I'd be inclined to agree, though sometimes I'm torn between Circus Money and Sunken Condos being the second best Dan solo album after The Nightfly. As I mentioned in the Whack section of this discussion, I gained a bit more of appreciation for the album the second time I listened to it (which came about ten years after the first) The drum machines and Casio sounding keyboards do sorta make Whack a bit of an acquired taste just the same.
I'm terrible at searching within threads...can some kind soul tell me the post number for the liner notes for the Nightfly Trilogy MVIs? Thanks!
Stumbled on this at my local record store, figured it was the Record Plant show from 74, which was widely booted. But it turns out to be the Rainbow show from the same year, which was apparently an FM broadcast. Anyone remember hearing it on the air? I remember the Record Plant show, but not this one. Worth getting for the Steely Dan completists out there.
From the day I got it, some 7 years ago, I have played 11 Tracks more than any of the other Dan solo albums. More than any Dan, this album is a grower. I like half of it a lot: Down in the Bottom Junkie Girl Surf and/Or Die Book of Liars Cringemaker Girlfriend But the other half of songs are just so-so to me. Like background music in a loud bar, I can hear the music and it sounds kind of good, but I cannot tell what he is singing about at all. Door Number Two Downtown Cannon Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore Upside Looking Down Paging Audrey Dark Horse Dub I think if you took those last 6 Becker songs and added then to the top 6, you would have one great Becker album.
Those two seem like the most radio friendly of the lot. To me they would have been the obvious single.
Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere but what is the story behind this footage? What tour is this from and is there more of it? Any chance it may be released? This lineup of SD is my favorite (although isn't that Royce Jones singing and playing tambourine on this clip?) and Can't Buy A Thrill is my favorite Dan album. I almost feel like after 1974 it became The Fagen and Becker Band which was still great but different.
Palmer sang lead on a couple early cuts in the studio and a few more when they played live. I think he was out of the band by Pretzel.
According to Brian Sweet, despite the credit as backing vocalist, he’s not actually on Countdown at all. Royce Jones was black, too. I meant to post this way back when, but here’s his sole single on MoWest with Odyssey, a multi-racial jazz-rock group with him on co-lead vocals (not the disco group): Interestingly the guitarist (Donnie Dacus) and to a lesser extent the bass player (Warner Schwebke) ended up working with both Stephen Stills, and Chicago; Dacus was Stills’ right-hand man on Illegal Stills, then replaced Terry Kath, and Schwebke co-wrote ‘Closer To You’ which both artists recorded (with Dacus on lead vocals both times).
I know what you mean, but I mean up until 1974. More or less the same 5 guys (give or take a session guy here or there). After Pretzel it was Fagen and Becker plus session players and a different musical direction. So to me, that's two different bands. Almost like Santana. You have the classic original lineup for the first 3-4 albums. After that, it's Santana with a new sound and constant change in the lineup. You might say "when wasn't it Santanta" but it's not the same as it was up to 1972.
146 pages! This thread needs album links on one of the early posts, like the Stones album by album thread.
Here it is for now - maybe a Gort can add it to the initial post? Can't Buy A Thrill Countdown To Ecstasy Pretzel Logic Katy Lied The Royal Scam Aja Gaucho Two Against Nature Everything Must Go Solo: The Nightfly Eleven Tracks Of Whack Kamkiriad Morph The Cat Circus Money Sunken Condos
