Gold [Extra tracks]

Steely Dan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 1991)
• Original Release Date: 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: MCA
• ASIN: B000002OHR
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,693 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Not exactly a greatest-hits package (A Decade of Steely Dan gathers, and more prudently chooses, more), not quite a sampler (it includes Donald Fagen solo tracks), but Gold is nonetheless a useful thing for those unwilling to spring for the sweeping Citizen Steely Dan 4 CD set. For one thing, it has low overlap with Decade: The two share only "Deacon Blues," "Babylon Sisters," "Hey Nineteen," and "Bodhisattva"--the last in different versions. The two compilations together do a good job of summarizing the band's high points, and in the absence of a more comprehensive domestic sampler, that'd be about the best way to go. For "Josie," however, you'll have to go back to Aja. --Gavin McNett

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Steely Dan "Sampler", January 21, 2004

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Alan Caylow (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

Okay, so Steely Dan's "Gold" is more of a sampler than a "proper" greatest hits package (no "Do It Again" or "Reelin' In The Years" or "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" or "Josie"?), but it still contains some fine Dan classics, such as "Hey Nineteen," "Green Earrings," "Deacon Blue," and "King Of The World." But there are two main reasons to buy this CD, even if you already have those aforementioned tunes in your Dan collection. One is the inclusion of the all-time Dan classic, "FM" (from the motion picture of the same name), one of the group's most popular songs (AND one of their most funky!). And secondly, the generous inclusion of four excellent bonus tracks: the "Royal Scam" leftover "Here At The Western World," a pair of rare Donald Fagen solo songs, "Century's End" (from the film "Bright Lights Big City"), "True Companion" (from the film "Heavy Metal"), and a rare 1974 live recording of "Bodhisattva" (with a hilarious, drunken introduction from Jerome Aniton). Granted, if you want a "proper" Steely Dan greatest hits CD, then pick up either of the Dan's excellent best-of albums, "Greatest Hits" or "A Decade Of Steely Dan." But "Gold," with the inclusion of "FM" and four hard-to-find bonus songs, is an essential Steely Dan CD to own. No static at all with this one, baby!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awsome, February 10, 2002

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Robert D. Kronenberg "RobFL1015" (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

Some of sd's best, some great songs from Donald Fagan not available otherwise.. Better than his recent stuff, not to say such is bad....

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yet another Dan repackage with hidden value, March 3, 2000

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Roy Smith - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

The tunes on this disc speak for themselves to any Dan fan. Chances are you already have some of this in your CD collection. However, like all of these repackages, the boys have elected to include something that will require the hardened DanFan to own it. In this case there is a special mix of "FM" that includes a very angular Phil Woods sax solo on the long outro instead of the guitar solo which has been in several previous released versions. For fans of the actual movie, this is the mix that was played during the final credits. For a danophile such as myself, this one track makes the CD worthwhile.