Reelin' in the Years: The Very Best of Steely Dan [Import]

Track Listings

1. Do It Again

2. Reelin' In The Years

3. My Old School

4. Bodhisattva

5. Show Biz Kids

6. Rikki Don't Lose That Number

7. Pretzel Logic

8. Black Friday

9. Bad Sneakers

10. Doctor Wu

11. Haitian Divorce

12. Kid Charlemagne

13. The Fez

14. Peg

15. Josie

16. Deacon Blues

17. Hey Nineteen

18. Babylon Sisters

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Two CD set chronicling Becker & Fagen's essential output, 1972-1980. 18 tracks, including: 'Do It Again', 'Reelin' In The Years', 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number', 'Hey Nineteen', 'Babylon Sisters', 'Deacon Blues', 'Josie', 'Bodhisattva', 'Peg', 'Kid Charlemagne', 'My Old School', 'Black Friday', etc. 1985 release on MCA. Double slimline jewel case. The full title is 'The Very Best Of Steely Dan: Reelin' In The Years'.

Album Description

Two CD set chronicling Becker & Fagen's essential output, 1972-1980. 18 tracks, including: 'Do It Again', 'Reelin' In The Years', 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number', 'Hey Nineteen', 'Babylon Sisters', 'Deacon Blues', 'Josie', 'Bodhisattva', 'Peg', 'Kid Charlemagne', 'My Old School', 'Black Friday', etc. 1985 release on MCA. Double slimline jewel case. The full title is 'The Very Best Of Steely Dan: Reelin' In The Years'.

Album Details

Two CD Set Includes Peg, Josie, Hey 19, Babylon Sisters, Deacon Blues, Black Friday and Much More.

Customer Reviews:

Buy Only If You Think Imports Are Better...........2001-04-23

...This has the exact listing "A Decade of Steely Dan..." and I think that "Decade..." even throws in the ultro-rare favorite "FM". Now, I don't know if imports have a better sound quality, or has a sturdier, more strong CD plastic, but let's face it. We can all save a penny or two. Let the reader/buyer beware.

Classic Steely Dan.......2001-01-28

you can't go wrong with this set.so many great songs here that showcase the Depth of this Great Group.WOrds&Music go hand&hand with this Band.you get so much feeling&Meaning.check it out.they have Inspired&Influenced so many Artists&Groups.

Reelin' In Some of The Years...........2000-03-01

Steely Dan is hard to anthologize. However, the US CD Decade of Steely Dan makes a tough assignment an utter failure! One has to look at imports for Steely Dan compilations. Which brings me to this one...

The import Best of Steely Dan (Then & Now) was readily available locally when it first came out. Soon, retailers quit carrying it (Kudos to Amazon.com for still making it available).

Instead this two CD affair became the common import. While it is more affordable, it under utilizes its two discs.

Missing: Dirty Work, FM, Time Out Of Mind (the one great Gaucho track that always get overlooked). There is plenty of room on these two discs for one comprehensive anthology. What about Here At The Western World as a bonus?

Suggestion: the above Best of Then & Now remastered import. It has FM, Dirty Work, and Josie (curiously absent from the US Decade of Steely Dan CD) and clocks in at over 79 minutes!

Oh, and it does have the intro to Rikki Don't Lose That Number that MCA records keeps dropping on all of their reisues (the box set, and Pretzel Logic).

DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.......1999-09-01

While I bought this double disc set over the greatest hits CD to get Deacon Blues, Hey Nineteen and Babylon Sisters, had I known there were 2 CDs I might have gone the other way. The bottom line is they are both excellent collections of the Becker/Fagan magic. Pick one and enjoy.

Music Review:

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1. Do It Again
2. Reelin' In The Years
3. My Old School
4. Bodhisattva
5. Show Biz Kids
6. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
7. Pretzel Logic
8. Black Friday
9. Bad Sneakers
10. Doctor Wu
11. Haitian Divorce
12. Kid Charlemagne
13. The Fez
14. Peg
15. Josie
16. Deacon Blues
17. Hey Nineteen
18. Babylon Sisters