Deacon Blues (track)
by Steely Dan
Deacon Blues appears on the following album(s) by Steely Dan:
- Aja (track #3) (this album) (1977)
- Citizen (track #54) (compilation) (1993)
- A Decade Of Steely Dan (track #4) (compilation) (1985)
- Reelin' In The Years: The Very Best Of Steely Dan (track #16) (compilation) (1987)
- The Best Of Steely Dan: Then And Now (track #6) (compilation) (1993)
- Gold (track #3) (compilation) (1982)
- Showbiz Kids (The Steely Dan Story 1972-1980) (track #26) (compilation) (2000)
- The Definitive Collection (track #10) (compilation) (2006)
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| ! | 23 hours ago | andyd1010 | 1,921 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2026 15:19 | Siromynian | 19,888 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2026 15:08 | Johnnyo | 45,620 | 80/100 |
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In terms of Steely Dan tracks does it get any better than this? That was rhetorical. I don’t think that it does
It has some of the most outstanding saxophone playing on any track ever and those jazz guitar sections are just superb
It just oozes class from start to finish. A masterpiece (Edited)
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/18/2010 13:38 | #16450
One of my most fav tracks ever..I am not a huge Steely dan fan, but when I heard this, I was blown away. Steely Dan's catalogue was by far the best selling ones at our Cincinnati stores, we would sell "Pretzel Logic", "Katy Lied', "Royal Scam" by the box load at Christmas years after their initial release. It was really amazing..very unusual as they sold more than any other artist at Christmas. They got a lot of airplay in that market. Jackson Browne's catalogue was probably second, followed by the Beatles, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Little Feat. Sales as expected are always correlated with airplay. Sorry for the ramble, I seem to have gotten off track.
