20th Century Masters:millennium Colle (2007)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602517058705 Release Date: 6/12/2007 Buy.com Sku: 204589397 Item#: M3M9MN Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Do It Again - (with Denny Dias/Donald Fagen) ~ Steely Dan 2. Reelin' In The Years - (with Elliot Randall) ~ Steely Dan 3. Only A Fool Would Say That - (with Jeff Baxter) ~ Steely Dan 4. My Old School - (with Jeff Baxter) ~ Steely Dan 5. Rikki Don't Lose That Number - (with Victor Feldman/Jeff Baxter) ~ Steely Dan 6. Any World (That I'm Welcome To) ~ Steely Dan 7. Deacon Blues - (with Pete Christlieb) ~ Steely Dan 8. Josie - (with Walter Becker) ~ Steely Dan 9. Time Out Of Mind - (with Mark Knopfler) ~ Steely Dan 10. Third World Man - (with Larry Carlton) ~ Steely Dan (P) 2007 Geffen Records (C) 2007 Geffen Records   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Steely Dan mainstays Walter Becker and Donald Fagen are credited as co-compilation producers with Universal Music executive Andy McKaie on the Steely Dan entry in Universal's discount-priced series 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection. It's a rule of thumb: get the artist involved in a compilation, and the choices are bound to be idiosyncratic. The rule holds here. Becker and Fagen eschew the boring hits-only approach, ignoring the Top Ten "Hey Nineteen" and the Top 40s "Black Friday," "Peg," and "FM (No Static at All)" in favor of album tracks "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" and "Third World Man," as well as the B-side "Only a Fool Would Say That" and "My Old School," which peaked at number 63 on the Hot 100. It doesn't really matter. More than three decades after the fact, "My Old School" sounds as much like a Steely Dan hit as any of the band's actual Top Ten singles, and it gets as much play on classic rock radio. Is this the best of Steely Dan? No, but some of the group's best songs are included, among them "Do It Again" and "Rikki Don't Lose That Number." A neophyte wanting to get an idea of what Steely Dan sounds like can do so by listening to these ten tracks. Real Steely Dan fans already have multiple copies of each of these songs. ~ William Ruhlmann   Compilation Appearances Fm Laurel Canyon In Good Company Raised On Rock You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It Or   Associated Artists and Works Garden Party Piano Jazz With Steely Dan ~ McPartland, Marian Smooth Sax Tribute To Steely Dan ~ Various Artists Various Artists   Technical Info Release Date : 06/12/2007 Original Release Date : 2007 Catalog ID : 0007497 Label : Geffen Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602517058705    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray