This month, Steely Dan’s ‘Katy Lied’ turned 40 years old. Here are some reasons why it’s good enough to overcome an infamous mixing fiasco.

S. Victor Aaron picks five standout Steely Dan ballads.

We humbly offer up suggested songs for a new Steely Dan album, culled from outtakes, live-only songs and one famous erasure.

Another cut with great promise, only to be shelved along with so many other ‘Katy Lied’ session nuggets. Perhaps not a Top 5 tune lay in the heart of this beast, but a heart that was very much ALIVE.

It’s everything one would expect from a song of the mid-Jurassic period of Steely Dan.

Steely Dan paid homage to Duke Ellington back on Pretzel Logic with the only cover song on a SD album, and less explictily so again with the closing track on Katy Lied, “Throw Back The Little Ones.” You May Also Like: Steely Dan’s The Royal Scam: Seeing the glory 40Read More

Steely Dan’s “Any World (That I’m Welcome To)” boasts the drumming of the great Hal Blaine, who played on a remarkable 40 No. 1 songs.

Though those days were numbered by the time of Katy Lied, Steely Dan liked the occasional break on their records from the ceberal arty jazz-rock of their preference and just jam out with some simpler, blues-based ditty. You May Also Like: Five Deep Cuts Underscore the Overlooked Brilliance of SteelyRead More

Steely Dan is famously known for performing rock with a heaping dose of jazz elements, but those songs would rarely swing, as jazz does. Here’s a notable exception. You May Also Like: Steely Dan Sunday: Katy Lied turns 40 this month

It’s pure coincidence that we reach this song about enticing young boys to go watch a porno flick shortly after a child molestation scandal broke open at Penn State University, and nothing about this topic is any laughing matter. But Becker and Fagen have long treated the topic of humanRead More