Steely Dan - Definitive Collection
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Artist: Steely DanEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2006-08-01
Music Label: Geffen Records
Soundtracks:
- Do It Again
- Dirty Work
- Reelin? In The Years
- Bodhisattva
- My Old School
- Rikki Don?t Lose That Number
- Black Friday
- Bad Sneakers
- Kid Charlemagne
- Deacon Blues
- Peg
- F.M.
- Hey Nineteen
- Babylon Sisters
- Cousin Dupree
- Things I Miss The Most
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Free Music Review: As close to "definitive" as single disc hits collection can be for The Dan.
Hit: 5 Stars
A cynic would say something like, 'Jeez, they keep doing this. It seems like every musician in the world has had a greatest hits CD come out in the last few years and almost all of them have already had one or more in the past.' Yes, this is true, and yes perhaps record companies want to keep gouging us for cash by releasing a cheap and easy product. But I have noticed that with many artists, the record companies have not gotten it right - in terms of compiling a true definitive collection -until the umpteenth try.
I count at least four other hits collections available on CD for Steely Dan, and over the years there were probably several more that are no longer available, or at least not usually found on record store shelves. But I always come across "Gold," "A Decade of...," "Greatest Hits" and "Showbiz Kidz," the 2001 career retrospective that is two discs and is more likely to get a thumbs up from true Dan enthusiasts than any of these single disc releases. Truth be told though, I have always championed "Decade" for its face-paced over view of all of their best stuff. Sure it's lacking some great songs, but aren't all greatest hit collections, especially in the eyes of an artist's die hard fans? Not to mention it is only one disc so for it to stand up so well is something of a feat.
Something like, say, Springsteen's single disc greatest hits is a slap in the face of anyone truly seeking out The Boss's best. Some artists just need more than one disc and more than the radio hits to truly capture their staggering talent and diverse career. But Steely Dan belongs to a group legends that hit hard and fast and then were all but gone (their great reunion at the beginning of the Millennium not withstanding). Like The Cars or Huey Lewis and the News, and countless others, they came on the scene, delivered hit after hit and seemingly just as quickly were gone. Steely Dan also made relatively short albums so compiling their best from their short hit-making career on one disc is not that hard.
All that said, that's why I think "Decade" got it pretty close to right. I griped that there was no "Josie," "Black Cow," or "Dirty Work;" and that, because it was originally released in 1985, couldn't have any of their more recent stuff. Well, this new collection, "The Definitive Collection," as it is called, almost rights all those wrongs. "Josie" and "Black Cow" are still MIA, but they both are on "Aja" (maybe the Dan's best album), so if one were to purchase this and "Aja" you may feel you'd never need anything else. Of course, there are deeper cuts you'd be missing out on, but for those who collections like this are intended (the casual fan or radio-hits-only fan); you can't really do better than this. Plus there are two tracks from their last two albums - probably the two best tracks, but not the only ones from those albums that deserve inclusion. But again, a true fan's gripes are besides the point of this release, not to mention you could never satisfy everyone since everyone has their own idea of what belongs here. But from the technical aspect of culling all the hits, this album gets the job done right.
Those who want to delve further into Steely Dan, but don't want to pony up for each individual album, should try the more expansive, but also more expensive "Showbiz Kidz." For anyone else, this is a must addition to any true rock 'n roll CD collection.
Definitive Collection Poster
The First Ever Multi-Label Compilation Covering Their Entire Recording Career. Features All Their Hits 'Do It Again,' 'Reeling In The Years,' 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number' & 'Hey Nineteen' Plus Their Most Renowned Album Tracks From 'Dirty Work' To 'Cousin Dupree'. Over 76 Minutes Of The Greatest Steely Dan. Newly Digitally Remastered From The Original Sources By Famed Engineer Joe Palmaccio. Booklet Includes Historic Photos & Complete Credits Replaces Steely Dan Decade Major U.S. Tour This Summer. Major TV campaign To Support The Release.Classic Rock Music CDs
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