- pop rock, jazz rock, jazz-rock, jazz pop
- 41 min
- 9 tracks
- MCA Records
The Royal Scam is the fifth studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released in May 1976 by ABC Records; reissues have been released by MCA Records since ABC's acquisition by the former in 1979.
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Character
Cool, spare, classical in form and grave.
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography6/10
- MusicHound Rock3/5
- Pitchfork8.3/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Kid Charlemagne4:39
- 2The Caves of Altamira3:34
- 3Don’t Take Me Alive4:16
- 4Sign In Stranger4:24
- 5The Fez4:01
- 6Green Earrings4:05
- 7Haitian Divorce5:51
- 8Everything You Did3:56
- 9The Royal Scam6:31
9 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Steely Dan
- Label
- MCA Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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