I do expect to see it next though
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 April 2014 06:20 (ten years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61XYYAmBF9L.jpg
6. The Royal Scam Released: May, 19761096 Points, 38 Votes, 5 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 06:41 (ten years ago) link
That's a goddamn tie
― 龜, Thursday, 3 April 2014 06:43 (ten years ago) link
Tie breaker = number of votes?
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kzL8QdH-1KQ/Uz0LXMKpTHI/AAAAAAAAACk/LtH3giX8gmI/w767-h595-no/oaaa_steelydan1.jpg
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 07:19 (ten years ago) link
Tiebreaker should actually be fewer number of votes since that means the people who voted for it had it placed higher
― 龜, Thursday, 3 April 2014 07:31 (ten years ago) link
Royal Scam is my #1. pretty unconscionable that it's rated under Gaucho imo.
― CANS.... and D? (some dude), Thursday, 3 April 2014 10:47 (ten years ago) link
― 龜, Thursday, April 3, 2014 3:31 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i totally see the logic of this but i could never quite get behind it and usually did tiebreakers just as Bee OK did when i run polls.
― CANS.... and D? (some dude), Thursday, 3 April 2014 10:48 (ten years ago) link
boo, everything must go is definitely > two against nature
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson),
my boy
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 April 2014 10:52 (ten years ago) link
TRS my number one also.
― weatheringdaleson, Thursday, 3 April 2014 12:07 (ten years ago) link
Glad to see someone other than myself voted for Morph the Cat in the solo tracks poll (I was the #1). I think that I.G.Y. and the Nightfly are the proper results for #s 1 and 2. Didn't get around to listening to Circus Money or Kamakiriad. Gave 11 Tracks of Whack a whack, but didn't find it that interesting (love the title "Surf and/or Die" though). Neglected to vote in the albums poll that's currently rolling out, but TRS should be higher.
― how's life, Thursday, 3 April 2014 12:14 (ten years ago) link
love the royal scam.
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 3 April 2014 12:40 (ten years ago) link
Didn't vote in this. Even though I own all the albums up to and including Gaucho, I still feel I don't really understand the Dan. But Royal Scam is the one I listen to for pleasure.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 3 April 2014 12:41 (ten years ago) link
2nd side is great, 1st side less so
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 3 April 2014 12:44 (ten years ago) link
Shame 'Tomorrow's Girls' didn't make it...the only track on 'Kamakiriad' up to 'Nightfly' standards...and possibly 'Snowbound'...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Thursday, 3 April 2014 12:46 (ten years ago) link
I love the Royal Scam too...it may not have the highs of some of the other records but for me it's probably the most consistent...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Thursday, 3 April 2014 12:48 (ten years ago) link
TRS, along with Presence and Black and Blue is one of those classic kinda sorta 'forgotten' albums dropped by big artists in '76--IIRC someone on the TRS poll thread called it "an album of just deep cuts", which is really fitting for all three of those lps IMHO.
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 April 2014 13:19 (ten years ago) link
The "Louie Louie" line in that record ad is funny...but veering close to Zappa-like condescension (guessing they got the idea from him).
― clemenza, Thursday, 3 April 2014 13:44 (ten years ago) link
what would a band who 'dressed trendy' look like in 1972?
― 99 per cent of our women are sweet (soref), Thursday, 3 April 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
The only solo tracks I voted for were "Maxine", "New Frontier", and "I.G.Y.". I probably need to give the Becker tracks a chance. I saw Fagan and Becker back in the 90s and they played one of Walt's tunes. Didn't make a big impression on me.
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 3 April 2014 13:53 (ten years ago) link
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130624174103/peel/images/c/c1/Roxy_Music.jpg
And damn proud of their trendy threads too.
― pplains, Thursday, 3 April 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
I find side one of The Royal Scam far stronger than side two; "Kid Charlemagne"/"The Caves of Altamira"/"Don't Take Me Alive" are all supreme SD. I still hate myself for leaving "Altamira" off the ballot.
― Max will be so proud when he sees this (Max), Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:25 (ten years ago) link
I don't know if "Don't Take Me Alive" is good or if I remember it b/c it has a hook.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:29 (ten years ago) link
Ready to get this going!
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There's an unsurprising dearth of Steely Dan gifs on the Internet!
― pplains, Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
One more from Dan Meth:
http://frederatorblogs.com/danmeth/files/2008/04/1061080327_91f4353876_o7479.jpg
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
thats cool but idgi
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
wait, who is Max with a capital M? is this a rebranding of max or a different Max entirely?
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
A different Max entirely.
― Max will be so proud when he sees this (Max), Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:44 (ten years ago) link
ok cool. hey Max
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:44 (ten years ago) link
it's confusing, because we already have a max.
― ghost rider, Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:47 PM (6 years ago)
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
Distinction now made.
Also: Everything Must Go >>>> Two Against Nature.
― Max S. will be so proud when he sees this (Max F.) (Max), Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
is there some reference i'm missing to becker eating a deer or is it just supposed to be absurd
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
It was a picture he made for Halloween with the caption
Halloween Week: STEELY DAN There’s nothing so terrifying as how smooth they sound.
There’s nothing so terrifying as how smooth they sound.
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 3 April 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
ok that makes enough sense for me
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 3 April 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
he drinks the zombie from the coco shell. he feels all right. he eat a deer tonight.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 April 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
http://go.standard.net/sites/default/files/images/2013/06/06/scrap-metal-sculptor-makes-mane-attraction-at-station-gallery-27682.jpg
Steely Deer, in case anyone was curious.
― pplains, Thursday, 3 April 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
Damn it, didn't have time to vote on the solo tracks! No love for On the Dunes 8(
― cheeseburger, Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
i did make a mistake, right order and everything however Can't Buy a Thrill had 1063 points with only 1 number one vote. i was drinking last night.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
i love the royal scam too. and can't buy a thrill. i actually placed them in the places they ended up in, but on another day they could have finished much higher for me. like i said before, my favorite steely dan album depends on my mood and sometimes the weather or how good or bad the party i went to the night before.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
love how fagen sings 'won't you sign in stranger'
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
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5. GauchoReleased: November 21, 1980Acclaimed Music ranking: 40 for 1980 with 1804 All Time1135 Points, 36 Votes, 8 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
'don't take me alive' was the first steely dan song i heard from TRS and i bought it the next day. it's this perfect steely dan-meets-neil young's "ditch trilogy" album.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
damn - eight #1s
xpost
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:27 (ten years ago) link
and still only beat The Royal Scam by 39 points.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BZtgv8w_cCU/Uz2JklPqXSI/AAAAAAAAADQ/NM9Hig4Y6Ns/w426-h516/gaucho_ad.jpg
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
Three-and-a-half years... and whose fault was that, MCA?
― pplains, Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
from Becker's wikipedia, it appears that many difficult things occurred between 1978 and 1980.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
cocaine happened
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
Blame Wendel.
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
too many lost nights at The Regal Beagle
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link