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
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/ac/80/71a41363ada01100da3de010.L.jpg
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
Szechuan DUMPLINGS! from Mr. Chow's can cause damage
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link
Donald Fagan lost two of those years to teaching young women about 'retha Franklin.
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
it's funny how no one would bat an eye at that space between releases nowadays
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tvxi88E0L.jpg
4. Countdown to Ecstasy Released: July 1973Acclaimed Music ranking: 21 for 1972 with 518 All Time1180 Points, 35 Votes, 7 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Ny0gbqIOXIc/Uz2Ob8wK5oI/AAAAAAAAAD4/TTcrcLAf4yw/w599-h595-no/steely-dan-countdown-ecstacy-back-cover.jpg
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
My favorite back cover of all time.
― cwkiii, Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
is that baxter's hand on the console?
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
either that or someone under the console
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
that's overall dude's hand on his console
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
The closest digit doesn't look like a thumb, which is what it would be if it were Baxter's hand.
― how's life, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
hmmmm. I wonder who it is.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
a bodhisattva?
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/roger-nichols-recording-engineer-who-won-six-grammys-for-his-work-with-steely-dan-2309546.html
― how's life, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
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!
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51u%2Bh9jdLcL.jpg
3. Katy LiedReleased: March 1975Acclaimed Music ranking: 25 for 1975 with 1018 All Time1191 Points, 38 Votes, 3 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
only 11 more points than Countdown to Ecstasy but 3 more votes.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
over CTE? Damn!
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gNn1zx1lHmo/Uz2T7iUF24I/AAAAAAAAAEk/e6eZFTaxVN0/w474-h595-no/oaaa_steelydan.jpg
katie lyd
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:14 (ten years ago) link
the pretzel logic crew has done well, and I have to admit that I've been digging the flapamba myself these days.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
xp: fixed.
― how's life, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
If PL wins this, I'll be truly vexed.
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
genuinely surprised by these results so far. i thought katy and gaucho would be ILM's 1 and 2. but maybe it's just that their supporters are louder than pretzel logic's old man support contingent (of which i am sometimes a member), and aja's -- actually i'm not sure what to call team aja. but i like all of these albums so it's all good.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
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.
this comment has been haunting me, and explains why The Royal Scam has never sat well with me
― Euler, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/d1/08/6e521363ada0b065d21fe010.L.jpg
2. Pretzel LogicReleased: February 20, 1974Acclaimed Music ranking: 5 for 1974 with 265 All Time1198 Points, 39 Votes, 5 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
you read that right, only 7 more points.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-cIcs97HZq1k/Uz2YWQAOOaI/AAAAAAAAAFY/7DQJvgBs5I0/w793-h595-no/2012_90th_st.jpg
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:33 (ten years ago) link
I can live with this being #2, though I was hoping for a shock #1.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:34 (ten years ago) link
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/d9/0c/6809729fd7a000576f3de010.L.jpg
1. Aja Released: September 23, 1977Acclaimed Music ranking: 16 for 1977 with 309 All Time1312 Points, 39 Votes, 9 Number Ones
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:41 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfT2DtpRUfI
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link
40 ballotsFull results for 16 AlbumsTotal points, song, number ones, total votes
1312 Aja 9-391198 Pretzel Logic 5-391191 Katie Lied 3-381180 Countdown to Ecstasy 7-351135 Gaucho 8-361096 The Royal Scam 5-381063 Can’t Buy a Trill 1-37517 The Nightfly 2-18223 Two Against Nature 9166 Everything Must Go 7
89 Sunken Condos 445 11 Tracks of Whack 225 Circus Money 120 Alive In America 118 Morph The Cat 117 Kamakiriad 1
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
crazy pretzel logic fans, i respect you and your enjoyment of underwritten steely dan
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 April 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
Pretzel Logic at 2? smdh
― J. Sam, Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, that's a weird sign.
― how's life, Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
What was on the ballot that didn't place Aja or Pretzel Logic?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
I ranked em like this but it'd look different today
1) Gaucho2) Countdown to Ecstasy3) Aja4) Pretzel Logic5) Katy Lied6) The Royal Scam7) Can't Buy a Thrill8) The Nightfly - Donald Fagen9) 11 Tracks of Whack - Walter Becker10) Sunken Condos - Donald Fagen
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
one person did only vote for two albums and one was a solo album.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
when i did my tracks all of aja was in the top 25, so it seemed like a reasonable #1
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link