Steely Dan - Katy Lied 1975,Contemporary Pop/Rock
Jazz-Rock
Katy Lied is the fourth album by Steely Dan, released in 1975 by ABC Records. It went gold and peaked at No. 13 on the US charts. The single "Black Friday" charted at No. 37.
The album was the first after the break-up of the original five-piece Steely Dan; most of the original members had left during a rift over touring and recording schedules. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, who had been increasingly using session musicians in the studio on prior albums, continued on with numerous prominent Los Angeles areas studio musicians. This album marks the first appearance of singer Michael McDonald on a Steely Dan album. Jeff Porcaro, then only 20 years old, played drums on all the songs except "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)", which features session drummer Hal Blaine. It also marked the first appearance of Larry Carlton, who played guitar on "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More".
Band leaders Becker and Fagen were unhappy with the album's sound quality because of an equipment malfunction with the then-new dbx noise reduction system. The group has claimed that the damage was mostly repaired after consulting with the engineers at dbx, but Fagen and Becker still refused to listen to the completed album.
The album was reissued by MCA Records after ABC Records was acquired by MCA in 1979.
Tracklist
Black Friday 3:33
Bad Sneakers 3:16
Rose Darling 2:59
Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More 3:12
Doctor Wu 3:59
Everyone's Gone To The Movies 3:41
Your Gold Teeth II 4:12
Chain Lightning 2:57
Any World (That I'm Welcome To) 3:56
Throw Back The Little Ones 3:11
Personnel
Steely Dan
Donald Fagen – vocals, piano, keyboards, saxophone
Walter Becker – bass, guitar (solo on "Black Friday", "Bad Sneakers")
Additional musicians
Michael Omartian, David Paich – pianos, keyboards
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Denny Dias – guitar (solo on "Your Gold Teeth II")
Rick Derringer – guitar (solo on "Chain Lightning")
Dean Parks – guitar (solo on "Rose Darling")
Elliott Randall – guitar (solo on "Throw Back the Little Ones")
Larry Carlton – guitar on "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More"
Wilton Felder, Chuck Rainey – bass guitars
Jeff Porcaro – drums on all songs except "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)", dorophone
Hal Blaine – drums on "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)"
Victor Feldman –vibraphone, percussion
Phil Woods – alto saxophone solo on "Doctor Wu"
Jimmie Haskell – horn & horn arrangement on "Throw Back the Little Ones"
Bill Perkins – horn on "Throw Back the Little Ones"
Michael McDonald – background vocals
Myrna Matthews, Sherlie Matthews, Carolyn Willis – background vocals on "Everyone's Gone to the Movies"
Jazz-Rock
Katy Lied is the fourth album by Steely Dan, released in 1975 by ABC Records. It went gold and peaked at No. 13 on the US charts. The single "Black Friday" charted at No. 37.
The album was the first after the break-up of the original five-piece Steely Dan; most of the original members had left during a rift over touring and recording schedules. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, who had been increasingly using session musicians in the studio on prior albums, continued on with numerous prominent Los Angeles areas studio musicians. This album marks the first appearance of singer Michael McDonald on a Steely Dan album. Jeff Porcaro, then only 20 years old, played drums on all the songs except "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)", which features session drummer Hal Blaine. It also marked the first appearance of Larry Carlton, who played guitar on "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More".
Band leaders Becker and Fagen were unhappy with the album's sound quality because of an equipment malfunction with the then-new dbx noise reduction system. The group has claimed that the damage was mostly repaired after consulting with the engineers at dbx, but Fagen and Becker still refused to listen to the completed album.
The album was reissued by MCA Records after ABC Records was acquired by MCA in 1979.
Tracklist
Black Friday 3:33
Bad Sneakers 3:16
Rose Darling 2:59
Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More 3:12
Doctor Wu 3:59
Everyone's Gone To The Movies 3:41
Your Gold Teeth II 4:12
Chain Lightning 2:57
Any World (That I'm Welcome To) 3:56
Throw Back The Little Ones 3:11
Personnel
Steely Dan
Donald Fagen – vocals, piano, keyboards, saxophone
Walter Becker – bass, guitar (solo on "Black Friday", "Bad Sneakers")
Additional musicians
Michael Omartian, David Paich – pianos, keyboards
Hugh McCracken – guitar
Denny Dias – guitar (solo on "Your Gold Teeth II")
Rick Derringer – guitar (solo on "Chain Lightning")
Dean Parks – guitar (solo on "Rose Darling")
Elliott Randall – guitar (solo on "Throw Back the Little Ones")
Larry Carlton – guitar on "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More"
Wilton Felder, Chuck Rainey – bass guitars
Jeff Porcaro – drums on all songs except "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)", dorophone
Hal Blaine – drums on "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)"
Victor Feldman –vibraphone, percussion
Phil Woods – alto saxophone solo on "Doctor Wu"
Jimmie Haskell – horn & horn arrangement on "Throw Back the Little Ones"
Bill Perkins – horn on "Throw Back the Little Ones"
Michael McDonald – background vocals
Myrna Matthews, Sherlie Matthews, Carolyn Willis – background vocals on "Everyone's Gone to the Movies"
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