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Fischman
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Larry Carlton!
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Unless you refer to the first two Chicago albums which were absolutely brilliant and original and surpass Aja and Pretzel Logic, which were good in their own right, but not as good as the Chicago.
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Steely Dan, but it's close. Chicago Transit Authority is my favorite album by either band though.
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This reminds me of a few weeks ago when I was at a friend's place. He grows various herbs and such, and is often pointing out different varieties such as Thai (or Vietnamese) Basil. Anyhow he was in the middle of explaining the difference between ordinary or 'English' thyme, and the similar looking 'Silver thyme', and had picked a sprig of one or the other which he offered to me, and invited me to guess which sort it was, based on his description. Admitting that I couldn't tell the difference, I asked, "Does anybody really know what thyme it is?" |
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Psychedelic Paul
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I have six albums by Chicago and three by Steely Dan, so I'm doubling down with Chicago for this poll.
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The Dark Elf
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Steely Dan. After a few albums, Chicago got so sickeningly sweet they started causing cavities. 9 out of 10 dentists prefer Steely Dan.
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Tough one. If we disregard the crappy 80's ballads Chicago put out and focus on the early / mid 70's stuff I would probably give them the edge but it's close.
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CHICAGO ... because its time and place was way more important than what Steely Dan did later ... when they became the darlings of the pop/disco scene and everyone thought it was cool to smoke some little pipe that looked like a dickie ... which the girls always laughed at the guys who would not, at times, even touch it! Steely Dan had magnificent material that filled out FM radio lists really well, but SD was all about clever pop songs ... had nothing to do with the seriousness and beauty of what CHICAGO stood for in their first 4 or 5 albums, which was way more important than SD. AND, in concert, SD stunk ... and Chicago could bowl you over all the way to at least 1077 or 1978 when I last caught them ... they rocked. There was a SOUL behind the Chicago stuff ... in SD it was all about fun, and that was that! Very Californian ... get stoned and have fun! Chicago all the way!
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Based purely on the strength of their studio output, Steely Dan. They have one of the most consistent studio discographies of any band I know. I would consider everything but their last album from 2003 an amazing one. I'm sure this has a lot to do with them using the best musicians they could find, but even the earlier ones where it was actually a band are successful at defining a sound. Plus, the production was often stellar. I don't listen to a lot of live albums (never felt the allure unless there were noticeable version differences, so Zappa live is obviously imperative), nor was I alive to see either band in their prime in person. So it's tough, but the Dan gets the nod for me. Notwithstanding, Chicago V is a masterpiece.
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Well, we know Walter White was a huge Steely Dan fan - but that was Walter before he was cool and homicidal. I agree Chicago got off to a roaring start then quickly became banal. SD's main problem for me was a certain aloof drabness. However I always loved Pretzel Logic (which is probably the dumb persons SD album) but nevertheless on that basis I'll give it to them.
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Chicago are a incredible band but Steely Dan are awesome
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Dan by a mile imo.
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