Steely Dan - The Royal Scam ( 1976 )

 

Track listing

All tracks are written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Solo(s)	Length
1.	"Kid Charlemagne"		guitar: Larry Carlton	4:38
2.	"The Caves of Altamira"		tenor saxophone: John Klemmer	3:34
3.	"Don't Take Me Alive"		guitar: Larry Carlton	4:16
4.	"Sign In Stranger"		piano: Paul Griffin, guitar solo by Elliott Randall	4:23
5.	"The Fez"	Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin	guitar: Walter Becker	4:01

Side two

No.	Title	Solo(s)	Length
6.	"Green Earrings"	guitar: Denny Dias (1st) and Elliott Randall (2nd)	4:05
7.	"Haitian Divorce"	talk box guitar: Dean Parks, altered by Walter Becker	5:53
8.	"Everything You Did"	guitar: Larry Carlton	3:55
9.	"The Royal Scam"	guitar: Larry Carlton	6:28

Personnel

Steely Dan

• Donald Fagen – keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Walter Becker – bass guitar, guitar

Additional musicians

• Paul Griffin – keyboards
• Don Grolnick – keyboards
• Denny Dias – guitar
• Larry Carlton – guitar
• Dean Parks – guitar
• Elliott Randall – guitar
• Jim Horn – saxophone
• Plas Johnson – saxophone
• John Klemmer – saxophone
• Chuck Findley – trumpet
• Bob Findley – horn
• Dick Hyde – horn, trombone
• Chuck Rainey – bass
• Rick Marotta – drums ("Don't Take Me Alive", "Everything You Did")
• Bernard Purdie – drums (all other tracks)
• Gary Coleman – percussion
• Victor Feldman – percussion, keyboards
• Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals
• Venetta Fields – background vocals
• Clydie King – background vocals
• Sherlie Matthews – background vocals
• Michael McDonald – background vocals

Steely Dan - Katy Lied ( 1975 )

 

Track listing

All tracks are written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Friday"	3:40
2.	"Bad Sneakers"	3:16
3.	"Rose Darling"	2:59
4.	"Daddy Don't Live in that New York City No More"	3:12
5.	"Doctor Wu"	3:59

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Everyone's Gone to the Movies"	3:41
7.	"Your Gold Teeth II"	4:12
8.	"Chain Lightning"	2:57
9.	"Any World (That I'm Welcome To)"	3:56
10.	"Throw Back the Little Ones"	3:11
Total length:		35:25

Personnel

Steely Dan

• Donald Fagen – vocals, piano, keyboards
• Walter Becker – bass, guitar (solo on "Black Friday", "Bad Sneakers")

Additional musicians

• Michael Omartian, David Paich – piano, keyboards
• Hugh McCracken – guitar
• Denny Dias – guitar (solo on "Your Gold Teeth II")
• Rick Derringer – guitar (solo on "Chain Lightning")
• Dean Parks – guitar (solo on "Rose Darling")
• Elliott Randall – guitar (solo on "Throw Back the Little Ones")
• Larry Carlton – guitar on "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More"
• Wilton Felder, Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
• Jeff Porcaro – drums on all songs except "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)", dorophone
• Hal Blaine – drums on "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)"
• Victor Feldman – vibraphone, percussion
• Phil Woods – alto saxophone solo on "Doctor Wu"
• Jimmie Haskell – horn arrangement on "Throw Back the Little Ones"
• Bill Perkins – horn on "Throw Back the Little Ones"
• Michael McDonald – background vocals
• Myrna Matthews, Sherlie Matthews, Carolyn Willis – background vocals on "Everyone's Gone to the Movies"

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic ( 1974 )

 

Track listing

All songs written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"		4:32
2.	"Night by Night"		3:40
3.	"Any Major Dude Will Tell You"		3:05
4.	"Barrytown"		3:17
5.	"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"	Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley	2:45

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Parker's Band"	2:36
2.	"Through with Buzz"	1:30
3.	"Pretzel Logic"	4:32
4.	"With a Gun"	2:15
5.	"Charlie Freak"	2:41
6.	"Monkey in Your Soul"	2:31

Personnel

Steely Dan Donald Fagen – keyboards, saxophone, lead vocals, background vocals Walter Becker – bass, guitar, background vocals Jeff Baxter – lead guitar, pedal steel guitar Denny Dias – guitar Jim Hodder – backing vocals (on Parker's Band) Additional musicians Michael Omartian – piano, keyboards David Paich – piano, keyboards Ben Benay – guitar Dean Parks – guitar, banjo Plas Johnson – saxophone Jerome Richardson – saxophone Ernie Watts – saxophone Ollie Mitchell – trumpet Lew McCreary – trombone Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals ("Rikki Don't Lose That Number", "Barrytown" and "Pretzel Logic") Wilton Felder – bass Chuck Rainey – bass Jim Gordon – drums on all tracks except "Charlie Freak" Jeff Porcaro – drums on "Charlie Freak", additional drums on "Parker's Band" Victor Feldman – percussion Roger Nichols – gong on "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"

Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy ( 1973 )

Track listing

All tracks are written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bodhisattva"	5:18
2.	"Razor Boy"	3:11
3.	"The Boston Rag"	5:40
4.	"Your Gold Teeth"	7:02

Side two

No.	Title	Length
5.	"Show Biz Kids"	5:26
6.	"My Old School"	5:48
7.	"Pearl of the Quarter"	3:50
8.	"King of the World"	5:04
Total length:		41:04

Personnel

Steely Dan Donald Fagen – acoustic and electric pianos, synthesizer, lead and backing vocals Walter Becker – electric bass, harmonica, backing vocals Denny Dias – electric guitar, mixing Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – electric and pedal steel guitars Jim Hodder – drums, percussion, backing vocals Additional musicians Ray Brown – string bass on "Razor Boy" Ben Benay – acoustic guitar Rick Derringer – slide guitar on "Show Biz Kids" (recorded at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado, courtesy of Columbia Records) Victor Feldman – vibraphone, marimba, percussion Ernie Watts, Johnny Rotella, Lanny Morgan, Bill Perkins – saxophones (6) Sherlie Matthews (6), Myrna Matthews (6), Patricia Hall (6), David Palmer, James Rolleston, Michael Fennelly – backing vocals

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill ( 1972 )

Track listing

All songs written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.

Side one

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Do It Again"	Fagen	5:56
2.	"Dirty Work"	Palmer	3:08
3.	"Kings"	Fagen	3:45
4.	"Midnite Cruiser"	Hodder	4:07
5.	"Only a Fool Would Say That"	Fagen with Palmer	2:57

Side two

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
6.	"Reelin' In the Years"	Fagen	4:37
7.	"Fire in the Hole"	Fagen	3:28
8.	"Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)"	Palmer	4:21
9.	"Change of the Guard"	Fagen with Palmer	3:39
10.	"Turn That Heartbeat Over Again"	Fagen with Palmer and Becker	4:58

Personnel

Musicians

Steely Dan

• David Palmer – lead vocals on "Dirty Work" and "Brooklyn", backing vocals
• Donald Fagen – acoustic and electric pianos, plastic (YC-30) organ, lead vocals (except on "Dirty Work", "Midnite Cruiser", and "Brooklyn"), backing vocals
• Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitar, pedal steel guitar, spoken word on "Only a Fool Would Say That"
• Denny Dias – guitar, electric sitar
• Walter Becker – electric bass, backing vocals, dual lead vocal on "Turn That Heartbeat Over Again"
• Jim Hodder – drums, percussion, lead vocal on "Midnite Cruiser", backing vocals

Session musicians

• Elliott Randall – lead guitar on "Kings" and "Reelin in the Years"
• Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone
• Snooky Young – flugelhorn
• Victor Feldman – percussion
• Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals on "Brooklyn" and "Kings"