Steely Dan - Katy Lied
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Artist: Steely DanBrand: STEELY DAN
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-05-18
Music Label: Mca
Soundtracks:
- Black Friday
- Bad Sneakers
- Rose Darling
- Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More
- Doctor Wu
- Everyone's Gone To The Movies
- Your Gold Teeth II
- Chain Lightning
- Any World (That I'm Welcome To)
- Throw Back The Little Ones
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Free Music Review: The Best of the Best
Hit: 5 Stars
After being blown away by Steely Dan's first three albums, it was time to move on to "Katy Lied". It picks up where they left off with the lush jazz fusion of "Pretzel Logic". "Katy Lied" is simply a cleaner, smoother version of it's predecessor. Does the lack of innovation hurt the album? Of course not. They just nailed jazz-pop and blues-rock on the head. They rely heavily on studio musicians for the album, which gave the album an immaculate sound. Each track glistens. The hooks are stronger than past Dan albums. The solos are more technical and precise. And the lyrics are arguably the best they've ever been. It may seem like some of these perfected elements may suck the life out of the lyrics and stories, but that's not the case here. In fact, each song benefits from them, with the lyrics sounding just as personal and quirky as ever.
"Black Friday" opens the album up (also the only single on the album, peaking at #37). It's a perfectly executed parody of 70s style boogie rock. The lyrics are about what they would do if the stock market crashes and the economy goes down the toilet. But overall, Becker and Fagen are having some good clean fun. "Bad Sneakers" is probably my favorite. The soothing melodic vocal hooks and choruses just reel you in ("And I'm going insane / And I'm laughing at the frozen rain"). "Rose Darling" stands out nicely. It's got a little more of a sophisticated feel to it. Fagen and Michael McDonald sing beautifully together as Dean Parks wails out a gnarly guitar solo. Fagen's voice is overly giddy and comical; which happens to sound a lot like Bob Dylan. The driving beat and stellar rhythm guitar on "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More" makes it a standout too. It ventures into a little more of a soul-blues-rock area. "Doctor Wu" has one of the most addictive choruses on the album. This also has a very sophisticated feel to it; especially with the sweet saxophone (I think) solo. "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" is actually one of Steely Dan's earliest songs (from 1971). The one on "Katy Lied" is obviously the most well-known version, which has a jazzier Latin feel to it. It also has a very memorable chorus - "Everyone's gone to the movies / Now we're alone at last". "Your Gold Teeth II" features some sublime piano work, and a nice building guitar solo. "Chain Lightning" has a friendly blues swagger to it, and a very catchy chorus; pretty laid back for the most part. Getting toward the end, "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" is a standout. It's also an earlier demo reworked for "Katy Lied", much like "Everyone's Gone to the Movies". It's fairly simple in delivery, and is among the most effective. Michael McDonald's vocals shine the brightest here. The album is closed out nicely with "Throw Back the Little Ones". Fagen's lyrics are bouncy in delivery. The piano and production is sweet as always.
Overall, I feel this is Steely Dan's best album. Even classic albums have flaws here and there that are overshadowed by the album's highlights; but that's not the case here. Every track is perfect. Their lyrical stabbing wit is presented at it's best. The flow and musical intricacies are at their finest. "Katy Lied" is one of the most overlooked gems of the 70s.
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Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) paper sleeve pressing. Universal. 2008.The last of the truly classic first four Steely Dan albums, the 1975 Katy Lied also sounds like the best. While retaining a solid rock foundation, the music finds Walter Becker and Donald Fagen engaging their jazz influences more successfully than ever; Fagen's piano fills alone are some of the most impressive music laid to tape in the '70s. The songs, too, rate with the team's very best, whether coolly anticipating global financial collapse ("Black Friday"), celebrating the legacy of a mob-hit victim ("Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More"), or letting the Dan's guard down with a pained three-minute survey of life on Earth ("Any World [That I'm Welcome To]"). --Rickey Wright
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