Reelin' in the Poll: STEELY DAN - ILM Artist poll #50 (voting closed)

FM is a given. Probably top 5.

I'd be surprised, but Steely Dan ends with The Royal Scam for me--and only a couple of songs there--so I'm not representative.

Did this band do B-sides that weren't from the albums? I just realized that for how much I love this band, I've heard less than 5 non-album tracks and they're all on the boxset (and "FM" is indeed phenomenal).

the Gaucho outtakes are AMAZING...I love "The Bear" and "Kulee Baba"

"I made better music than those guys in the '70s and still do" - Chevy Chase.

Ha; pulled up the first seven albums in iTunes and chose exactly 20 tracks on my first pass through. Now to put 'em in order. (Only four from Gaucho, btw.)

really The Royal Scam is the only meh album in their run.

― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:07 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

congratulations. this is your haitian divorce.

second only to Aja imo

^^ you're out of the game

welp i've already voted

at first it was surprisingly easy then it became subtly excruciating

Brad, you just came up with the first two lines of your own Dan tune.

lol

"Dallas"

the massive popular appeal of this band eludes me. I like some stuff (nothing post-'74 really) but every time I hear something of theirs on classic rock radio or something I'm like... "really? huge numbers of people are into this glacially paced sad-sack tuneless blah-fest? huh."

who said that?

yeah the Steely Dan B sides thing is weird, same as with Talking Heads. was it just a quirk of the mid-late 70s?

iirc, that was Shakey Mo on the Floyd thread.

xp

♪ no static at all...♪♫ ♩

Agents of the law!

Luckless pedestrian!

Oh shit :-) Just had The Original Soundtrack pre-Dan record on this morning. Nothing life changing on that but still quite fun stuff. This should be a great poll - co-sign on Western World, it's fantastic.

― jamiesummerz, Wednesday, March 19, 2014 9:10 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This record would be perfect on the soundtrack of PT Anderson's upcoming Inherent Vice (Pynchon)

I cannot possibly order this list

also, I want to leave The Fez on my list, if only to counteract the Royal Scam hate, but it really is almost a Phish song.

Was just having that same thought about Sign In Stranger!

gtfo both of you

holy shit, I can see that

No, I mean, I came to Steely Dan through Phish. The Phishheads who turned me on to SD were huge fans of Royal Scam. There is a very obvious influence.

^ the wolfman's brother

Phish never wrote lyrics or arrangements as great as the Dan's, but the similarities are obvious when the Dan get goofier. The funkier and proggier elements were attractive to many jam bands. I attended many Umphrey's McGee shows in high school that had Dan covers. ;_;

"Jack of Speed" and "Godwhacker" are definitely the two post-hiatus songs I'm voting for. The latter is also the only SD song I learned anything about from Eminent Hipsters -- DF decided to write a song about putting a hit out on God after the death of his mother.

also, I want to leave The Fez on my list, if only to counteract the Royal Scam hate, but it really is almost a Phish song.

I plan to put The Fez on

yeah, I couldn't take if off

Scam is wonderful, often my favorite Dan album -- "Haitian Divorce," The Caves of Altamira," the title track, good lord those are some jams

yes! both are in my top 10, I think.

I love "Sign In Stranger" and "Kid Charlemagne" but have trouble remembering the back half even after playing it hundreds of times.

"Green Earrings"+"Haitian Divorce" is a vinyl turner for me. I'd probably skip side A before missing those.

I must be atypical because I love Royal Scam and find Katy Lied to be the weakest album in their catalog.

(pre-comeback catalog that is)

I totally agree!

KL has second side problems too, but also "Throw Back the Little Ones" and "Everyone's Gone to the Movies."

http://www.achewood.com/comic.php?date=06112004

But, yes, very excited for this poll. I'm hoping things have slowed down enough at work that I can submit a ballot.

xp and "your gold teeth part 2"!

pretzel logic is weakest for me. but I don't think I really understand it. I do love "Barrytown" and "Charlie Freak."

Haven't even started configuring my ballit, but Any World (that I'm welcome to) is a keeper. I'm basically gonna have problems eliminating anything from Katy through Gaucho.

And a significant portion of Countdown to Ecstasy.

royal scam is better than albums 2, 3, & 4 imo.

I can't think of TRS without hearing the talkbox.

I'd rank them:

CTE
Gaucho
Pretzel Logic
Can't Buy a Thrill
Katy Lied
Aja
Everything Must Go
Two Against Nature

oops: with TRS between Aja and EMG.

madness

remarkable spread on the second of these polls:

Best Steely Dan/Donald Fagen/Walter Becker Album

POLL: Best Steely Dan album