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Music : Katy Lied
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Rating: 
- A 1975 Classic!
"Katy Lied" is one of Steely Dan's great classic albums ( OK, they all are!) from when they were still a real band, and not "just" the Becker/Fagen duo.
The Becker/Fagen aim for perfection is very much apparent here. Great production and playing. Inspired songwriting and dark thought-provoking lyrics.
Most tracks are incredible catchy and melodic; especially "Rose Darling" and "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" are likely to "hit" you the first time you here them.
The opening track "Black Friday" is a surprisingly heavy track ( for Dan!!) that sets the scene right from the very beginning.
Like always there is a great variation in rhytmths and styles, but this is never a problem because everything is done with great artistic skill.
My first version of the album had a slightly "woolen" sound, but on the 1999 re-mastered version the sound is perfect.
A 1975 Classic!
Rating: - A 1975 Classic!
"Katy Lied" is one of Steely Dan's great classic albums ( OK, they all are!) from when they were still a real band, and not "just" the Becker/Fagen duo.
The Becker/Fagen aim for perfection is very much apparent here. Great production and playing. Inspired songwriting and dark thought-provoking lyrics.
Most tracks are incredible catchy and melodic; especially "Rose Darling" and "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" are likely to "hit" you the first time you here them.
The opening track "Black Friday" is a surprisingly heavy track ( for Dan!!) that sets the scene right from the very beginning.
Like always there is a great variation in rhytmths and styles, but this is never a problem because everything is done with great artistic skill.
My first version of the album had a slightly "woolen" sound, but on the 1999 re-mastered version the sound is perfect.
A 1975 Classic!
Rating: - Katydid
Containing none of their most famous hits, 'Katy Lied' is nevertheless Steely Dan's most gorgeous collection of songs. There is perhaps less invention and more commercialism in the music, but this is deceptive, for the invention is in the writing. 'Bad Sneakers' features attention-grabbing twists in both music and lyrics, as does the lovely 'Doctor Wu', though, like many of the band's songs, its meaning is elusive. The opening image of suicide on the strident 'Black Friday,' by contrast, is stark. 'Everyone's Gone To The Movies' shows them in buoyant mood. One of the strokes they pull off here is the low-key sinister melody on vibes that lies beneath the jaunty main theme. 'Your Gold Teeth II' points the way toward their jazzier moments. Every track on here is a winner, right down to the emotional final track, 'Throw Back The Little Ones.'
Rating: - A Revelation
I bought Katy Lied over 25 years ago and was a bit disappointed. After Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown and The Royal Scam I found it a bit dull and 'muddy'. It was the Steely Dan album I played least. It was only years later that I learned Becker and Fagen were so depressed about the sound of the album even they would never listen to it.
The remastered version is a revelation. It's like seeing an Old Master that's been restored after gathering centuries of dust and grime. The colours are suddenly vibrant and the scene full of life. The sun has been let in, making Katy Lied sound much more like the precursor of The Royal Scam.
Despite its roll call of drug dealers, gangsters, paedophiles, pimps and prostitutes, it represents some of the most beautiful music ever created, by one the most underrated partnerships in rock.
Rating: - Katy Lied
I've not been a Steely Dan fanatic for very long. And I regret the lack in my musical knowledge. It started with Can't Buy A Thril and Pretzel Logic, 2 superb albums. I've also heard their other 'important' album Countdown To Ecstacy, which is a fine album. But I discovered Katy Lied just yesterday. It eclipses all their other albums by a long way, trust me! Smooth, polished, and very very heartfelt. Doctor Wu has to be the standout track; a sax solo to die for. If you are a SD fan, and don't have this album, hurry and redress the balance! If you are not, this is the one which may turn you..........
- A 1975 Classic!"Katy Lied" is one of Steely Dan's great classic albums ( OK, they all are!) from when they were still a real band, and not "just" the Becker/Fagen duo.
The Becker/Fagen aim for perfection is very much apparent here. Great production and playing. Inspired songwriting and dark thought-provoking lyrics.
Most tracks are incredible catchy and melodic; especially "Rose Darling" and "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" are likely to "hit" you the first time you here them.
The opening track "Black Friday" is a surprisingly heavy track ( for Dan!!) that sets the scene right from the very beginning.
Like always there is a great variation in rhytmths and styles, but this is never a problem because everything is done with great artistic skill.
My first version of the album had a slightly "woolen" sound, but on the 1999 re-mastered version the sound is perfect.
A 1975 Classic!
Rating:
- A 1975 Classic!"Katy Lied" is one of Steely Dan's great classic albums ( OK, they all are!) from when they were still a real band, and not "just" the Becker/Fagen duo.
The Becker/Fagen aim for perfection is very much apparent here. Great production and playing. Inspired songwriting and dark thought-provoking lyrics.
Most tracks are incredible catchy and melodic; especially "Rose Darling" and "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" are likely to "hit" you the first time you here them.
The opening track "Black Friday" is a surprisingly heavy track ( for Dan!!) that sets the scene right from the very beginning.
Like always there is a great variation in rhytmths and styles, but this is never a problem because everything is done with great artistic skill.
My first version of the album had a slightly "woolen" sound, but on the 1999 re-mastered version the sound is perfect.
A 1975 Classic!
Rating:
- KatydidContaining none of their most famous hits, 'Katy Lied' is nevertheless Steely Dan's most gorgeous collection of songs. There is perhaps less invention and more commercialism in the music, but this is deceptive, for the invention is in the writing. 'Bad Sneakers' features attention-grabbing twists in both music and lyrics, as does the lovely 'Doctor Wu', though, like many of the band's songs, its meaning is elusive. The opening image of suicide on the strident 'Black Friday,' by contrast, is stark. 'Everyone's Gone To The Movies' shows them in buoyant mood. One of the strokes they pull off here is the low-key sinister melody on vibes that lies beneath the jaunty main theme. 'Your Gold Teeth II' points the way toward their jazzier moments. Every track on here is a winner, right down to the emotional final track, 'Throw Back The Little Ones.'
Rating:
- A RevelationI bought Katy Lied over 25 years ago and was a bit disappointed. After Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown and The Royal Scam I found it a bit dull and 'muddy'. It was the Steely Dan album I played least. It was only years later that I learned Becker and Fagen were so depressed about the sound of the album even they would never listen to it.
The remastered version is a revelation. It's like seeing an Old Master that's been restored after gathering centuries of dust and grime. The colours are suddenly vibrant and the scene full of life. The sun has been let in, making Katy Lied sound much more like the precursor of The Royal Scam.
Despite its roll call of drug dealers, gangsters, paedophiles, pimps and prostitutes, it represents some of the most beautiful music ever created, by one the most underrated partnerships in rock.
Rating:
- Katy LiedI've not been a Steely Dan fanatic for very long. And I regret the lack in my musical knowledge. It started with Can't Buy A Thril and Pretzel Logic, 2 superb albums. I've also heard their other 'important' album Countdown To Ecstacy, which is a fine album. But I discovered Katy Lied just yesterday. It eclipses all their other albums by a long way, trust me! Smooth, polished, and very very heartfelt. Doctor Wu has to be the standout track; a sax solo to die for. If you are a SD fan, and don't have this album, hurry and redress the balance! If you are not, this is the one which may turn you..........