A Decade of Steely Dan

A Decade of Steely Dan
Compilation album by Steely Dan
Released	January 1, 1985
Recorded	1972–80
Genre	Jazz fusion, soft rock, pop rock
Length	66:26
Label	MCA
Producer	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Steely Dan chronology
Gold (1982) A Decade of Steely Dan (1985) The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years (1987)

A Decade of Steely Dan is a compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 1985.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"FM (No Static at All)" (from the FM soundtrack, 1978)	4:50
2.	"Black Friday" (from Katy Lied, 1975)	3:33
3.	"Babylon Sisters" (from Gaucho, 1980)	5:51
4.	"Deacon Blues" (from Aja, 1977)	7:26
5.	"Bodhisattva" (from Countdown to Ecstasy, 1973)	5:16
6.	"Hey Nineteen" (from Gaucho)	5:06
7.	"Do It Again" (from Can't Buy a Thrill, 1972)	5:56
8.	"Peg" (from Aja)	3:58
9.	"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (from Pretzel Logic, 1974)	4:30
10.	"Reelin' in the Years" (from Can't Buy a Thrill)	4:35
11.	"East St. Louis Toodle-oo" (Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley; from Pretzel Logic)	2:45
12.	"Kid Charlemagne" (from The Royal Scam, 1976)	4:38
13.	"My Old School" (from Countdown to Ecstasy)	5:46
14.	"Bad Sneakers" (from Katy Lied)	3:16

Personnel

• Patti Austin: backing vocals
• Jeff Baxter: guitar
• Walter Becker: bass guitar, guitar, vocals
• Crusher Bennett: percussion
• Randy Brecker: trumpet, flugelhorn
• Larry Carlton: guitar
• Pete Christlieb: flute, tenor saxophone
• Gary Coleman: percussion
• Cosmo Creek: steel-stringed guitar
• Denny Dias: guitar, percussion
• Donald Fagen: synthesizer, acoustic and electric piano, keyboards, alto saxophone, vocals, backing vocals
• Victor Feldman: percussion, electric piano
• Venetta Fields: backing vocals
• Chuck Findley: brass
• Frank Floyd: backing vocals
• Steve Gadd: percussion
• Diva Gray: backing vocals
• Jay Graydon: guitar
• Paul Griffin: keyboards, electric piano, backing vocals
• Gordon Grody: backing vocals
• Don Grolnick: electric piano, clavinet
• Lani Groves: backing vocals
• Patricia Hall: backing vocals
• Jimmie Haskell: horn arrangements
• Jim Hodder: drums
• Jim Horn: flute, saxophone
• Slyde Hyde: brass
• Plas Johnson: flute, saxophone
• Walter Kane: bass clarinet
• Gary Katz: producer
• Jackie Kelso: flute, saxophone
• Steve Khan: guitar
• Clydie King: backing vocals
• Johnny Mandel: string arrangements
• George Marge: bass clarinet
• Rick Marotta: drums
• Myrna Matthews: backing vocals
• Sherlie Matthews: backing vocals
• Hugh McCracken: guitar
• Lou McCreary: brass
• Michael McDonald: backing vocals
• Glenn Meadows: mastering
• Leslie Miller: backing vocals
• Lanny Morgan: horn
• Rob Mounsey: horn arrangements
• Roger Nichols: engineer
• Michael Omartian: piano, keyboards
• Lanny Organ: horn
• David Paich: keyboards
• David Palmer: backing vocals
• Dean Parks: acoustic guitar, banjo
• Bill Perkins: flute, horn, saxophone, producer
• Jeff Porcaro: percussion, drums
• Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: drums
• Chuck Rainey: bass guitar
• Elliott Randall: guitar
• Lee Ritenour: guitar
• John Rotella: horn
• Zachary Sanders: backing vocals
• Timothy B. Schmit: backing vocals
• Tom Scott: alto clarinet, flute, conductor, alto and tenor saxophone, Lyricon, alto and tenor vocals, horn arrangements
• Wayne Shorter: flute, saxophone
• Ernie Watts: horn
• Toni Wine: backing vocals