Product Description
Brand New ~ Sealed! High Quality 50th Anniversary Reissue Edition On 180 Gram Vinyl. Meticulously Remastered By Joe Nino-Hernes At Sterling Sound. Features “Black Friday”, “Bad Sneakers” & “Doctor Wu”, With Guest Vocals From Michael McDonald.
Led by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan released seven albums from 1972 through 1980, an extraordinary run of top line musicianship, clever wordplay, genius arrangements and pop hits that outshone the top 40 of its day, or any day!
Side 1:
Black Friday
Bad Sneakers
Rose Darling
Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City No More
Doctor Wu
Side 2:
Everyone’s Gone To The Movies
Your Gold Teeth II
Chain Lightning
Any World (That I’m Welcome To)
Throw Back The Little Ones
AMG –
Strong pop hooks and precise technical musician skills... from the seductive jazzy soul of "Doctor Wu" and the lazy blues of "Chain Lightning" to the terse "Black Friday”... Building from the jazz fusion foundation of Pretzel Logic, Steely Dan created an alluringly sophisticated album of jazzy pop with Katy Lied. With this record, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen began relying solely on studio musicians, which is evident from the immaculate sound of the album. Usually, such a studied recording method would drain the life out of each song, but that's not the case with Katy Lied, which actually benefits from the duo's perfectionist tendencies. Each song is given a glossy sheen, one that accentuates not only the stronger pop hooks, but also the precise technical skill of the professional musicians drafted to play the solos. Essentially, Katy Lied is a smoother version of Pretzel Logic, featuring the same cross-section of jazz-pop and blues-rock. The lack of innovations doesn't hurt the record, since the songs are uniformly brilliant. Less overtly cynical than previous Dan albums, the album still has its share of lyrical stingers, but what's really notable are the melodies, from the seductive jazzy soul of "Doctor Wu" and the lazy blues of "Chain Lightning" to the terse "Black Friday" and mock calypso of "Everyone's Gone to the Movies." It's another excellent record in one of the most distinguished rock & roll catalogs of the '70s.