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A Decade Of Steely Dan
''A Decade of Steely Dan'' is a compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 1985. It was the band's first compilation specifically for the compact disc market, and was certified a gold record by the RIAA. Overview The album acts as a ''de facto'' singles package, including every Top 40 hit enjoyed by the band prior to its release with the exceptions of " Josie" from 1978 and " Time Out of Mind" from 1981. The remaining six tracks include two additional charting singles " My Old School" and ' Kid Charlemagne," a cover of Duke Ellington's " East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" which had been issued as a promotional single and " Bad Sneakers" which missed the Billboard Hot 100 as a single, and two album tracks, "Bodhisattva" and " Babylon Sisters." The version of "FM (No Static at All)" on this compilation is the original album version from the '' FM'' soundtrack. The CD is currently out of print but the album is available on music streaming and digital download services. Track listing ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band formed in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1971 by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Originally having a traditional band lineup, Becker and Fagen chose to stop performing live by the end of 1974 and continued Steely Dan as a studio-only duo, utilizing a revolving cast of session musicians. ''Rolling Stone'' magazine named them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the seventies". Becker and Fagen played together in a variety of bands from their time together studying at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson. They later moved to Los Angeles, gathered a band of musicians and began recording music. Their debut album, '' Can't Buy a Thrill'' (1972), established a template for their career, blending elements of rock, jazz, Latin music, R&B, and bluesAllMusic Steely Dan: Biography with sophisticated studio production and cryptic, irony-infused lyrics. The band enjoyed critical and commerci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Old School (song)
"My Old School" is a song by American rock band Steely Dan. It was released in October 1973, as the second single from their album '' Countdown to Ecstasy'', and reached number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100. Content The song's lyrics tell the story of a May 1969 drug bust at Bard College in Dutchess County, New York, referred to in the lyrics by its location, Annandale. The singer vows he will never go back to the college until "California tumbles into the sea". The song also makes a reference to the ''Wolverine'' rail service, which stopped at Rhinecliff, New York, near to Bard College, the alma mater of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The incident happened while both Fagen and Becker were students there, and the song recounts how a female acquaintance betrayed them to "Daddy Gee" (G. Gordon Liddy), then a local assistant district attorney. Contemporary news reports noted that 44 people were arrested, approximately 10% of the school's enrollment. According to a 2014 ''Pittsburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deacon Blues
"Deacon Blues" is a song by the American rock band Steely Dan, written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen in 1976 for the band's sixth album, '' Aja'' (1977). It peaked at number 19 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 17 on the US ''Cash Box'' Top 100 in June 1978. It also reached number 40 on the Easy Listening chart. In Canada, it peaked at number 14, a position it occupied for two weeks, and number 20 Adult Contemporary. In 2021, it was ranked No. 214 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The single's B-side, "Home at Last", another Becker and Fagen composition, was also taken from the album. Background Donald Fagen said of the song's opening lines and theme: The song was largely written at Fagen's house in Malibu and was prompted by his observation that "if a college football team like the University of Alabama could have a grandiose name like the ' Crimson Tide' the nerds and losers should be entitled to a grandiose name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaucho (album)
''Gaucho'' is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released on November 21, 1980, by MCA Records. The album marked a significant stylistic shift for the band, with more focus on rhythm and atmosphere than their earlier work, but the recording sessions demonstrated the group's typical obsessive nature and perfectionism, as they used at least 42 different session musicians, spent over a year in the studio, and far exceeded the original monetary advance given by the record label.''PopMatters'' review:Steely Dan – Guacho" At the 24th Annual Grammy Awards, ''Gaucho'' won Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical, and was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The making of the album was plagued by a number of creative, personal, and professional problems,'' Mojo'' article:The Mojo Interview" and, once it was completed, there was a three-way legal battle between MCA, Warner Bros., and Steely Dan over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katy Lied
''Katy Lied'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released in March 1975, by ABC Records; reissues have since been released by MCA Records due to ABC's acquisition by the former in 1979. It was the first album the group made after they stopped touring, as well as their first to feature backing vocals by Michael McDonald. In the United States, the album peaked at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape chart, and it has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The single "Black Friday" charted at number 37 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Recording The album was the first one recorded by Steely Dan after guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and drummer Jim Hodder left the group as a result of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's decision to stop touring and focus solely on recording with various studio musicians. Guitarist Denny Dias, a founding member of Steely Dan, contributed to the album as a session musician, as di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FM (soundtrack)
''FM: The Original Movie Soundtrack'' is the original soundtrack to the 1978 film '' FM''. Reception In the United States, the album reached the Top Five of Billboard's album chart and quickly earned a Platinum-certified disc. It reached 37 in the UK charts. Roger Nichols won the 1979 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for his work on the soundtrack. Track listing LP Side One #"FM (No Static at All)" - Steely Dan – 4:52 #" Night Moves" - Bob Seger – 3:27 #" Fly Like an Eagle" - Steve Miller Band – 3:04 #" Cold as Ice" - Foreigner – 3:20 #" Breakdown" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – 2:44 #"Bad Man" - Randy Meisner – 2:38 Side Two (Order of songs on inside jacket show side three songs before side two songs) #" Life in the Fast Lane" - Eagles – 4:46 #" Do It Again" - Steely Dan – 5:54 #" Lido Shuffle" - Boz Scaggs – 3:42 #" More Than a Feeling" - Boston – 4:45 Side Three #" Tumbling Dice" - Linda Ronstadt – 4:51 (Live Version) #" P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FM (film)
''FM'' is a 1978 American comedy drama film about internal conflicts at an FM radio station directed by John A. Alonzo and starring Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull and Cassie Yates with special appearances by Linda Ronstadt and Jimmy Buffett in his feature film debut. The screenplay was written by Ezra Sacks. The film was produced by Universal Pictures and originally released to theaters in the spring of 1978. The film performed poorly at the box office, but its soundtrack was a Platinum-certified disc, selling over one million records. Plot Q-SKY program director and morning DJ Jeff Dugan builds a large fanbase by assembling a group of charismatic on-air personalities playing popular rock and roll. He soon finds that corporate management expects Jeff to use the station's position atop the ratings to sell more advertising time, and does so with the aid of a newly-hired sales manager. The new sales manager, Regis Lamar, present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FM (No Static At All)
"FM (No Static at All)" is a song by American jazz-rock band Steely Dan and the title theme for the 1978 film '' FM''. It made the US Top 40 the year of its release as a single. A jazz-rock composition of bass, guitar and piano, its lyrics criticize the album-oriented rock format of many FM radio stations at that time, in contrast to the film's celebration of the medium. "FM" was the first single Steely Dan released on MCA Records (which had released the soundtrack), predating by a year MCA's acquisition of ABC Records, the band's previous label. "FM" had been recorded during the same sessions as for the band's album '' Aja'', using some of the same studio musicians and recording personnel, in addition to band members and songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Among them were saxophonist Pete Christlieb and drummer Jeff Porcaro, and several members of the Eagles sang backing vocals. At the time of its release, ''Aja'' was enjoying critical and commercial success, leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babylon Sisters
Babylon ( ) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-speaking region of Babylonia. Its rulers established two important empires in antiquity, the 19th–16th century BC Old Babylonian Empire, and the 7th–6th century BC Neo-Babylonian Empire. Babylon was also used as a regional capital of other empires, such as the Achaemenid Empire. Babylon was one of the most important urban centres of the ancient Near East, until its decline during the Hellenistic period. Nearby ancient sites are Kish, Borsippa, Dilbat, and Kutha. The earliest known mention of Babylon as a small town appears on a clay tablet from the reign of Shar-Kali-Sharri (2217–2193 BC), of the Akkadian Empire. Babylon was merely a religious and cultural centre at this point and neither an independent state nor a large city, subject ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Sneakers
"Bad Sneakers" is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan. It was released as the second single and track on their 1975 album ''Katy Lied''. Producer Gary Katz later regretted not releasing the song as the first single. ''Cash Box'' noted that "a razored guitar bridge highlights and counterbalances some laidback vocals with the overall sound layered and dimensional." ''Record World'' said that it "pieces together bits of the L.A. r&r experience while stranded outside of Radio City Music Hall." Michael McDonald's backing vocals on the song are some of his first for the band; he would continue to perform backing vocals for the band in recordings until 1980. The song also appears on the compilation albums ''A Decade of Steely Dan'' and ''Citizen Steely Dan''. Personnel * Donald Fagen – lead vocals * Michael Omartian – piano * Walter Becker – lead guitar * Hugh McCracken – rhythm guitar * Chuck Rainey – bass guitar * Jeff Porcaro – drums * Victor Feldman – percussio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
