Steely Dan were so expert at fusing genres it’s often hard to say what bit came from where, or exactly which tradition (fusion, R&B, soul, disco, classical) was being mined or reimagined. Thanks Graham I knew it was something different about that track. Ditto on Elliott Randall’s solos. The title track and ‘Things I miss the most’ are both very good. I would find it impossible to compile a top ten list; as soon as I thought “that’s it, done” I would think of a couple more that deserve to be included. A crisp drumming performance by a teenaged Jeff Porcaro anchors the track, which is punctuated by horns, clavinet, and rhythm guitar. It has David Palmer singing on it, so it’s a little different – his voice is a lot sweeter than Fagen’s. Wu’ was later covered by The Minutemen, on their 1984 magnum opus Double Nickels on the Dime. But there was still that jazz edge to it, and it … Becker steps out on guitar. Wu’ that someone else is a dope habit personified as Doctor Wu.” ‘Dr. Tons of great, unexpected solos too – you’re totally correct. BluesFest, O2 Arena, London Donald Fagen, now sole founding member after the … by Steely Dan. Thanks for writing in! Time Out of Mind Lots of people love Deacon Blues, but I think you’re the only other person to mention Gaucho so far? Razor Boy Also, in addition to “Deacon Blues” (my favorite Dan tune) and “Josie” (yes, that bass line is friggin’ cool! You certainly do love courting controversy! Hadn’t thought of framing. Kid Charlemagne is the rightful number 1. I find Reelinâ in the Years a tiny bit cheesy but I love the guitar solo. This box set, released in 1993 during Steely Dan's original comeback tour, collects every original album track released during the first phase of the group's career (1972-1980), in chronological and album order on 4 CDs/cassettes, plus various non-album rarities scattered throughout. STEELY DAN debut is a remarkable record because of two things at least: a sophisticated musical hybrid of rock, pop, jazz and R'n'B along with cynical sometimes cryptic lyrics and campy cover art in the vein of LITTLE FEAT or ROXY MUSIC on one hand; and on the other the phenomenal piece of art in the shape of the opening mega tune Do It Again. I like Dirty Work. Your post on Steely Fan earlier in the week gave me the idea actually. Throughout, Fagen remains mischievously amused â much as he has, in his own sardonic way, through Steely Danâs career. -Peg – Famously, every guitar player in town took a crack at the solo. Every album and facet of Steely Dan is explored and I was surprised to find such a vast amount direct quotes from Becker and Fagan interviews. Nice write-up, Graham. Royal Scam is my second favourite Dan record (after Aja) and it’s very well represented on your list. They also made great use of the saxophone. Donald Fagen described ‘Dr. Steely Dan’s lightweight music flaunted a dark heart and beat Patrick Bateman to the synthesis by decades. Deacon Blues seems like it would probably win a fan poll for best song – almost everyone’s mentioned that one. 19 global ratings. However, if I must, in order of their release: I get your preference for the more jazz-influenced tunes. I did think about doing a list of best Steely Dan songs from the perspective of best guitar solos. The recording process and detail are fascinating and expansive. Graydon, like so many of the Dan’s musicians is/was a studio guy who has some other credits and even some Grammys. Haitian Divorce Deacon Blues Like Jim S, I would find a place for Chain Lightning, one of the coolest songs ever recorded. Considering Steely Dan made quite the name for themselves back in the seventies, with their own fusion of Jazz, funk, and R&B, you'd think that they wouldn't stoop this low. This is a band I keep having recommended to me, and I keep saying yeah yeah I’ll get there, but I only own a Hits set thus far. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan on AllMusic - 1974 - Countdown to Ecstasy wasn't half the hit that… The ‘final’ album, ‘Everything Must Go’, is similarly solid if not exceptional. I was thinking that they were unusual in this. If you are unable to attend the new date, you will be able to request a refund. Around half is drawn from their biggest record, the frictionless Aja, and its successor, the luxuriant, bloodless Gaucho. I’m with Jim here and never get tired of this one. Kings ( lovely guitar solo) from Countdown to Ecstasy, 1973Steely Dan’s early albums are very good, but I prefer them when they became jazzier and more idiosyncratic. Thereâs a fun episode of Yacht Rock about it too. Genesis Albums: Ranked from Worst to Best, Matt P (movingtheriver.com, soundsofsurprise.com), New Music Reviews: Cleo Sol, Chloe x Halle, and Wobbler, New Music Reviews: Ela Minus, Sault, RóisÃn Murphy. Graham Fyfe is fascinated by pop music, and he may be the only blogger in the world to cover Neil Diamond and Ariana Grande. 4.1 out of 5. That being said, I also really dig some of their earlier more rock-oriented songs. I do hope you enjoyed the process and discovered some further Dan gems (enough for the Top 40 songs!). -Pretzel Logic- Just a cool song. I do recall coveting a poster for the tour (featuring the CD cover image) that I tried to work out how to liberate from its display case on a bridge in Frankfurt! Just love that slow, jazzy guitar. Larry Carlton’s two solos are legendary –2000s Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Everything works. Almost from their debut Steely Dan have been my favourite band whose name doesn’t begin with a “B”, Although I always enjoy Can’t Buy a Thrill, the two in the middle, Katy Lied and The Royal Scam are the two that I play most. I liked the scene where they had Purdie and Rainey jamming with them twenty years later. Growing up, classic hits radio played precisely five Steely Dan songs; ‘Do It Again’, ‘Reelin’ In The Years’, ‘Rikki, Don’t Lose That Number’, ‘Hey Nineteen’, and ‘Babylon Sisters’. SD have been a part of my musical life since I was 23. You’ve set yourself a near impossible task there! Steely Dan released seven albums in their initial tenure between 1972 and 1980, and two reunion albums in the early 21st century. “Dirty Work” was the Steely Dan song that came to my mind when the band’s Donald Fagen announced that he planned to tour this year, mere … “Night by Night” is a great deep track. OF the very early stuff, I love the evocative story of The Boston Rag, nd i spent many hours stoned and daydreaming to Turn That Heartbeat. Good idea. I just started following you on spotify. I could easily make a superlative top ten out of the leftovers – maybe ‘Do It Again’, ‘Bodhisattva’, ‘Pretzel Logic’, ‘The Caves of … Rikki Donât Lose That Number I think those two are amongst the strongest songs on Two Against Nature. The brief, poignant exception is when he refers obliquely to Beckerâs death: âI gotta live with it.â Now thereâs a motto for Steely Dan Man. The sax/drum interplay by Wayne Shorter and Steve Gadd never fails to stir me They are only just a rock band, taking much from jazz and R&B, and even their smoothest tunes have sharp little bones. the only album I own is Aja. One of my all-time favorites is “Reelinâ in the Years”. My deep track would be “Chain Lightning.” Since guitar is my thang, I’ve made some comments on those solos, only one of which is not the gee-tar: -Kid Charlemagne – A great song. Review by TCat Special Collaborator Eclectic / Prog Metal / Heavy Prog Team. Change ), Album Reviews As usual I pretty well like them all. On their debut, Steely Dan brought pop instincts and studied musicianship to rock radio, putting a smooth spin on several hits that would prove to be a … Yet, when I think back, i can remember just one of my music loving friends playing Steely Dan records. Only A fool Would Say That ð Amazing stuff. The Royal Scam Fans with tickets to the previously announced 2020 dates are encouraged to hold on to their tickets as they will be honored for the new dates. Fortunately, The Very Best of Steely Dan takes a kitchen-sink approach as it delivers two discs of remarkably precise jazz-rock from the storied outfit. Deacon Blues They are not good old boys innocuously celebrating lifeâs elemental joys. Remember, this glossy bop-pop was the indifferent aristocracy to punk rock's stone-throwing in the late 70's. Fagen later admitted that he lifted ideas from Jarrett’s 1974 piece ”Long As You Know You’re Living Yours’. Don’t Take me Alive Cool. I don’t know enough to really comment. Peg 5 star 64% 4 star 11% 3 star 7% 2 star 11% 1 star 7% The Best of Steely Dan. https://jericsmith.com/2020/06/28/favorite-songs-by-favorite-bands-5-steely-dan/. ), I think you could pretty much add all remaining songs from the “Aja” album. It was also Gauchoâs 40th anniversary this week. Perhaps that’s because I was in the audience in Frankfurt and have an original copy of the set list, begged from the Aussie who was manning the sound board! Oooo, good list! lost wages” over and over. I worship at the altar of Steely Dan so there was no way I was not gonna respond to this one. from Aja, 1977This slinky and concise pop-rocker comes from a time where Steely Dan’s material was becoming more esoteric. Putting together a "best-of" compilation for a band as hell-bent on achieving perfection as Steely Dan can be a daunting task. You’l see why Becker and Fagen were so beloved as people. from The Royal Scam, 1976Steely Dan used a vast array of session musicians, but my favourites are featured on ‘Kid Charlemagne’ – Bernard Purdie on drums, Chuck Rainey on bass, and Larry Carlton playing the dazzling guitar solo. The term actually originated on 24 September 1869 when gold prices plummeted; the US government intervened to drop the price after speculators cornered the market. Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The word “dude” was the group’s effort to assimilate in California. Citizen Steely Dan is a lump sum of all their studio albums from 1972 debut till 1980 Gaucho that marked the end of that period of their work. This is almost as hard as choosing your top 10 Beatles songs, so I’m not going to comment on your choices, just suggest a few of my own favorites. Ten worst songs (from 1972-1980) probably would have been a more interesting list – With A Gun? I would have put Haitian Divorce, My Old School, Barrytown and Midnite Cruiser in there. Only three of the songs you list are on it (at a glance). As you can see, I’m a lyrics guy,a nd here I would like anyone’s opinion: although Fagen does the singing, SD lyrics are much more interesting/challenging/exciting than his solo stuff. I’d put in strong claims for ‘Glamour Profession’, ‘FM’, ‘Here At The Western World’, ‘Aja’, ‘Don’t Take Me Alive’, ‘Bad Sneakers’ and ‘Babylon Sisters’. Aja from Gaucho, 1980Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is credited as a co-writer on the title track from the band’s 1980 album. Saxophone saw a fair bit of use in the 1970s and 1980s – it’s quite possible that it was besmirched by Kenny G (and Bill Clinton) in the early 1990s, and had to lie low for a while. Having the Doobie Brothers support them at this final night of BluesFest might even be seen as a cunning way to highlight everything these presumed titans of the soft-rock era are not. I think it’s hard to go far too wrong in that 1972-1980 era – only a few weaker tracks in those 7 albums. Deacon Blues is often a fan favourite. Aja might well have been 11th if Iâd had another spot. They kind of change from a sophisticated pop-rock band to a smooth jazz operation. Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter plays the free-ranging guitar solo. My Top Ten Dan was posted a while ago, here . Steely Dan Jazz Rock/Fusion. But with the exception of “Gaucho” on which I’m lukewarm, I love all the tunes you posted. His voice skids and swerves past more notes than it hits. Came on board early and stayed throughout most of the ride. f Bruce Springsteen, in his own wry summation, avoided honest labour by writing about it, then. After I posted I had a couple more thoughts. Doctor Wu Fagen and Becker always, without fail, surrounded themselves with the very best musicians. One of Jimmy Page’s favorites Mischievously amused ⦠Donald Fagen, centre, at BluesFest. ( Log Out / I had a listen to Two Against Nature to make sure I wasn’t missing anything for the list. They were well-reviewed. Future Eagle bassist Timothy B. Schmitt sweetens up the song with his warm harmonies, while Chuck Rainey’s bass is warm and fluid. The acoustic guitars and warm electric pianos anchor the track – David Paich and Fagen are both credited on keys, while Jim Gordon is on drums. One of the weirdest arrangements in Steely Dan is the backing vocals in Show Biz Kids – they just sing “Going to lost wages…. Amazing songs produced and performed to perfection by some of the best session musicians and singers in the business. Did you see them on the 1993-1994 tour? I also have a soft spot for the live album that catalysed the re-union. Supertramp, Al Stewart, Bowie (I love the LP Young Americans even if Bowie fans don’t), Foreigner (Jr. Walker, Cleo’s Mood, great tune), Pink Floyd, Roxy, Gerry Rafferty. The lyrics are inspired by the exploits of LSD chemist Owsley Stanley – the line “Is there gas in the car?/Yes, there’s gas in the car” foreshadows Stanley’s arrest when his car ran out of petrol. Maybe the lyrics aren’t quite as interesting or as dark as Steely Dan’s, but still strong. The Caves of Altimira Post was not sent - check your email addresses! A solid list…one song that is always left out of Steely Dan lists that I see…the one I like so much…Dirty Work…It’s almost like the forgotten song by them…it doesn’t have their jazzy style as much though. ( Log Out / from Katy Lied, 1975We’re now used to Black Friday defining days of shopping madness. At one point – and it may be standalone as well – you see Messrs. Becker and Fagen listening to – and sometimes mocking – the “Peg” guitar solos that didn’t make the grade. …forgot to mention the great piano & sax too. . If a person is hearing a SD song for the first time she/he would have no idea where any song was headed. Steely Dan released seven albums in their initial tenure between 1972 and 1980, and two reunion albums in the early 21st century. Don’t forget to watch the “Peg” thing. My Rival? I feel somehow, though, that starting in on that band would be a slippery slope and I’d disappear for a while…. Theband's popularity peaked inthelate 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements ofjazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop. On Katy Lied, my favorite tracks are without a doubt “Black Friday,” “Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City Anymore,” and “Doctor Wu,” and on Aja, the entire first side is a classic, with “Peg” and “Josie” serving as terrific classic bookends on the second side. Any World Jack of Speed and Cousin Dupress jumped out at first listen, but Fagen’s vocals were tough going. As I’d struggle to list “Ten Steely Dan songs I Really Don’t Like”, further comments would be a bit irrelevant! Walter Becker handles the guitar solo. If Bruce Springsteen, in his own wry summation, avoided honest labour by writing about it, then Steely Dan have made a roaring success of narrating failure. Aja Is The Third Steely Dan album since songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen discarded a fixed-band format in late 1974. Genesis (added trio years). Becker again. Steely Dan have announced that their 2020 Earth After Hours Tour with Steve Winwood has been rescheduled. Then I thought a little more. “Don’t make me do it without the fez on”. Steely Danâs work was highly sophisticated from their inception. Steely Dan’s fourth album Katy Lied marks their first with Becker and Fagen as the only official members, augmented by session musicians. –2010s AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [+] Steely Dan hadn't been a real working band since Pretzel Logic, but with Aja, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen 's obsession with sonic detail and fascination with composition reached new heights. Great list. But yeah, that is what he is best-known for. Wu’ as “kind of a love-dope triangle… in ‘Dr. His manner, behind dark glasses and keyboard, is so reminiscent of Ray Charles that it almost feels like a skit (he calls the female backing singers the âDan-ettesâ). from Katy Lied, 1975Steely Dan’s fourth album Katy Lied marks their first with Becker and Fagen as the only official members, augmented by session musicians. I tend to prefer the mid-1970s, where they delved right into a jazz-rock synthesis. Their songs are largely concerned with what you could call Steely Dan Man: a figure out of time, place and step, who is baffled by women, overtaken by events and puts the best gloss he can on a maladroit existence. When the group wasn’t playing the dives of America, it was visiting uninterested disc jockeys to plug the album. This is a terrific list, and I tend to favor Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied, and Aja the most out of all their albums. Later on, Home At Last can bring a tear to my eye and Black Cow is another great little scene: a jealous confrontation in a bar, and even later, What A Shame About Me puts you face to face with a slightly crazy ex-student colleague who wants to take you to her hotel room to do who-knows-what or old times’ sake. –1990s 1977, 9.5/10 Beloved by audiophiles, Steely Dan’s sixth album was a further progression towards a pristine studio sound. I love all these songs except perhaps “Josie,” which I thought was a bad way to close out a great album. I find it strangely romantic Steely Dan - Katy Lied review: Steely Dan's . Gaucho is the only song on Gaucho that I liked besides Time Out of Mind. Reeling in the Years We have exactly two tunes in common. Steely Dan have stowed away a lot of time since their debut album Can't Buy A Thrill in 1972. Blending elements of rock, jazz, latin music, R&B, blues and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial success starting from the early 1970s until breaking up in 1981. This show is the first in the UK since the death of singer Donald Fagenâs songwriting partner Walter Becker; an empty mic stand is poignantly set up. It took me a while to warm up to the sophisticated LA grooves of Steely Dan. There are a few songs like âRikki Donât Lose That Numberâ where the guitar solo is by far my favourite part. One of my favorites of their is “FM”. Through With Buzz? That’s pretty cool. Fagen pounds out a jazzy vamp on piano while the backing singers repeat “You go to Lost Wages, Lost Wages.” Rick Derringer plays slide guitar, while Welsh band Super Furry Animals sampled the song’s most memorable line for their single ‘The Man Don’t Give a F***’. Very surprising but kind of interesting to see the inclusion of ‘Black Friday’, ‘Josie’ and ‘Gaucho’ (btw, I’m not sure I agree with you on your interpretation of that as a drugs song – I think it’s fairly ‘on the nose’ in terms of being about a homosexual three-way love affair). In these songs, everyone’s alone, or … ð. –1980s I also like Gaslighting Abby. While the two previous Steely Dan albums were dominated by a smooth jazz sound, they featured songs like ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Everything You Did’ that were driven by raw, bluesy guitars, while the group’s lyrics constantly poked at the dark underbelly of society. Steely Dan's debut album, "Can't Buy a Thrill", was released in 1972, and was the least jazzy of what they would sound like by the end of their career. They were super slick, and this is meant as a compliment. Donald Fagen described ‘Dr. They’re all solid, but none of them capture the verve and jazzy sophistication of prime-era Dan. What an effort, Graham! I know I played this disc but I can’t remember it well – is that a bad sign? Becker told Rolling Stone in 2009 that it was the band’s most requested song, while Kanye West sampled ‘Kid Charlemagne’ for his song ‘Champion’. It made me sad at the end of the book, now that Walter is gone, as the writer lamented for another Steely Dan record. I changed it to put for you! -Bodhisattva – Rocks out like mad. Am I correct in concluding that they have always had a strong following, but amongst a limited number of devotees? Steely Dan, and these are all great picks, Graham! Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. A wildly underrated player. Pretty much anything through to Gaucho in 1980 is worth getting. Amazingly, Steely Dan's name has been popping up as a hip musical crush. One with guitar solos and one with sax solos. They’re great songs that could have easily had piano or sax solos. 4.1 out of 5 stars. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen it but there’s a “Making of” Aja thing on YouTube. Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1972 by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. There isn’t one weak track on there, IMHO! They were fantastic from the get-go. -Aja – A beautiful piece of pop-jazz. I get that the homosexual interpretation is probably the more common, but it’s always felt like drugs to me. It’s funny how one can be so familiar with artists and songs and then something will cause you to think of them in an entirely new manner. ‘The Fez’ was sampled by girl group All Saints for their debut single and #4 UK hit ‘I Know Where It’s At’. Gaucho is a weird one because Keith Jarrett essentially wrote the music – itâs atypical. -Caves of Altamira – This whole song just flows together. Aja. . John Klemmer, big in the ’70s, plays the sax beautifully. from Aja, 1977‘Deacon Blues’ was inspired by Fagen’s epiphany that “if a college football team like the University of Alabama could have a grandiose name like the ‘Crimson Tide’ the nerds and losers should be entitled to a grandiose name as well.” It’s a midlife crisis song -despite their success as masters of cynical pop/rock, Becker and Fagen had unfulfilled dreams as jazz musos. At their best, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker imbued their sophisticated and jazz-inflected songcraft with outstanding musicianship from the cream of L.A.’s studio musicians. –1960s The guitar solos are never redundant or formulaic. Blog Posts Gaucho. It’s great, even though the line “She prays like a Roman/With her eyes on fire” is an unusual central hook for a pop song. Review Summary: Steely Dan's "jack of all trades" album, Katy has a little something to please everyone, even if she is a horrible liar. -Bad Sneakers – My favorite Becker solo ever I l.o.v.e. I can’t remember if I’ve seen the documentary before, but I checked out some of it now. Always top notch music. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. –1970s Lists I could easily make a superlative top ten out of the leftovers – maybe ‘Do It Again’, ‘Bodhisattva’, ‘Pretzel Logic’, ‘The Caves of Altamira’, ‘Don’t Take Me Alive’, ‘The Royal Scam’, ‘Aja’, ‘Peg’, ‘FM’, and ‘Babylon Sisters’. A pretty solid list Graham. Do you have the setlist framed? Unusually for someone who’s 31, I am a passionate Steely Dan fan and have been since I was a teenager in high school. Do It Again Yet when the sour, rollicking glee of My Old School kicks off a concluding troika of earlier cuts, the energy is transformed; it feels as if the most primitive of garage bands has stormed the stage. FM did make my list of runner ups at the top. -Reelin’ in the Years – I never get tired of this one. Steely Dan's fourth album is the weakest of their classic 7, trapped between the authentic character of the first three and the class of the latter three. Playing a hot solo on a Dan song confers a certain prestige forever. But good list. ‘Gaucho’ is cryptic, seemingly addressing a destructive drug habit that caused the creative partnership between Becker and Fagen to go on hiatus after this record. Steely Dan / Aja (1977/MCA) So many stellar albums by Fagen and Becker in the 70′s but this one is timeless. The Fez They had airplay and singles success. I wrote about it years ago but forgot… you don’t hear it as much as the songs you mentioned that were the radio hits. How are ratings calculated? Glenn Frey admits it on Yacht Rock episode 10: Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Great Jeff Baxter solo Dirty Work Wu’ that someone else is a dope habit personified as Doctor Wu.” ‘Dr. Walter Becker played the song’s solo on Denny Dias’ guitar. I make so many damn lists that I lose track of them sometimes. Metacritic Music Reviews, Two Against Nature by Steely Dan, The duo of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen return after a 20-year hiatus, with this Grammy-winning comeback album … I was collecting vinyl in high school when it was still uncommon to do so, and Steely Dan was high on my list of favorite artists to listen to. Have you heard the reunion albums? I really like Fagen’s debut, The Nightfly. Pretzel Logic, Royal Scam, and Aja are my three favourites. ( Log Out / from Pretzel Logic, 1974There’s not a lot of lyrical bite to ‘Night by Night’ by Steely Dan’s standards, but it’s typically accomplished musically. from The Royal Scam, 1976A fez is a type of Middle Eastern hat, but here it’s seemingly used as a metaphor for safe sex. Steely Dan review – smooth tunes with sharp little bones 3 / 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars. Pretty complex stuff that takes a few listens to absorb, but there’s nothing really else like it. Eventually, a guy named Jay Graydon nailed it.Â. 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