Katy Lied

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 the first appearance of singer Michael McDonald on a Steely Dan album. Jeff Porcaro, then only 20 years old, played drums on all the songs except "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)", which features session drummer Hal Blaine. It also marked the first appearance of Larry Carlton who played guitar on "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More"

Band leaders Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were unhappy with the album's sound quality owing 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, but Fagen and Becker still refused to listen to the completed album.

The album was reissued by MCA Records after ABC Records was acquired by MCA in 1979.

Concept

The album cover features a picture of a katydid, a "singing" (stridulating) insect related to crickets and grasshoppers. This is a pun on the album's title; the "singing" of a katydid sounds as though they're saying "Katy did, Katy didn't." Lyrics in the song "Doctor Wu" include "Katy tried, I was halfway crucified" and "Katy lies, you can see it in her eyes".

The track "Black Friday", which was released as the first single from the album, relates the story of a crooked speculator who makes his fortune and absconds to Australia. Muswellbrook, a town in New South Wales, was chosen to fit in with the lyric, as Fagen later explained: "It was the place most far away from LA we could think of ... and, of course it fitted the metre of the song and rhymed with book". The track features Michael Omartian on piano and David Paich on Hohner electric piano.^[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

Side one

"Black Friday" – 3:33
"Bad Sneakers" – 3:16
"Rose Darling" – 2:59
"Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More" – 3:12
"Doctor Wu" – 3:59

Side two

"Everyone's Gone to the Movies" – 3:41
"Your Gold Teeth II" – 4:12
"Chain Lightning" – 2:57
"Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" – 3:56
"Throw Back the Little Ones" – 3:11

Personnel

Steely Dan

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

Additional musicians

Michael Omartian, David Paich – pianos, 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 guitars
Jeff Porcaro – drums on all songs except "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)"
Hal Blaine – drums on "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)"
Victor Feldman – percussion
Phil Woods – alto saxophone solo on "Doctor Wu"
Jimmie Haskell – horn & 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"

Production

Producer: Gary Katz
Engineer: Roger Nichols
Mastering: Rick Collins
Sound Consultant: Dinky Dawson
Consultant: Daniel Levitin
Arranger: Jimmie Haskell

Album cover

The album cover features a photograph of a katydid by Dorothy White.

Charts

Album^[4]

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Pop Albums	13
1975	UK Albums	13

Pop Singles

Year	Single	Label & number	Position
1975	"Black Friday" (B-side: "Throw Back the Little Ones")	ABC 12101	37^[5]
1975	"Bad Sneakers" (B-side: "Chain Lightning")	ABC 12128	103

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Katy Lied at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2004.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Steely Dan > Consumer Guide Reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 5 March 2006.
↑ Mendelsohn, John (May 8, 1975). "Steely Dan Katy Lied > Review". Rolling Stone (186). Archived from the original on 7 December 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
1 2 Katy Lied - Steely Dan > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2004.
1 2 Katy Lied - Steely Dan > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2004.
↑ Sweet, Brian (2000). Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780711982796.

External links

Complete lyrics

Steely Dan

Walter Becker Donald Fagen Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Denny Dias Jim Hodder David Palmer Royce Jones Michael McDonald Jeff Porcaro

Studio albums	Can't Buy a Thrill (1972) Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Pretzel Logic (1974) Katy Lied (1975) The Royal Scam (1976) Aja (1977) Gaucho (1980) Two Against Nature (2000) Everything Must Go (2003)

Live albums	Alive in America (1995) Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party (2000)

Singles	"Dallas" "Do It Again" "Reelin' In the Years" "Show Biz Kids" "My Old School" "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" "Pretzel Logic" "Black Friday" "Bad Sneakers" "Kid Charlemagne" "The Fez" "Haitian Divorce" "Peg" "Deacon Blues" "FM (No Static at All)" "Josie" "Hey Nineteen" "Babylon Sisters" "Cousin Dupree" "Janie Runaway"

Album tracks	"Aja" "Dirty Work"

Compilations	Greatest Hits (1978) Steely Dan (1978) Gold (1982/91) A Decade of Steely Dan (1985) Reelin' In the Years (1987) Do It Again (1987) Citizen Steely Dan (1993) Then and Now (1993) Showbiz Kids (2000) The Definitive Collection (2006)

Related articles	Discography Gary Katz Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan Roger Nichols

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