How many Steely Dan releases are on Riffiter?

37 releases are catalogued, spanning 1972 to 2025.

When was Steely Dan formed?

Steely Dan formed in 1972, in Annandale-on-Hudson, USA.

What genre is Steely Dan?

Steely Dan is catalogued under Rock.

What is the most recent Steely Dan release on Riffiter?

The Royal Scam (2025 Remaster), released in 2025.

What awards has Steely Dan won?

Steely Dan has 1 award win on record, including Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1×).

Artist

Steely Dan

Steely Dan is a rock artist from Annandale-on-Hudson, USA formed in 1972. 37 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Rock · Annandale-on-Hudson, USA · Best rock albums

37
Releases: 1972–2025
Active years: 1972
Formed

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Tidal

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Discography

33

Singles & EPs

4

Honors

1

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 2001

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About

Steely Dan is an American rock band consisting of core members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies." The band's music is characterized by complex jazz-influenced structures and harmonies played by Becker and Fagen along with a revolving cast of rock and pop studio musicians. Steely Dan's "cerebral, wry and eccentric" lyrics, often filled with sharp sarcasm, touch upon such themes as drugs, love affairs, and crime. The pair is well known for their near-obsessive perfectionism in the recording studio, the most extreme example being that Becker and Fagen used at least 42 different studio musicians, 11 engineers, and took over a year to record the tracks that resulted in 1980's Gaucho - an album that contains only seven songs. Steely Dan toured from 1972 to 1974, but in 1975 became a purely studio-based act. The late 1970s saw the group release a series of moderately successful singles and albums. They disbanded in 1981, and throughout most of the next decade Fagen and Becker rem…

Steely Dan in brief

How many Steely Dan releases are on Riffiter?: 37 releases are catalogued, spanning 1972 to 2025.
When was Steely Dan formed?: Steely Dan formed in 1972, in Annandale-on-Hudson, USA.
What genre is Steely Dan?: Steely Dan is catalogued under Rock.
What is the most recent Steely Dan release on Riffiter?: The Royal Scam (2025 Remaster), released in 2025.
What awards has Steely Dan won?: Steely Dan has 1 award win on record, including Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1×).