Everything Must Go
by Steely Dan
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Steely Dan bestography
Everything Must Go is ranked 9th best out of 21 albums by Steely Dan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steely Dan is Aja which is ranked number 150 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,943.
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Everything Must Go track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Everything Must Go rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 45 Music Albums of 2003 | 38/45 | 1 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 90 Music Albums of the 2000s | 78/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | machiaj | Top 20 Music Albums of the 2000s | 6/20 | 15 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | spigelwii | Top 9 Music Albums of 2003 | 7/9 | 2 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 64 Music Albums of 2003 | 23/64 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 96 Music Albums of 2003 | 75/96 | 1 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Musica! I migliori dischi 2003 | 23/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 60/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 57 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 215 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/03/2026 16:44 | saltysurprise | 2,960 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/02/2026 18:42 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2026 08:07 | marcoserra1966 | 881 | 59/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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Sandrof1969 02/21/2018 21:30 | #209127
Gli Steely Dan che sono passati alla storia ( e che sono uno dei miei gruppi preferiti ) sono altri, ma il livello del loro ritorno ( temporaneo ) è per lo meno discreto.
A thoughtful solid record.
sszwalbenest 08/05/2013 22:14 | #83164 | TOP COMMENT
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Much better album than Two Against Nature. It was interesting to hear Becker's vocal on "Slang of Ages". My favorite track was Pixeleen.
"Everything Must Go" is Steely Dan's second album since their re-union - and at this point their latest. I have noticed that it is often considered weaker than its predecessor, "Two Against Nature". I'm not sure I agree. Without quite reaching the heights of the 1970s there are on this album some fine and actually very catchy songs - and unlike "Two Against Nature" none of the tracks become longwinded.
"The Things I Love the Most" is in all ways Steely Dan at their best - a song that would have slipped seamlessly into "Katy Lied".
"Blues Beach" - is with his little flute refrain a song that you soon may find yourself go whistling, and another evidence that the group is still capeable of writing sophisticated pop numbers, and lyrics with bite and wit.
"Slang of Ages" sung by Becker, also stands out positively - beautiful female voices.
The opening number "Last Mall" is more funky - but with its dismal lyrics and the fine drive also a number you gladly return to.
The title-track is, although I usually do not care much for saxophone solos, probably my favorite. Beautiful melody with a catchy and doomsday-like refrain.
The other tracks are solid, but more forgettable.
The lyrics are generally weird, dark and disillusioned which certainly does not make them less interesting.
I certainly hope that Becker and Fagen will return to the studios, they obviously have have a lot to offer. (Edited)
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