KATY LIED

This was the first full album where Steely Dan was no longer an actual band and consisted entirely of Fagen-Becker, and an assortment of guest artists and session players, and the result was a noticeably softer, more laidback sound and jazzier pop arrangements and style. But a wonderful collection of varied and quirky songs still made this a great album, but less rockin' and a bit of a letdown from their previous (or even subsequent) efforts. Best songs-'Chain Lightning', 'Rose Darling', 'Any World Your Welcome To', 'Your Gold Teeth II'. Weakest songs-'Everyone's Gone to the Movies', 'Throw Back the Little Ones'. Rating: 4.0