Steely Dan - A Decade of Steely Dan (1985)

In "honor" of Black Friday (the song Black Friday from the 1975 album Katy Lied is track 2 on this compilation). This one is dedicated to all the store employees having to work today. I hope you're getting paid at least double time.

A "best of" compilation CD. When I bought this CD in 1988, it and Gaucho were the only Steely Dan CDs I owned. I've since purchased others, duplicating many of the tracks here, but this album is still needed in the collection for the inclusion of the non-LP track FM (No Static at All). If you haven't seen the 1978 movie FM, check it out the next time it's on some obscure cable channel - it's a cheesy time capsule of what the radio industry was like in the late '70s.

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: #50
Peak on the CashBox CD chart: #6

Tracks: I'm a fan of the group. This is a great compilation. What's not to like? I'm partial to the later stuff from Aja and Gaucho, but the earlier stuff is good, just different. Of the 14 tracks here, the only one I usually skip is the unnecessary cover of Duke Ellington's East St Louis Toodle-oo.

Song	Album	Year	Hot 100	AC
FM	FM Soundtrack	1978	22	-
Black Friday	Katy Lied	1975	37	-
Babylon Sisters	Gaucho	1980	-	-
Deacon Blues	Aja	1978	19	40
Bodhisattva	Countdown To Ecstasy	1973	-	-
Hey Nineteen	Gaucho	1980	10	11
Do It Again	Can't Buy A Thrill	1972	6	34
Peg	Aja	1977	11	30
Rikki Don't Lose That Number	Pretzel Logic	1974	4	15
Reelin In The Years	Countdown To Ecstasy	1973	11	-
East St Louis Toodle-oo	Pretzel Logic	1974	-	-
Kid Charlemagne	The Royal Scam	1976	82	-
My Old School	Countdown To Ecstasy	1973	63	-
Bad Sneakers	Katy Lied	1975	103	-

Hot 100 singles omitted from this compilation: Show Biz Kids (#61, 1973), Pretzel Logic (#57, 1974), The Fez (#59, 1976), Josie (#26, 1978), and Time Out Of Mind (#22, 1981).

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: One of the first CDs I ever purchased; it's easily one of the oldest in the collection. Also one of the first compilations designed for CD, so it was intended to showcase digital sound as much as the music itself. "Digitally remastered from the original first generation masters." Remember when that statement was exciting and new? I still have my first CD player, a Sony D-160, purchased January 1988:

Previously revisited for the blog:
Two Against Nature (2000)
Alive In America (1995)
Aja (1977)