In Stores Now: Donald Fagen, CHEAP XMAS

As a member of Steely Dan, it was always evident that Donald Fagen was a very clever and amusing gentleman, but he deserves a bit of extra credit for coming up with the title of the box set that spans his entire solo career:  CHEAP XMAS.

It’s a fair cop, though: if you know someone who’s a Fagen fanboy but hasn’t gotten around to picking up all of his solo albums, then this is a perfect bit of one-stop shopping. And even if you’re a fan who does have those four albums – which are, for the record, THE NIGHTFLY, KAMAKIRIAD, MORPH THE CAT, and SUNKEN CONDOS – there’s still something here to help sell you on picking up a copy: a fifth disc, 10 EXTRAS, which features 10 solo Fagen songs that aren’t on any of the aforementioned albums.

Truly, this will make a (relatively) CHEAP XMAS present for the Fagen fan in your life, but if you need to be reminded of the material that our man Donald has released under his own name over the years, here’s the full track listing for your perusal.

Disc 1: THE NIGHTFLY

1. .G.Y.
2. Green Flower Street
3. Ruby Baby
4. Maxine
5. New Frontier
6. The Nightfly
7. The Goodbye Look
8. Walk Between Raindrops

Disc 2: KAMAKIRIAD

1. Trans-Island Skyway
2. Countermoon
3. Springtime
4. Snowbound
5. Tomorrow's Girls
6. Florida Room
7. On The Dunes
8. Teahouse On The Tracks

Disc 3: MORPH THE CAT

1. Morph The Cat
2. H Gang
3. What I Do
4. Brite Nitegown
5. The Great Pagoda Of Funn
6. Security Joan
7. The Night Belongs To Mona
8. Mary Shut The Garden Door
9. Morph The Cat (Reprise)

Disc 4: SUNKEN CONDOS

1. Slinky Thing
2. 'm Not The Same Without You
3. Memorabilia
4. Weather In My Head
5. The New Breed
6. Out Of The Ghetto
7. Miss Marlene
8. Good Stuff
9. Planet D'Rhonda

Disc 5: 10 EXTRAS

1. Rhymes
2. Big Noise New York
3. True Companion
4. Confide In Me
5. Blue Lou
6. Shanghai Confidential
7. Green Flower Street (Live)
8. Century's End
9. Hank's Pad (Live)
10. Viva Viva Rock 'N' Roll (Live)