Donald Fagen 
The best album credited to Donald Fagen is The Nightfly which is ranked number 734 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,335.
Donald Fagen is ranked number 577 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 3,130.
- See also:
- Steely Dan
- Walter Becker & Donald Fagen
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Donald Fagen best albums
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 02/20/2026 14:36 | Pluto11 | 317 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2023 09:48 | MaxStorm98 | 542 | 92/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2022 14:23 |  Jboy56 | 79 | 92/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.4/100, a mean average of 82.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.3/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 10.9.
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Donald Fagen forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdeptView latest topic →
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Jboy56 01/23/2022 14:25 | #279891
The Father of Steely Dan makes always impeccable records which never do get old-fashioned. Quality is always a positive thing
