Don't Take Me Alive (track)
by Steely Dan
Year: 1976
From the album The Royal Scam (track #3)
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Don't Take Me Alive appears on the following album(s) by Steely Dan:
- The Royal Scam (track #3) (this album) (1976)
- Citizen (track #43) (compilation) (1993)
- Showbiz Kids (The Steely Dan Story 1972-1980) (track #20) (compilation) (2000)
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85/100  | 20 hours ago | ootsp | | 82/100 |
85/100 | 08/22/2025 22:42 | machiaj | | 74/100 |
100/100 | 08/15/2025 19:44 | matterhornrider | | 86/100 |
85/100 | 06/05/2025 04:13 |  AAL2014 | | 76/100 |
85/100 | 12/08/2024 19:00 | CokeBabies | | 84/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.0/100, a mean average of 85.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.1.
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