Greatest Hits is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Steely Dan

Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...

, released in 1978. It has sold over two million units in America.

The double album

Double album

A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....

 includes tracks from the band's first six studio albums and includes a previously unreleased song, "Here at the Western World", which was recorded during the sessions for The Royal Scam

The Royal Scam

The Royal Scam is the fifth album by Steely Dan, originally released by ABC Records in 1976. The album went gold and peaked at #15 on the charts. The Royal Scam features more prominent guitar work than other Steely Dan albums...

but not included on that album.

Side one

1. "Do It Again
   Do It Again (Steely Dan song)
   "Do It Again" is a song by American jazz-rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their debut 1972 album Can't Buy a Thrill...
   
   " – 5:50
2. "Reelin' In the Years
   Reelin' in the Years
   "Reelin' In the Years" is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan, released as the sixth track on their 1972 album, Can't Buy a Thrill.The song was written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker and features Fagen on vocals. The song was also a #11 hit on the Pop singles chart in 1973. In March 2005, Q...
   
   " – 4:35
3. "My Old School" – 5:45
4. "Bodhisattva" – 5:18

Side two

5. "Show Biz Kids" – 5:21
6. "East St. Louis Toodle-oo" (Duke Ellington
   Duke Ellington
   Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
   
   , Bubber Miley) – 2:46
7. "Rikki Don't Lose That Number
   Rikki Don't Lose That Number
   "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" is a single released in 1974 by rock/pop/jazz group Steely Dan and the opening track of their third album Pretzel Logic. The record became the group's highest charted album, peaking at #4 on "Billboard" in the summer of 1974....
   
   " – 4:34
8. "Pretzel Logic
   Pretzel Logic (song)
   "Pretzel Logic" is a single released by Steely Dan from their album Pretzel Logic, originally released in 1974 by ABC Records. In the lyrics, the speaker describes wanting to visit the Southern United States with a minstrel show, wanting to meet Napoleon Bonaparte because Napoleon is lonely, and...
   
   " – 4:30
9. "Any Major Dude" – 3:06

Side three

10. "Here at the Western World" – 4:00 (previously unreleased)
11. "Black Friday" – 3:39
12. "Bad Sneakers
    Bad Sneakers
    "Bad Sneakers" is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan. It was released as the second track on their 1975 album Katy Lied.It also appears on the compilation albums A Decade of Steely Dan and Citizen Steely Dan ....
    
    " – 3:16
13. "Doctor Wu" – 3:53
14. "Haitian Divorce" – 5:48

Side four

15. "Kid Charlemagne
    Kid Charlemagne
    "Kid Charlemagne" is a song by the rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1976 album The Royal Scam. It is notable as a fusion of a funk rhythm and jazz harmonies with rock and roll instrumentals and lyrical style, as well as a very famous guitar solo by jazz-fusion...
    
    " – 4:38
16. "The Fez" (Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin) – 3:54
17. "Peg
    Peg (song)
    "Peg" is a song by rock group Steely Dan that was released as a single from their 1977 album Aja. In G Major, it, like many Steely Dan songs from the period, blends rock with jazz and R&B elements. The song became a big hit in 1978....
    
    " – 3:54
18. "Josie" – 4:30

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Pop Albums	30