Greatest Hits
by Steely Dan

Greatest Hits by Steely Dan
(Compilation album)
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 47,240th   
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 51 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (474th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (4,563rd)
Award Best albums of all time (47,240th)

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Steely Dan bestography

Greatest Hits is ranked 15th 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 9,111.

Steely Dan album bestography « Higher ranked (44,228th)
Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!
This album (47,240th)
Greatest Hits
Lower ranked (54,361st) »
Showbiz Kids (The Steely Dan Story 1972-1980)

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Greatest Hits track list

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

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Greatest Hits rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 47,240th | 1970s rank: 4,563rd | 1978 rank: 474th

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80/100 (from 51 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.0/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.0.

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From 02/21/2018 01:52 | #209020
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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Best Albums of 1978
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
5. Die Mensch·Maschine by Kraftwerk
6. Van Halen by Van Halen
7. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
8. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
9. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
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12. Dire Straits by Dire Straits
13. Outlandos D'Amour by The Police
14. 3rd by Big Star
15. All Mod Cons by The Jam
16. Chairs Missing by Wire
17. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo
18. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
19. Real Life by Magazine
20. Powerage by AC/DC
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