"Katy Lied" was the fourth album released by Walter Becker and Donald Fagan and was another superb art rock album. Huge vocal harmonies, superb musicanship and great song writing. Steely Dan's albums were all great with this one taking on a more studio feel with more jazz leanings. Helping out this time around is Mike McDonald, Jeff Porcaro and Rick Derringer.
Steely Dan really hitting the heights – moving into hipper, more
sophisticated territory than before – pushing the envelope with both
their music and lyrics, which are completely sublime! It's hard to put
our finger on the magic of this one, but it's the perfect summation of
everything that's come before, with a bit of a nod towards the future –
yet all with a simple, song-based charm that we really love. The Becker
and Fagan team get some key studio help here – showing a move away from
previous group-based recordings – and Phil Woods turns in some
especially nice work on his sublime solo for "Doctor Wu".
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