Polled At Last: STEELY DAN - ILM Artist poll #50

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...

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.

The "Louie Louie" line in that record ad is funny...but veering close to Zappa-like condescension (guessing they got the idea from him).

what would a band who 'dressed trendy' look like in 1972?

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.

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And damn proud of their trendy threads too.

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.

I don't know if "Don't Take Me Alive" is good or if I remember it b/c it has a hook.

Ready to get this going!

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There's an unsurprising dearth of Steely Dan gifs on the Internet!

One more from Dan Meth:

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thats cool but idgi

wait, who is Max with a capital M? is this a rebranding of max or a different Max entirely?

A different Max entirely.

ok cool. hey Max

it's confusing, because we already have a max.

― ghost rider, Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:47 PM (6 years ago)

Distinction now made.

Also: Everything Must Go >>>> Two Against Nature.

is there some reference i'm missing to becker eating a deer or is it just supposed to be absurd

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.

ok that makes enough sense for me

he drinks the zombie from the coco shell. he feels all right. he eat a deer tonight.

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Steely Deer, in case anyone was curious.

Damn it, didn't have time to vote on the solo tracks! No love for On the Dunes 8(

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.

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.

love how fagen sings 'won't you sign in stranger'

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5. Gaucho
Released: November 21, 1980
Acclaimed Music ranking: 40 for 1980 with 1804 All Time
1135 Points, 36 Votes, 8 Number Ones

'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.

damn - eight #1s

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and still only beat The Royal Scam by 39 points.

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Three-and-a-half years... and whose fault was that, MCA?

from Becker's wikipedia, it appears that many difficult things occurred between 1978 and 1980.

cocaine happened

Blame Wendel.

too many lost nights at The Regal Beagle

Szechuan DUMPLINGS! from Mr. Chow's can cause damage

Donald Fagan lost two of those years to teaching young women about 'retha Franklin.

it's funny how no one would bat an eye at that space between releases nowadays

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4. Countdown to Ecstasy
Released: July 1973
Acclaimed Music ranking: 21 for 1972 with 518 All Time
1180 Points, 35 Votes, 7 Number Ones

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My favorite back cover of all time.

is that baxter's hand on the console?

either that or someone under the console

that's overall dude's hand on his console

The closest digit doesn't look like a thumb, which is what it would be if it were Baxter's hand.

hmmmm. I wonder who it is.

a bodhisattva?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/roger-nichols-recording-engineer-who-won-six-grammys-for-his-work-with-steely-dan-2309546.html

Nichols' contribution was acknowledged when his disembodied hand appeared from underneath the mixing desk on the back cover of Countdown To Ecstasy, along with his credit as "The Immortal".

oh, awesome. thank you!