Steely Dan Official Website
Studio Albums
1972 Can't Buy a Thrill
1973 Countdown to Ecstasy
1974 Pretzel Logic
1975 Katy Lied
1976 The Royal Scam
1977 Aja
1980 Gaucho
2000 Two Against Nature
2003 Everything Must Go
My Collection:
1972 - Can't Buy A Thrill
1973 - Countdown To Ecstasy
1974 - Pretzel Logic
1975 - Katey Lied
1976 - The Royal Scam
1977 - Aja
1980 - Gaucho
Steely Dan, one of the most talented bands from the 70's, the only constants in this group are Donald Fagen, and Walter Becker and producer Gary Katz. Probably the ultimate studio rock band, they hated touring, but the collection of session musicians and friends who they recorded with over the years is second to none that I know of. The first album is an anomaly, by far the most accessible straight up fun rock record they ever recorded, if you only know the later albums, and find their jazzy/rock/pop/blues/R&B combination doesn't do anything for you, check out "Can't By A Thrill". Of course I love that album but I am a big fan of all their music up to and inlcuding Gaucho, which is where I stop. I have been tempted to check out the latest CD's but for some reason just never got around to it. I'll leave those for someone else to talk about, perhaps they can convince me to add them to the library.