Katy Lied
Mca - Mca
Steely Dan
Release date: 1999-05-18
Audio CD
Album Rock, Jazz-Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock Music, Rock, Rock/Pop, Soft Rock, United States of America
1. Black Friday
2. Bad Sneakers
3. Rose Darling
4. Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More
5. Doctor Wu
6. Everyone's Gone To The Movies
7. Your Gold Teeth II
8. Chain Lightning
9. Any World (That I'm Welcome To)
10. Throw Back The Little Ones
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Katy Lied
Date undefinedThis is the 2nd SHM-CD version of Steely Dan I bought. I am comparing this to the recent 1999 remastered editions.
The SHM-CD's are issued by Universal Music, it says in the liner notes that these are the 1999 remasterd editions by Roger Nichols. but Theses SHM-CD's sound alot brighter and a little cleaner due to the material. Incomparing the Aja CD, I own the MFSL Gold editon and the SHM-CD, the MFSL sounds alot warmer, but they both have to be turned up alot to hear it. This seems to be the case with alot of 1970's CD's that have been remastered the levels are still a bit low.
Do yourself a favor and buy these editons (SHM-CD) of AJA and Katy Lied. I know the rest of there tittles are availble as well (Japan Only)I've seen them on e-bay as a box set for 200.00 +, but I have seen AJA, Katy Lied and Gaucho by them selves for about 28.00 EA...
Katy Lied
Date undefinedKaty Lied exemplifies the Steely Dan mantra- acerbic (Black Friday), maybe even creepy (Everyone's Gone To The Movies) lyrics that confound even the staunchest Dan fan (Rose Darling) combined with lush (Bad Sneakers), beautiful (Doctor Wu), thoughtful (Your Gold Teeth II) music. This makes Steely Dan an acquired taste, but it's this dichotomy that makes Becker and Fagen the underrated geniuses they are.
Although neither Walter nor Donald liked the sound of the album, this ranks as perhaps their best album.
Katy Lied
Date undefinedIf you appreciate the precision, beauty, incisiveness, and atmosphere Steely Dan conjures, this is for you. Albums don't get any finer than this.
A skilled actor knows that tears withheld are far more poignant than buckets cried, and this work shows the same beautiful, painful restraint. Each track can stand alone in this dark short-story collection, but when this CD is viewed as a whole, you're immersed in Steely Dan's parallel world of the singular loner. The instrumentals are perfect, and Fagen's voice is at its alternately cool and urgent best. As intimate and bittersweet as this music is, we're not left to appreciate just the vignettes and melodies because the craftsmanship is there too, once you manage to think past the tales and reflect on what lays behind them.
New SD fans will find this CD delivers swift understanding of SD's realm, while old time fans will count this as the heart of their collection.
Sometimes you listen to a work and understand that it represents the artist's efforts to connect to the audience. This isn't like that. This is inner thoughts simply put out there, and is why it's Steely Dan at their purest, just being without regard to marketability or hit potential. Making this work was probably an act of faith, knowing that people who needed to get it would.
