Greatest Hits (compilation album) by Steely Dan

Greatest Hits by Steely Dan
(Compilation album)
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 71,626th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 50 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (654th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (6,431st)
Award Best albums of all time (71,626th)
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Steely Dan bestography

Greatest Hits is ranked 16th best out of 21 albums by Steely Dan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Steely Dan is Aja which is ranked number 158 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,447.

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Greatest Hits track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 50 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.2.

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This is a very good band of very accomplished musicians. The album includes their very best, so what more do you need? You can believe it because any major dude will tell you!
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