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.
xpost
― 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
i didn't vote in the albums poll, but it would've been:
1) Aja2) The Royal Scam3) Gaucho4) Countdown to Ecstasy5) Katy Lied6) The Nightfly - Donald Fagen7) Can't Buy a Thrill8) Pretzel Logic
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
My list:
1.Aja2.Gaucho3.Katy Lied4.The Royal Scam5.The Nightfly6.Pretzel Logic
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:16 (ten years ago) link
i was going with a Top 50 for poll #50 but asked pplains if he could add 10 more. so we are going to get a bonus and do a Top 60 rundown instead. after we do the bonus 10 i will give the reason. don't want to give away anything right now.
i actually have something to do, so this will kick it off. i should be back in about an hour.
again thanks pplains for these amazing images. i will let him explain his inspiration.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UN7yeQkPAAc/Uz2grtF6HsI/AAAAAAAAAF8/ICcMmOO2KlY/w640-h320-no/Monkey+In+Your+Soul.jpg
60. Monkey In Your SoulFrom: Pretzel LogicReleased: February 20, 197472 Points, 3 Votes
Countdown being robbed is the only real shock to me
― CANS.... and D? (some dude), Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:18 (ten years ago) link
Favorite thing about "Monkey" is the way it opens always makes me think the 1 is on a different beat than it really is and I try to maintain my rhythmic disorientation as far into the song as I can
― CANS.... and D? (some dude), Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:19 (ten years ago) link
i'm team pretzel but was never a big fan of "monkey." #60 seems about right. but i am already liking these images very much. based on one image.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
I love Monkey, a spirited throwaway saying goodbye to them doing throwaways.
― How About A Kiss For Your Cousin Doogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
all right i am so psyched for these images ALREADY oh man
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
also great way to start the countdown
to ecstacy
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
"Monkey in Your Soul," like "With a Gun" and "Through With Buzz" was so determinedly abstruse on first listen that its oddness was itself attractive. PL is unique in the Dan catalog in that regard.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 April 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
Little late, but here was my album poll:
Countdown to EcstasyAjaKaty LiedPretzel LogicCan't Buy a ThrillThe Royal ScamGaucho
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 3 April 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
gauchoajacant buy a thrillthe royal scamcountdown to ecstacykaty liedpretzel logic
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 3 April 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
(xp) "with a gun" may have got my vote if we did a "least favorite SD song" subpoll. not sure if it's abstruse or just weirdly generic folk-rock. i think the only thing that's odd about it is how different it sounds than anything else in the SC catalog.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 3 April 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link