Peg (track)
by Steely Dan
Peg appears on the following album(s) by Steely Dan:
- Aja (track #4) (this album) (1977)
- Greatest Hits (track #17) (compilation) (1978)
- Citizen (track #53) (compilation) (1993)
- A Decade Of Steely Dan (track #8) (compilation) (1985)
- Reelin' In The Years: The Very Best Of Steely Dan (track #14) (compilation) (1987)
- The Best Of Steely Dan: Then And Now (track #3) (compilation) (1993)
- Alive In America (track #7) (1995)
- Showbiz Kids (The Steely Dan Story 1972-1980) (track #27) (compilation) (2000)
- The Very Best Of Steely Dan: Do It Again (track #13) (compilation) (1987)
- The Definitive Collection (track #11) (compilation) (2006)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago |  Tamthebam | 46,243 | 79/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2026 15:20 | Siromynian | 20,079 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 08:32 | Johnnyo | 45,572 | 80/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.1/100, a mean average of 86.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.7.
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The great tracks just keep coming on Aja. The beat on this track is infectious with a fabulous instrumental break with great guitar work and fabulous piano playing throughout.
The song has been labelled by some critics as the "perfect Steely Dan song”. I totally understand that labelling. It incorporates so many elements that make Steely Dan so great.
I’m not always the greatest at spotting these but I’ve read that "Peg" was sampled on the De La Soul song "Eye Know". (Edited)
