Customer Reviews
A 1975 Classic! - By: Morten Vindberg, 30 Nov 2008 
"Katy Lied" is one of Steely Dan's great classic albums ( OK, they all are!) from when they were still a real band, & not "just" the Becker/Fagen duo.
The Becker/Fagen aim for perfection is very much apparent here. Great production & playing. Inspired songwriting & dark thought-provoking lyrics.
Most tracks are incredible catchy & melodic; especially "Rose Darling" & "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" are likely to "hit" you the first time you here them.
The opening track "Black Friday" is a surprisingly heavy track ( for Dan!!) that sets the scene right from the very beginning.
Like always there is a great variationin rhytmths & styles, but this is never a problem because everything is done with great artistic skill.
My first version of the album had a slightly "woolen" sound, but on the 1999 re-mastered version the sound is perfect.
A 1975 Classic!
A 1975 Classic! - By: Morten Vindberg, 03 Nov 2008 "Katy Lied" is one of Steely Dan's great classic albums ( OK, they all are!) from when they were still a real band, & not "just" the Becker/Fagen duo.
The Becker/Fagen aim for perfection is very much apparent here. Great production & playing. Inspired songwriting & dark thought-provoking lyrics.
Most tracks are incredible catchy & melodic; especially "Rose Darling" & "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" are likely to "hit" you the first time you here them.
The opening track "Black Friday" is a surprisingly heavy track ( for Dan!!) that sets the scene right from the very beginning.
Like always there is a great variationin rhytmths & styles, but this is never a problem because everything is done with great artistic skill.
My first version of the album had a slightly "woolen" sound, but on the 1999 re-mastered version the sound is perfect.
A 1975 Classic!
Katydid - By: D. J. H. Thorn, 25 Mar 2008 Containing none of their most famous hits, 'Katy Lied' is nevertheless Steely Dan's most gorgeous collection of songs. There is perhaps less invention & more commercialismin the music, but this is deceptive, for the invention isin the writing. 'Bad Sneakers' features attention-grabbing twistsin both music & lyrics, as does the lovely 'Doctor Wu', though, like many of the band's songs, its meaning is elusive. The opening image of suicide on the strident 'Black Friday,' by contrast, is stark. 'Everyone's Gone To The Movies' shows themin buoyant mood. One of the strokes they pull off here is the low-key sinister melody on vibes that lies beneath the jaunty main theme. 'Your Gold Teeth II' points the way toward their jazzier moments. Every track on here is a winner, right down to the emotional final track, 'Throw Back The Little Ones.'
A Revelation - By: Chuck E, 04 Mar 2006 I bought Katy Lied over 25 years ago & was a bit disappointed. After Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown & The Royal Scam I found it a bit dull & 'muddy'. It was the Steely Dan album I played least. It was only years later that I learned Becker & Fagen were so depressed about the sound of the album even they would never listen to it.
The remastered version is a revelation. It's like seeing an Old Master that's been restored after gathering centuries of dust & grime. The colours are suddenly vibrant & the scene full of life. The sun has been let in, making Katy Lied sound much more like the precursor of The Royal Scam.
Despite its roll call of drug dealers, gangsters, paedophiles, pimps & prostitutes, it represents some of the most beautiful music ever created, by one the most underrated partnershipsin rock.
Katy Lied - By: Jude, 11 Feb 2006 I've not been a Steely Dan fanatic for very long. And I regret the lackin my musical knowledge. It started with Can't Buy A Thril & Pretzel Logic, 2 superb albums. I've also heard their other 'important' album Countdown To Ecstacy, which is a fine album. But I discovered Katy Lied just yesterday. It eclipses all their other albums by a long way, trust me! Smooth, polished, & very very heartfelt. Doctor Wu has to be the standout track; a sax solo to die for. If you are a SD fan, & don't have this album, hurry & redress the balance! If you are not, this is the one which may turn you..........
