Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story 1972-1980 (2000)

About this title: There is an audience for the double-disc set Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story 1972-1980, although it may be a small one -- it's a set for listeners who want something a little more extensive than A Decade of Steely Dan or Gold yet don't want to invest in full albums. On that level, it works quite well, since it does have all the chart and radio hits, plus a terrific sampling of classic album tracks from "Only a Fool Would Say That" through "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" to "Time Out of Mind." So Showbiz Kids winds up being useful for neophytes -- although it's hard not to imagine anyone who ... read more

Tracks:

1. Do It Again [Becker/Fagen]
2. Dirty Work [Becker/Fagen]
3. Reelin' in the Years [Becker/Fagen]
4. Only a Fool Would Say That [Becker/Fagen]
5. Change of the Guard [Becker/Fagen]
6. Bodhisattva [Becker/Fagen]
7. The Boston Rag [Becker/Fagen]
8. Show Biz Kids [Becker/Fagen]
9. My Old School [Becker/Fagen]
10. Rikki Don't Lose That Number [Becker/Fagen]
11. Night by Night [Becker/Fagen]
12. Pretzel Logic [Becker/Fagen]
13. Any Major Dude Will Tell You [Becker/Fagen]
14. Black Friday [Becker/Fagen]
15. Bad Sneakers [Becker/Fagen]
16. Doctor Wu [Becker/Fagen]
17. Any World (That I'm Welcome To) [Becker/Fagen]
18. Chain Lightning [Becker/Fagen]
19. Kid Charlemagne [Becker/Fagen]
20. Don't Take Me Alive [Becker/Fagen]
21. Haitian Divorce [Becker/Fagen]
22. The Fez [Becker/Fagen/Griffi]
23. Here at the Western World [Becker/Fagen]
24. Black Cow [Becker/Fagen]
25. Aja [Becker/Fagen]
26. Deacon Blues [Becker/Fagen]
27. Peg [Becker/Fagen]
28. Josie [Becker/Fagen]
29. FM [Becker/Fagen]
30. Babylon Sisters [Becker/Fagen]
31. Hey Nineteen [Becker/Fagen]
32. Time Out of Mind [Becker/Fagen]
33. Third World Man [Becker/Fagen]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.