Remastered: The Best of Steely Dan Then and Now

remastered: the best of steely dan then and now

Track Listings

1. Reelin' in the Years

2. Rikki Don't Lose That Number

3. Peg

4. FM

5. Hey Nineteen

6. Deacon Blues

7. Black Friday

8. Bodhisattva

9. Do It Again

10. Haitian Divorce

11. My Old School

12. Midnight Cruiser

13. Babylon Sisters

14. Kid Charlemagne

15. Dirty Work

16. Josie

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Remastered: The Best of Steely Dan Then and Now

Then and Now: The Best of Steely Dan Remastered

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Correction to "Just A Correction"
This "Best of" is very similar to "A Decade Of Steely Dan"
Great collection, weird sequence...
Best "Best Of" Compilation I've Yet Seen
Glad to be german

Then and Now: The Best of Steely Dan Remastered
Steely Dan
Manufacturer: Mca Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005RVN
Release Date: 2000-05-09

Tracks:

Reelin' in the Years
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Peg
FM
Hey Nineteen
Deacon Blues
Black Friday
Bodhisattva
Do It Again
Haitian Divorce
My Old School
Midnight Cruiser
Babylon Sisters
Kid Charlemagne
Dirty Work
Josie

Album Description

Available at this low price for a limited time! 16 of the duo's greatest hits digitally remastered, including 'FM', 'Do It Again', 'Reelin' In The Years', 'Peg', 'Josie', 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number', 'Deacon Blues', 'Hey Nineteen', 'Black Friday' & 'Bodhisattva'. 1993.

Album Details

Collection from the pop duo that set the standard for quality musicianship and sheer wit. The cover art is a photo entitled 'Carhenge'. Includes 'FM', 'Peg', 'My Old School', 'Rikki Don't Lose that Number', 'Josie', 'Babylon Sister', 'Bodhisattva', 'Do it Again', 'Reelin' in the Years' & so many more!

Customer Reviews:

Correction to "Just A Correction".......2006-03-11

(which is painfully obvious to any REAL Dan Fan), March 7, 2006
Reviewer: B. Essex "Sings2Teddy"
FM is not a Steely Dan song - it is a Walter Fagen song.

You are joking right?! REAL Dan fan?? First of all it's Donald Fagen & Walter Becker. FM is a Steely Dan song - see below

FM
Drums and Percussion: Jeff Porcaro
Bass: Walter Becker
Guitar: Walter Becker
Steel Guitar: Cosmo Creek
Piano: Donald Fagen
Tenor Sax: Pete Christlieb
Percussion: Victor Feldman
Backup Vocals: Tim Schmit

This "Best of" is very similar to "A Decade Of Steely Dan".......2005-01-03

First let me say that as a Steely Dan fan, this is a great album but, if you're after a greatest hits my recommendation is to buy ASIN: B000002P4R "A Decade Of Steely Dan".

There are three reasons for this. Firstly, the track listing beteeen the two is almost identical. "Then & Now" has a couple more songs but all the main hits are on the "Decade" album.

Secondly the "Decade" album is not an import so it is less than half price and thirdly, "FM" which is my favourite Steely Dan song has a Sax solo in this CD but on the "Decade" album the version, while otherwise identical has a guitar solo. Now I love a good sax solo as much as the next person but I don't think the sax solo does the song justice. It just doesn't have the feel that the guitar solo does. Someone told me once that Larry Carlton played the solo in FM. I don't know if this is true but it certaily sounds like his style. I know it's a personal thing but, I'd buy the "decade" album just for the FM guitar solo (ok and the cheaper price!).

Great collection, weird sequence..........2002-11-05

Unlike most "Best Of" collections, which tend to highlight a few great songs "padded out" with a bunch of filler tracks, this Steely Dan compilation covering their "golden years" (that is, basically the whole decade of the 1970's) is truly loaded with great material from start to finish. But hey, when the group in question is Steely Dan, whose level of songwriting and musicianship was above and beyond virtually all of the "stadium rock", "smooth pop", and disco with which it shared the radio airwaves of that era, the problem is not which mediocre material to include, but rather, which excellent songs have to be omitted due to the time limitations of one CD. I think the compiler(s) did a very good job for the most part, although personally I think I would have replaced "Black Friday" with "Black Cow". If there were "1/2 stars" available, I would have given this disc 4-and-1/2 stars. The only reason I'd withhold a half star is that some of the sequences are a bit weird, none moreso than at the very beginning: We get off to an energetic start with "Reelin' in the Years", but since it's followed by "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", a fine song which was unfortunately saddled with an all-but-useless Intro of some sort of mumbling "log drums" or marimba that runs 23 seconds, we get a half minute (a long time in pop music terms) of what amounts to "dead air". If you listen while driving in your car, where this Intro barely cuts through at all, you might think there's something wrong with the disc, or your CD player. I suppose that this complaint should really be directed at the band and producer of the original track, but as Steely Dan is usually thought of as a "groove" group producing slick, toe-tapping, jazz-&-funk-inflected rock, the slowpoke Intro should have been cut out, at least for this collection; it kinda kills the pace so early in the album. There are a couple other odd sequences as well---it shows how important this aspect of producing a record can be, something that affects the listener's whole perception of it. That said, it really is a superlative batch of music, and anyway, in today's hi-tech world, you can play with the sequence as you wish, or "randomize" the tracks, which can be cool with this type of collection; just don't try to do that while driving your car---the cover photo shows what happened to those who did.

Best "Best Of" Compilation I've Yet Seen.......1998-12-06

I bought this CD originally in Hong Kong, and it got stolen back here in the states. This is by far the best compilation of Steely Dan, and has a great history of the group in its liner notes. Thank you, Amazon, for carrying this and making it easy to replace! If anybody has a Steely Dan fan on their Christmas list, by the way, this is the one to get them.

Glad to be german.......1998-11-23

This is a great compilation of all important Steely Dan songs and I'm glad to live in Germany because I had to pay only 13 DEM (= appr. 7.5 USD)which is a joke. It's a sad thing that this record is only available as an import in USA and therefore so expensive over there.

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Then and Now: The Best of Steely Dan Remastered
Steely Dan
Manufacturer: MCA International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000DEOET
Release Date: 2000-04-04

Tracks:

Reelin' in the Years
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Peg
FM
Hey Nineteen
Deacon Blues
Black Friday
Bodhisattva
Do It Again
Haitian Divorce
My Old School
Midnight Cruiser
Babylon Sisters
Kid Charlemagne
Dirty Work
Josie

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