Katy Lied
by Steely Dan
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Steely Dan bestography
Katy Lied is ranked 7th best out of 21 albums by Steely Dan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steely Dan is Aja which is ranked number 150 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,194.
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Katy Lied track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 3 days ago | RetoK | 102 | 76/100 | |
| 04/01/2026 20:32 | Rivera | 2,033 | 82/100 | |
| 03/09/2026 10:38 | Jboy69 | 364 | 79/100 | |
| 03/02/2026 13:24 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 | |
| 02/23/2026 18:52 | saltysurprise | 2,942 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.4/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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I liked it more than Pretzel Logic. Didn't have any hits that I remembered going in, but Black Friday, Sneakers, and Doctor Wu were outstanding tracks.
Each new their album worse and worse. While their best album was 1st
Larcx13 11/07/2022 12:45 | #291120
All the songs are good. Some are great.
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An album with some great hits but also a lot of filler where you just feel like you are waiting for the next song to come on. Tracks like Doctor Wu, Bad Sneakers and Black Friday are where this albums peaks especially on instrumentation. They are so catchy and infectious and demonstrate the classic Steely Dan style perfectly. The whole album has brilliant instrumentation but it just comes a little scattered on the weaker cuts. Highlights for me are the guitar and the piano which fill so many songs full of life. My favourite instrumental performance is the phenomenal display of what I think is a saxophone on Doctor Wu which gives me chills every time. Overall, if the filler content was better this would be a great album but it is still worth a listen for the big hits that are on here.
User "henrygreen0203" rated this Steely Dan album in an absurd way, when searching his profile I noticed a maximum score for a "Hanson" album, is this a joke? That's why I visit this site ("best ever albums of radiohead") less and less, full of people without the least knowledge to omit an opinion.
Steely Dan's 4th effort find them treading water a bit. There's some good ones here - Black Friday, Chain Lighting, and Daddy Don't Live in New York City. The rest is a bit paint by numbers and a little uninspired. A bit of a lull before another burst of brilliance would follow.
teague 07/27/2020 23:27 | #256318
Classic Steely Dan, though it doesn't do much to expand on their formula.
Fischman 10/28/2016 17:37 | #177666
My favorite Dan. Their uniqueness shines here with a perfect blend of jazzy/progressive influence in hard pop/rock tunes with intelligent lyrics. World class cuts include Dr Wu, Bad Sneakers, Black Friday, and Any World (That I'm Welcome To)
Steely Dan's fourth album is another set of quirky pop songs. Picking up where, pretzel logic, left off, Katy lied, is more of the same(in a good way). Fantastic songs include, bad sneakers, daddy don't live, and, doctor wu. Great band.
"Doctor Wu" is the only major highlight in this bizarre set of tunes. The Minutemen covered it on their "Double Nickels" album.
"Bad Sneakers" and "Black Friday" are also worth hearing.
This was the first major recording project for Michael McDonald. I think he was hardly known at the time.
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