Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980

Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980 is a two-disc compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 2000. The exact same compilation (all tracks in the same sequence) was also in 2009 re-released in UK under the title The Very Best of Steely Dan.

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Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980
Compilation album by Steely Dan
Released	November 14, 2000
Recorded	1972-80
Genre	Rock
Length	2:38:24
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Steely Dan chronology
The Best of Steely Dan: Then and Now (1993) Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980 (2000) Steely Dan: The Definitive Collection (2006)

Track listing

All songs by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, unless otherwise noted.

Disc one

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Do It Again"	Can't Buy a Thrill, 1972	5:56
2.	"Dirty Work"	Can't Buy a Thrill	3:08
3.	"Reelin' in the Years"	Can't Buy a Thrill	4:37
4.	"Only a Fool Would Say That"	Can't Buy a Thrill	2:57
5.	"Change of the Guard"	Can't Buy a Thrill	3:39
6.	"Bodhisattva"	Countdown to Ecstasy, 1973	5:18
7.	"The Boston Rag"	Countdown to Ecstasy	5:40
8.	"Show Biz Kids"	Countdown to Ecstasy	5:26
9.	"My Old School"	Countdown to Ecstasy	5:46
10.	"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"	Pretzel Logic, 1974	4:32
11.	"Night by Night"	Pretzel Logic	3:40
12.	"Pretzel Logic"	Pretzel Logic	4:32
13.	"Any Major Dude Will Tell You"	Pretzel Logic	3:08
14.	"Black Friday"	Katy Lied, 1975	3:41
15.	"Bad Sneakers"	Katy Lied	3:21
16.	"Doctor Wu"	Katy Lied	3:55
17.	"Any World (That I'm Welcome To)"	Katy Lied	3:55
18.	"Chain Lightning"	Katy Lied	2:59

Disc two

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Kid Charlemagne"	The Royal Scam, 1976	4:38
2.	"Don't Take Me Alive"	The Royal Scam	4:16
3.	"Haitian Divorce"	The Royal Scam	5:51
4.	"The Fez" (Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin)	The Royal Scam	4:02
5.	"Here at the Western World"	Greatest Hits, 1978; originally recorded for The Royal Scam	4:01
6.	"Black Cow"	Aja, 1977	5:10
7.	"Aja" (Extended version)	Aja	8:00
8.	"Deacon Blues"	Aja	7:36
9.	"Peg"	Aja	4:00
10.	"Josie"	Aja	4:35
11.	"FM (No Static at All) (Remix)"	Citizen Steely Dan, 1993; originally from the FM soundtrack, 1978	5:06
12.	"Babylon Sisters"	Gaucho, 1980	5:49
13.	"Hey Nineteen"	Gaucho	5:07
14.	"Time Out of Mind"	Gaucho	4:12
15.	"Third World Man"	Gaucho	5:13