- pop rock
- 36 min
- 10 tracks
- MCA Records
Katy Lied is the fourth studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released in March 1975, by ABC Records. Reissues have been released by MCA Records due to ABC's acquisition by MCA in 1979. It was the first album Steely Dan made after they stopped touring. Katy Lied is the recording debut of singer/keyboardist/songwriter Michael McDonald, who contributed prominent backing vocals to four songs.
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Character
Spare, cool, classical in form and grave.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA−
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography8/10
- MusicHound Rock4/5
- Pitchfork9.1/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 ★
- Select3/5 ★
- Tom Hull – on the WebA
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Tracks
- 1Black Friday3:42
- 2Bad Sneakers3:20
- 3Rose Darling3:06
- 4Daddy Don’t Live in That New York City No More3:16
- 5Doctor Wu3:57
- 6Everyone’s Gone to the Movies3:45
- 7Your Gold Teeth II4:15
- 8Chain Lightning3:01
- 9Any World (That I’m Welcome To)3:56
- 10Throw Back the Little Ones3:14
10 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Steely Dan
- Label
- MCA Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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