I expect the first 3 tracks to dominate.
― ablaeser, Sunday, 13 July 2008 03:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey Nineteen
― groovemaaan, Sunday, 13 July 2008 09:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Gaucho, taken as a whole album, is better than the sum of its parts, making a poll like this difficult. Having said that, Hey 19 gets my nostalgia vote as the first Steely Dan song to make an impression on me growing up. It also nails that world-weary, too-slick/polished, creepy, sort-of passionless vibe of the disc better than anything else on it.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 13 July 2008 10:43 (sixteen years ago) link
"Glamour Profession" on a whim. Really strongly tempted to vote for the title track.
― Noodle Vague, Sunday, 13 July 2008 10:48 (sixteen years ago) link
"One more expensive kiss-off, who do you think I am..."
― Arghn, Sunday, 13 July 2008 12:30 (sixteen years ago) link
The title track, narrowly over "Hey Nineteen" and "Third World Man."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 13 July 2008 12:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey Nineteen or Gaucho or the guitar solo on Third World Man. Haven't decided yet.
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 13 July 2008 14:40 (sixteen years ago) link
only SD poll I didn't have to think about for more than 2 seconds, Babylon Sisters all the way
― some dude, Sunday, 13 July 2008 16:13 (sixteen years ago) link
otm
― Zeno, Sunday, 13 July 2008 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Several months back, I would have picked Babylon Sisters with no hesitation. But lately, I've really been feeling the title track. Love that swishing, chiming synth pad that sneaks in during the chorus. Really, every song on this album is great.
― Moodles, Sunday, 13 July 2008 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Really, every song on this album is great.
otm times a billion
― HI DERE, Sunday, 13 July 2008 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm constantly amazed at how smooth Glamour Profession is while naigating through the ups and downs of a truly complex chord progression. Each bar enters a slightly altered mood from the last. And the horns have the sleaziness of a really cheap horror film.
― Moodles, Sunday, 13 July 2008 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link
"you got to shake it baby,you got to shake it..."
― drone/a/sore, Monday, 14 July 2008 00:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Babylon Sisters all the way
― baaderonixx, Monday, 14 July 2008 09:00 (sixteen years ago) link
only song I don't really love on here is 'my rival'. could almost vote for 'hey nineteen' or 'gaucho,' but I totally have to go with 'babylon sisters'. this album is the ultimate dan grower.
― original bgm, Monday, 14 July 2008 15:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah I always skip "My Rival"
― baaderonixx, Monday, 14 July 2008 15:17 (sixteen years ago) link
It's the last song I "got." It's all about the backing vocals.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 14 July 2008 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
for me it was between time out of mind and gaucho aka "jackin' for chords" and I had to go with the latter for its gorgeous development. but the time change in "time out of mind," Jesus Christ. the only album I know of where a twenty-year break seems like the band's only logical response.
― J0hn D., Monday, 14 July 2008 15:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, everything about "Gaucho" is so well-developed. I mentioned on the other thread that I can't think of any song with such subtly deployed irony; Fagen's confidence is such that I can't disentangle the contempt for the Gaucho and his self-identification.
For years I couldn't figure out what the backing vocals were saying when they took over on the chorus (nearly drowning out Fagen, which is another great tactic).
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 14 July 2008 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
*FROM his self-identification.
I am sure we've already done this, but it still is "Babylon Sisters"
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 14 July 2008 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
voted title track, but it wasn't easy. first three are pretty hard to top -- not just w/r/t to Gaucho, but SD's entire catalog.
― will, Monday, 14 July 2008 19:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Voted Babylon Sisters
― iago g., Monday, 14 July 2008 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Like the rest of ILM, I feel this is the most underrated Steely Dan album. While I still like "Aja" and "Pretzel Logic" better, the first three tracks here are downright fantastic. But I still come back to "Babylon Sisters" because it has some fantastic chords and chord changes, and is also possibly the ultimate hi-fi classic among the Steely Dan tracks.
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 14 July 2008 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
you gotta give Geir an OTM when he's OTM: I've sat down with the sheet music to "Babylon Sisters," and those changes are fucking CHOICE.
― J0hn D., Monday, 14 July 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Easily the title track for me (the glowing vocals of the chorus, fantastic lyrics), followed by "Time Out of Mind" or "Babylon Sisters"
― Joe, Monday, 14 July 2008 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
title track wins it for me.
― the table is the table, Monday, 14 July 2008 20:57 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, July 14, 2008 3:21 PM (6 hours ago)
man, this is just a general steely dan truth! just saw them live and people were FLIPPING OUT during the "you'vegottoshakeitbaby" bits in babylon sisters.
― original bgm, Monday, 14 July 2008 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
skate a little lower
― PappaWheelie V, Monday, 14 July 2008 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I have a theory that his rival in My Rival is Billy Joel, though I don't think I can prove that it's true...
― Moodles, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 00:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I can imagine Billy Joel stinking like a prickly pear.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 01:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Good as it is, this is where they started to run out of melodies and had to settle for grooves instead. (But I have to admit I considered voting for "Glamour Profession" before picking "Time Out of Mind."
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 01:08 (sixteen years ago) link
If My Rival was replaced with The Second Arrangement, this would be the best album ever, period.
― ozbash, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 02:07 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, I like "Second Arrangement" more than most of the songs that made the cut.
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 02:08 (sixteen years ago) link
where is it available?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 02:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I got it off of some Steely Dan Archive site that appears to no longer exist, but it seems to be out there on bootlegs as much as any other SD outtakes/demos.
― some dude, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 02:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll leave my Soulseek on tonight if anyone wants it
― iago g., Tuesday, 15 July 2008 02:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I forgot to mention that I voted for "Hey Nineteen." I'm surprised by the love for the title track, which I find a little boring.
― ablaeser, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
my rival is pretty dope, i think. love the keyboards.
― omar little, Thursday, 17 July 2008 00:00 (sixteen years ago) link
it's got that great tinny synth solo.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 17 July 2008 00:25 (sixteen years ago) link
one dollar used to be a whole lot but it hardly worth shit today
― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 17 July 2008 03:55 (sixteen years ago) link
2nd Arrangement is pretty overrated, I find
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 17 July 2008 07:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Friday, 18 July 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I went with "Babylon Sisters" mostly because you can hear Green Gartside and his chirpers in the exchange "So fine so young/Tell me I'm the only one." Think maybe he got the idea for Cupid & Psyche 85, if not his entire career, from listening to Steely Dan?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 19 July 2008 15:47 (sixteen years ago) link
"Babylon Sisters" for me
Man I love the Dan so much
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 19 July 2008 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I decided to go with Gaucho, mostly because it proves that they were not out of melodies. That song has so many hooks it could make an album.
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 19 July 2008 18:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Saturday, 19 July 2008 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
mostly because it proves that they were not out of melodies.
Keith Jarrett begged to differ.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 20 July 2008 00:06 (sixteen years ago) link
whoa, surprising that babylon sisters didn't take this.
― original bgm, Sunday, 20 July 2008 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I am shocked that Hey Nineteen didn't walk away with it.
― ablaeser, Sunday, 20 July 2008 18:46 (sixteen years ago) link
anyone with a big heart want to rapidshare or torrent us the lost gaucho and katy lied demos? would be eternally grateful!
― iago g., Monday, 29 March 2010 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I got you on the gaucho outtakes, but it's going to have to wait for tomorrow
― ain't no thang but a chicken ㅋ (dyao), Monday, 29 March 2010 13:59 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks dyao! that's really nice of you
― iago g., Monday, 29 March 2010 14:21 (fourteen years ago) link
np
I imagine this is the kind of album you listen to in a lawn chair on your rooftop overlooking the city, watching the dull sun set slowly into the horizon
― ain't no thang but a chicken ㅋ (dyao), Monday, 29 March 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
With coke in your nose and a young girl on your dick.
― filling the medicare donut hole with the semen of liberal (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 March 2010 14:31 (fourteen years ago) link
this record makes me never want to go to work again.
― Wishes he picked a cooler name. Fat. (will), Monday, 29 March 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
My favorite Dan record. Has the feeling of a collection of short stories. Would've voted Time Out Of Mind or Glamour Profession, but there's really no going wrong on this platter and F U MY RIVAL IS CLASSIC.
― Bonnie Prince Stabby (Jon Lewis), Monday, 29 March 2010 15:08 (fourteen years ago) link
bodacious cowboys
― hobbes, Monday, 29 March 2010 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
glad to see the love. my favorite dan too. can't really play it in the winter though
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 29 March 2010 22:53 (fourteen years ago) link
gaucho outtakes:
http://www.mediafire.com/?yd12zyjrjmu
would love to hear katy lied demos, hint hint
― ain't no thang but a chicken ㅋ (dyao), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 03:35 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks dyao. if i ever get the kay lied demos, i'll figure out how to post them...had them once, they are really great, particularly "mr. sam" an amazing unreleased song
― iago g., Wednesday, 31 March 2010 05:07 (fourteen years ago) link
yo i found the katy lied demos/outtakes just on blogs via google search
― bodacious cowboy (hobbes), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 07:44 (fourteen years ago) link
http://greenalienchick.blogspot.com/2009/08/steely-dan-katy-lied-outtakes-rough.html
thanks, hobbes
― iago g., Wednesday, 31 March 2010 07:56 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks! didn't realize there were so many gaucho outtakes out there. (I had one discs worth.)
― original bgm, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 13:59 (fourteen years ago) link
CHILDREN WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Friday, 23 April 2010 04:47 (fourteen years ago) link
god, even the outtakes are gold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Qpo4hxJys
― original bgm, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
lol at that vid btw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EI3bPC4O8U
You're all off your nut. It's Pretty Purdie on the drums. Take a listen to the purdie shuffle. You done it...you done hired the hitmaker.No one but!jupiterjazz 1 week ago
― original bgm, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
isn't Purdie nuts? was his'i played on 21 Beatles songs instead of Ringo' story ever mentioned on ILX?
― piscesx, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow! "The Bear" is awesome.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:05 (thirteen years ago) link
if you guys haven't heard 'second arrangement' ya prob should
― iatee, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 04:10 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah Second Arrangement KILLS.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I heard it a few years ago, but I prefer "The Bear" for the clavinet and Fagen's vocal.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, "second arrangement" is killer, no doubt about it. and though I find the low fidelity on both of the takes I've heard charming, I can't help but wonder what the song would sound like given the pristine dan treatment. it really seems to beg for it - it just pops.
but "the bear" is a sparser, dirtier groove. I may prefer it as well, given the circumstances.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
man, the riff that kicks off "second arrangement" is SO GOOD. love it!!
― original bgm, Monday, 18 April 2011 01:32 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll repeat: "The Bear" is terrific, especially how it builds to the chorus punch line.
― My mom is all about capital gains tax butthurtedness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 April 2011 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
it's true. gaucho has slowly worked its way to the top of the dan releases for me. but if "second arrangement" and "the bear" were on it too? damn.
― original bgm, Monday, 18 April 2011 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Alfred's repping for "Third World Man" in other threads has really raised its reputation in my view
― dyao, Monday, October 12, 2009
I never saw this post but am getting teary about it. Thanks!
I'm listening to "Time Out of Mind."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 April 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
Would probably switch my vote to "Third World Man" nowadays.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 8 April 2012 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
I love this album but will always consider Aja its superior
― same old song and placenta (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 8 April 2012 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
it really is mind-blowing that fagen and becker were 32 and 30 respectively when this album was released. the recording sessions began when they were 30 and 28!
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Sunday, 12 May 2013 07:23 (eleven years ago) link
glamour profession got fucking robbed here
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 5 May 2014 06:55 (ten years ago) link
it's been six years i think we're due for another gaucho poll
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 5 May 2014 06:56 (ten years ago) link
If you're gonna do one make it weighted
― 龜, Monday, 5 May 2014 07:08 (ten years ago) link
I'll have to give that title track another chance. I'm not a fan of this album (a lot of it feels boring), but even though it's the least of their 1972-1980 run of releases, it's still okay. There's some fine stuff, and "Hey Nineteen" and "Time Out of Mind" are great singles. (The latter was even the highlight of both Steely Dan shows that I've seen over the years, thanks to the addition of an extended solo from Fagen.)
― birdistheword, Sunday, 16 August 2020 00:17 (four years ago) link
Title track is my favorite, too.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Sunday, 16 August 2020 00:21 (four years ago) link
soon you’ll throw down your disguisewe’ll see behind those briiiiiight eyes
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Sunday, 16 August 2020 02:17 (four years ago) link
Gaucho outtakes poll would be more interesting
― calstars, Sunday, 16 August 2020 02:46 (four years ago) link
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 5 May 2014 07:55 (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 16 August 2020 02:57 (four years ago) link
for me, the right answer is clearly track 1 or track 2
― brimstead, Sunday, 16 August 2020 02:58 (four years ago) link
I regret to inform you that not enough people are shaking it
Qualifier 64!1 Roxy Music! https://t.co/MkrBGspvVb2 Steely Dan! https://t.co/BxjQIGI5vX3 Robert Palmer! https://t.co/Pc9h8kVMiD4 John Lennon! https://t.co/iw7xbSyiS4— World Cup Of 1980 (@peoples_pop) November 15, 2020
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Sunday, 15 November 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
40 years old today
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 21 November 2020 16:43 (four years ago) link
Man the instrumental outro of "Gaucho" is so amazing. It's like they heard the theme from Donohue and said "let's show that Mike Post hack how it's done" (yeah I know the timeline doesn't work out but I'd imagine the inspiration was something along those lines)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4SkB72XdA
― J. Sam, Saturday, 27 August 2022 01:33 (two years ago) link
lmao they do have a similar melody
mike post rocks though
― flopson, Sunday, 28 August 2022 05:32 (two years ago) link
the "my rival" guitar sounds like it got repurposed in sheryl crow's "my favorite mistake"
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 28 August 2022 05:41 (two years ago) link
xp yeah no disrespect to Mike Post. For some reason I imagined Becker and Fagen turning their noses up at him, but on second thought that's a flimsy assumption; I remember Fagen talking in an interview about how TV music was a major inspiration for him. I would bet that he appreciated Post's work in a kitschy way
― J. Sam, Sunday, 28 August 2022 12:57 (two years ago) link
Basically "let's take this kinda cheesy TV theme music and make it super harmonically complex"
― J. Sam, Sunday, 28 August 2022 13:00 (two years ago) link
son you’re playing with firethe kid will live and learnas he watches his bridges burnfrom the point of no return
― invalid handel (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 27 November 2024 16:15 (one week ago) link
shake it!
the end of a perfect daydistant lights from across the bay
― brimstead, Wednesday, 27 November 2024 16:34 (one week ago) link