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Poll Question: Which ones should i get?
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    Posted: July 29 2014 at 23:13
Katy Lied is my personal favorite but I would get all of them up to and including Gaucho .....the ones they did later are for hard core fans imho,   and I'm a fan in case you can't tell from my name.
 
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Hey, Austin, how are you doing on Steely Dan after two years?
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I sadly haven't seen any Katy Lied at any store i've been to. It's a shame seeing that's my favorite artwork by them. I like it a lot really. 
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I got Katy Lied at Best Buy for $4.99 last week, so your Best Buy might have that one too.
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 24 2012 at 15:31
I'm going to grab Royal Scam for 4.99 at Best Buy today. Hopefully it's still there since i saw it last.

Thanks for help. I'll grab more if they have them there.
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yes, and it has Jaco pastorius on bass. Her live album ''shadows and light' fratures a jazz-rock backing band.
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:


Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

 
well, Joni Mitchell was just as prog as Steely Dan were in the seventies...
I'm totally supportive of her inclusion for her later '70's stuff.  Anyone else with me? Big smile


I'm all in! Heirja is a masterpiece.

I voted Katy Lied if only for Dr Wu. Such an uplifting chorus!
The song Aja always felt like an extension of the musical theme to me.
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Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

^ not convinced they are jazz rock/fusion though. Nice smooth pop music going by Aja which is the only album of theirs I own.


They're not jazz-rock/fusion in the sense of RTF, Brand X, Mahavishnu Orchestra, or even Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, or Weather Report, but it makes sense to put Steely Dan in that category, and they DID interpret jazz in a rock context.

Besides, I don't think Aja or Gaucho are pop music in that sense.   They are deceptively catchy but their chord progressions can be complicated.   Even then, I am not sure how prog they are because, for instance, Court and Spark might also qualify IF Aja is prog enough.  
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Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

 
well, Joni Mitchell was just as prog as Steely Dan were in the seventies...
I'm totally supportive of her inclusion for her later '70's stuff.  Anyone else with me? Big smile
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

^ not convinced they are jazz rock/fusion though. Nice smooth pop music going by Aja which is the only album of theirs I own.


They're not jazz-rock/fusion in the sense of RTF, Brand X, Mahavishnu Orchestra, or even Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, or Weather Report, but it makes sense to put Steely Dan in that category, and they DID interpret jazz in a rock context.
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Points: 3126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 24 2012 at 09:34
Darn! You didn't include "Countdown to Ecstasy". Out of these 4 I would pick Aja. I like the ending which feels like Soft Machine in 73' with John Marshall on drums.
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^ not convinced they are jazz rock/fusion though. Nice smooth pop music going by Aja which is the only album of theirs I own.
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Originally posted by Sheavy Sheavy wrote:

Steely Dan is considered prog by PA.
 
Just in case anyone twerent aware. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3917
 
well, Joni Mitchell was just as prog as Steely Dan were in the seventies...
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Hmm, I consider The Royal Scam one of the weakest SD albums of the 70's, which means nothing really, I just don't consider it as strong as most of the others.  

Edited by irrelevant - July 23 2012 at 02:25
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Steely Dan is considered prog by PA.
 
Just in case anyone twerent aware. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3917
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Ooh, Haitian Divorce is one of my favorites of all Dan's songs! I can understand not liking the Fez though.

I love The Fez! 
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Whenever my family went on a road trip, my parents would play a lot of Steely Dan. I've nicknamed three of their albums (Can't Buy A Thrill, Countdown To Ecstasy and Aja) "The Road Trip Albums" because they're the ones I remember most vividly during those trips.

Back on topic, I suggest you start with either Countdown To Ecstasy or Pretzel Logic.
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^^^ I love the chords on Fez.  The Royal Scam album just generally has amazing chord progressions.  I do find the title track a bit boring, though. 

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