Artist
Steely Dan
Steely Dan is a rock artist from Annandale-on-Hudson, USA formed in 1972. 40 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Annandale-on-Hudson, USA · Best rock albums
- 40
- Releases
- 1972–2025
- Active years
- 1972
- Formed
Discography
34
Most popular
The Very Best of Steely Dan
2009 · 33 tracks
Two Against Nature
2000
Aja
1977
Can't Buy a Thrill
1972
Katy Lied
1975
Gaucho
1980
Alive in America
1995
A Decade of Steely Dan
1985
Pretzel Logic
1974
Countdown to Ecstasy
1973
Gold
1982
Old Regime
1987
Katy Lied (2025 Remaster)
2025
The Royal Scam (2025 Remaster)
2025
Everlasting Summer (Live)
2023
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: STEELY DAN LIVE (Live)
2021
Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!
2021
The Definitive Collection
2006
Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story 1972 - 1980
2005
The Root of Steely Dan
1997
Becker & Fagan From Steely Dan Collection
1994
Green Flower Street (Live)
1993
Remastered: The Best of Steely Dan (Then and Now)
1993
Citizen Steely Dan: 1972-1980
1993
Citizen 1972-1980
1993
Stone Piano
1988
Sun Mountain
1985
Berry Town
1985
The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years
1985
- Countdown to Ecstasy / Can't Buy a Thrill
Countdown to Ecstasy / Can't Buy a Thrill
1982
Katy Lied / The Royal Scam
1982
Steely Dan
1978
Greatest Hits
1978
The Royal Scam
1976
Singles & EPs
6
Upcoming shows
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Honors
1
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 2001
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About
Steely Dan is an American rock band consisting of core members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies." The band's music is characterized by complex jazz-influenced structures and harmonies played by Becker and Fagen along with a revolving cast of rock and pop studio musicians. Steely Dan's "cerebral, wry and eccentric" lyrics, often filled with sharp sarcasm, touch upon such themes as drugs, love affairs, and crime. The pair is well known for their near-obsessive perfectionism in the recording studio, the most extreme example being that Becker and Fagen used at least 42 different studio musicians, 11 engineers, and took over a year to record the tracks that resulted in 1980's Gaucho - an album that contains only seven songs.
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Steely Dan toured from 1972 to 1974, but in 1975 became a purely studio-based act. The late 1970s saw the group release a series of moderately successful singles and albums. They disbanded in 1981, and throughout most of the next decade Fagen and Becker remained largely inactive in the music world. During this time "a cult following" remained devoted to the group. In 1993, the group resumed playing live concerts; later Steely Dan released two albums of new material, the first of which earned a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. They have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001.
Steely Dan in brief
- How many Steely Dan releases are on Riffiter?
- 40 releases are catalogued, spanning 1972 to 2025.
- When was Steely Dan formed?
- Steely Dan formed in 1972, in Annandale-on-Hudson, USA.
- What genre is Steely Dan?
- Steely Dan is catalogued under Rock.
- What is the most recent Steely Dan release on Riffiter?
- Katy Lied (2025 Remaster), released in 2025.
- What awards has Steely Dan won?
- Steely Dan has 1 award win on record, including Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1×).