hyde (July 4, 1936 – July 15, 2019), sometimes credited as Slyde Hyde, was an American trombonist who played several brass and woodwind instruments. He was a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) Hall ...

, Lanny Morgan, Lou McCreary, John Rotella,

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's ...

— brass instruments * Tom Scott —

woodwind instruments Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the greater category of wind instruments. Common examples include flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and saxophone. There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and reed ...

, horn arrangements * Wayne Shorter — saxophones * Pete Christlieb, Jim Horn, Plas Johnson, Jackie Kelso, Lanny Morgan, Bill Perkins — flutes, saxophones * Walter Kane, George Marge —

bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave bel ...

s * Victor Feldman —

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...

, percussion * Paul Griffin, Don Grolnick,

Michael Omartian Michael Omartian (born November 26, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer. He produced number-one records in three consecutive decades. He has earned 11 Grammy Awards nominations and won three. He sp ...

David Paich David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and singer of the rock band Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrote much of Toto's original material, including the ba ...

— keyboards * Jeff Baxter,

Larry Carlton Larry Eugene Carlton (born March 2, 1948) is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and 1980s for acts such as Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. He has participated in thousands of recording sessions, recorde ...

, Cosmo Creek, Denny Dias, Jay Graydon, Steve Khan, Hugh McCracken, Dean Parks, Elliott Randall,

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...

— guitars *

Chuck Rainey Charles Walter Rainey III (born June 17, 1940) is an American bass guitarist who has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones. Rainey is credited for playing bass on more than 1,00 ...

— bass guitar * Crusher Bennett, Gary Coleman, Steve Gadd, Jim Gordon, Jim Hodder, Rick Marotta, Jeff Porcaro,

Bernard Purdie Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul and funk musician. He is known for his precise musical time keeping and his signature use of triplets against a half-time backbeat: the "Purdie ...

—

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, percussion *

Patti Austin Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter. Music career Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...

, Venetta Fields, Frank Floyd, Diva Gray, Gordon Grody,

Lani Groves Lani Groves (born 1980 in Bloemfontein) is a South African musician and actor. She began playing the cello and singing at the age of five years. Groves performs regularly at musical events across the Gauteng region in South Africa. In 2004, Grov ...

, Patricia Hall, Clydie King, Myrna Matthews,

Sherlie Matthews Sherlie Matthews (born November 10, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter and former Motown Records producer, best known as a backing vocalist for pop, R&B and rock groups from the mid-1960s to the present time. Early life Matthews started ...

, Michael McDonald, Leslie Miller, David Palmer, Zachary Sanders,

Timothy B. Schmit Timothy Bruce Schmit (born October 30, 1947) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He has performed as the bassist and vocalist for Poco and the Eagles (band), Eagles, having replaced bassist and vocalist Randy Meisner in both cases ...

, Toni Wine — backing vocals ;Production personnel * Gary Katz —

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* Roger Nichols — engineer, mastering * Bob Ludwig — mastering * Glenn Meadows — mastering (1996 reissue) * Jimmie Haskell, Rob Mounsey — horn arrangements * Johnny Mandel — string arrangements

References

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