| Katy Lied | ||||
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| Studio album by Steely Dan | ||||
| Released | March 1975 | |||
| Recorded | November 1974-January 1975 at ABC Recording Studios Inc., Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Jazz rock | |||
| Length | 35:25 | |||
| Label | ABC MCA |
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| Producer | Gary Katz | |||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[2] |
| Rolling Stone | (unfavorable)[3] |
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Katy Lied is the fourth album by Steely Dan, originally released in 1975 by ABC Records. It went gold and peaked at #13 on the US charts.[4] The single "Black Friday" also charted at #37.[5]
It is also notable for the first appearance of singer Michael McDonald on a Steely Dan album. The album cover features a picture of a katydid, a "singing" (stridulating) insect related to crickets and grasshoppers. This is most likely a pun on the album's title; the "singing" of a katydid sounds as though they're saying "Katy did, Katy didn't" although a lyric in the song "Doctor Wu" mentions "Katy tried, I was halfway crucified", and "Katy lies, you can see it in her eyes". Jeff Porcaro, then only 21 years old, played all drums on the album apart from "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)", which features legendary session drummer Hal Blaine.
Band members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were not happy with the album's sound quality due to an equipment malfunction with the then new dbx noise reduction system. The group has claimed that the damage was mostly repaired after consulting with the engineers at dbx, however, Fagen and Becker still refused to listen to the completed album. To most audiophiles and fans of the group it is difficult, if not impossible, to hear the alleged sound imperfections.
The album was re-issued by MCA Records after ABC Records was acquired by MCA in 1979.
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All songs written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.
The album cover features a photograph of a katydid by Dorothy White.
Album[4]
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1975 | Pop Albums | 13 |
Pop Singles
| Year | Single | Label & number | Position |
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| 1975 | "Black Friday" (B-side: "Throw Back The Little Ones") | ABC 12101 | 37[5] |
| 1975 | "Bad Sneakers" (B-side: "Chain Lightning") | ABC 12128 | 103 |
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