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rogerthat
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Topic: My Five Fav Steely Dan's albums Posted: August 06 2014 at 09:29 |
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The title track is indeed quite boring. But other than that, Royal Scam just has so many awesome guitar leads. Same story with Aja. I do have a soft corner for Katy Lied though. The solo on Your Gold Teeth II is incredible.
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irrelevant
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Posted: August 05 2014 at 21:25 | |||
Yeah, The Royal Scam is probably my least favourite of their 70's albums. The title track in particular being the weakest they'd put out up to that point IMO. Still a good album though. I agree with Gaucho being Aja part 2 but not quite as good.
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dr wu23
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Posted: August 04 2014 at 22:58 | |||
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I don't think it's more poppy since there is plenty of that on all the first 4 albums...Royal Scam had some boring tracks for me and Aja is all about the jazz influence and studio techniques and sidemen which Becker and Fagen became obsessed with...though it's a brilliant album of course. I thought Gaucho was essentially Aja part 2 with less brilliant songs.
Not sure why but Katy Lied just always appealed to me a little more than the others. For me it had the right mixture of rock, jazz , and pop.
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: August 04 2014 at 05:48 | |||
Aja, then Can't Buy a Thrill because it's one of the very few vinyls I have that all three of my sons like too.
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proggman
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Posted: August 04 2014 at 01:17 | |||
Aja. |
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rogerthat
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Posted: August 02 2014 at 00:53 | |||
Love all the classics from that list. Tough to choose between Royal Scam and Aja but ultimately voted for the latter.
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irrelevant
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Posted: August 01 2014 at 17:31 | |||
Nice. I've grown up with the Dan from day one, not quite the same, but an equally cool experience. Thanks mum and dad. I wonder why it seems that Katy Lied often falls in to the bottom lot of their 70's output. A tad more poppy? I dunno.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: August 01 2014 at 09:38 | |||
No Gaucho ?
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dr wu23
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Posted: August 01 2014 at 09:36 | |||
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b_olariu
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Posted: August 01 2014 at 06:11 | |||
my fav Steely Dan album is not here, as an easy choice for me would be Countdown To Ecstasy, so no vote, anyway my second fav album from them must be Royal Scam
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irrelevant
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Posted: July 31 2014 at 19:00 | |||
Katy Lied, Aja and Can't Buy a Thrill are pretty much equal first for me, and since Katy Lied had no votes, I went with that.
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digdug
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 10:05 | |||
I like them all but I will go with
Royal Scam |
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Jeffro
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 09:35 | |||
Royal Scam and/or Aja. Either one could be # 1 for me on any given day. Pretzel Logic has some of my favorites SD songs but the album overall doesn't do it for me like RS or Aja
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Michael678
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 07:27 | |||
i haven't heard Steely Dan really in a long while, but i am well with Aja the most, so i go with that one.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 06:52 | |||
Royal Scam is their best IMO. Aja and Countdown next, Then Pretzel and Gaucho, with Katy and Thrill bringing up the rear.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 05:32 | |||
Be interested how this pans out. Haven't heard any of em.
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Svetonio
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 01:07 | |||
Hey Avalon Fields, this is your first post at PA Forum, so happy welcome! |
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Avalon Fields
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 00:57 | |||
I bought Katy Lied first so although it's not going to be top of most lists, it is on mine.
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Svetonio
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 23:20 | |||
Great, but then it gonna be your list.
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dr wu23
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 23:18 | |||
Take Two Against nature off that list and put Countdown on and you might have a proper list. |
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