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Steely Dan - The Royal Scam album flac Performer: Steely Dan
Title: The Royal Scam
Style: Fusion, Pop Rock
Released: 1976
MP3 album: 1164 mb
FLAC album: 1999 mb
Rating: 4.7
Other formats: AUD ADX AC3 MMF DTS XM AIFF
Genre: Jazz / Rock / Pop

The Royal Scam is the first Steely Dan record that doesn't exhibit significant musical progress from its predecessor, but that doesn't mean the album is any less interesting. The cynicism that was suppressed on Katy Lied comes roaring to the surface on The Royal Scam - not only are the lyrics bitter and snide, but the music is terse, broken, and weary.

The Royal Scam is a music studio album recording by STEELY DAN (Jazz ive Rock) released in 1976 on cd, lp, vinyl and/or cassette. Steely Dan is truly brilliant for me, right now I'm listening to the whole album once more but at times I can hardly believe my ears. Because track 7 is Haitian Divorce and that's a true evergreen as we all know and in fact the only single I bought in those days, it was one of the few SD-hits in Holland.

Steely Dan. Лицензиар: "UMG (от лица компании "Universal Music"); The Royalty Network (Publishing), CMRRA, UBEM, UMPG Publishing, ASCAP, UMPI" и другие авторские общества (4). Композиция. Don't Take Me Alive (Album Version). Steely Dan. Лицензиар: "UMG (от лица компании "Universal Music"); ASCAP, UMPG Publishing, CMRRA, UMPI, UBEM" и другие авторские общества (4). The Royal Scam (Album Version). Лицензиар: "UMG (от лица компании "Universal Music"); CMRRA, ASCAP, UMPI, UMPG Publishing, UBEM" и другие авторские общества (4).

The Royal Scam is the fifth studio album by Steely Dan, originally released by ABC Records in 1976. The album went gold and peaked at on the charts. The Royal Scam features more prominent guitar work than the prior Steely Dan album, Katy Lied, which had been the first without founding guitarist Jeff Baxter. Guitarists on the recording include Walter Becker, Denny Dias, Larry Carlton, Elliott Randall and Dean Parks.

The Royal Scam is a transitional album for Steely Dan; melody dominates lyric in the sense that the former pushes into new rhythmic areas for the group (more pure jazz, semireggae and substantially more orchestration than before) while the verbal content is clearer, even mundane, by previous Dan standards. While Scam is certainly not a concept album, every song-with the possible exception of The Fez -concerns a narrator’s escape from a crime or sin recently committed. If The Royal Scam lacks ready-made Top 40 fodder, it also widens Steely Dan’s already considerable parameters. Their next album, if one can speculate about this lovably perverse bunch, should be a pop killer.

The Royal Scam is the fifth album by Steely Dan, originally released in 1976. The Royal Scam features more prominent guitar work than other Steely Dan albums.

Fagen speculated that ABC Records released "The Fez," a danceable tune, as the second single from the album to cash in on the disco fever of the times. He wrote the main theme," said Fagen.

Tracklist

1 Kid Charlemagne 4:39
2 The Caves Of Altamira 3:33
3 Don't Take Me Alive 4:16
4 Sign In Stranger 4:23
5 The Fez 4:01
6 Green Earrings 4:05
7 Haitian Divorce 5:51
8 Everything You Did 3:55
9 The Royal Scam 6:32

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. – D132437

Credits

  • Bass – Chuck Rainey
  • Drums – Bernard Purdie, Rick Marotta
  • Guitar – Dean Parks, Dennis Dias*, Elliott Randall, Larry Carlton
  • Guitar, Bass – Walter Becker
  • Keyboards – Don Grolnick, Paul Griffin
  • Keyboards, Percussion – Victor Feldman
  • Lead Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards – Donald Fagen
  • Percussion – Gary Coleman
  • Producer – Gary Katz

Notes

Originally released in 1976.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
ABCD-931 Steely Dan The Royal Scam ‎(LP, Album, San) ABC Records ABCD-931 US 1976
MCLC 1708 Steely Dan The Royal Scam ‎(Cass, Album) ABC Records MCLC 1708 UK 1976
ABCL-0171 Steely Dan The Royal Scam ‎(LP, Album, San) ABC Records ABCL-0171 US 1976
6040, MP-6040, MP-6.040 Steely Dan The Royal Scam ‎(LP, Album) ABC Records, ABC Records, ABC Records 6040, MP-6040, MP-6.040 Portugal 1977
6-26-404-029 Steely Dan Royal Scam ‎(LP, Album) ABC Records 6-26-404-029 Brazil 1976

Tracklist

A1 Kid Charlemagne 4:38
A2 Caves Of Altamira 3:33
A3 Don't Take Me Alive 4:19
A4 Sign In Stranger 4:22
A5 The Fez 3:59
B1 Green Earrings 4:05
B2 Haitian Divorce 5:50
B3 Everything You Did 3:54
B4 The Royal Scam

Companies, etc.

  • Distributed By – Dischi Ricordi S.p.A.

Credits

  • Arranged By [Horns] – Chuck Findley, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
  • Art Direction, Design – Ed Caraeff
  • Artwork By [Cover Art] – Charlie Ganse, Zox
  • Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Sherlie Matthews, Tim Schmit*, Venetta Fields
  • Bass – Chuck Rainey, Walter Becker
  • Design [Typographic Design] – Tom Nikosey
  • Drums – Bernard Purdie, Rick Marotta
  • Engineer – Elliot Shiner*, Roger Nichols
  • Engineer [Mix Down] – Barney Perkins, Roger Nichols
  • Guitar – Dean Parks, Dennis Dias*, Elliot Randall*, Larry Carlton, Walter Becker
  • Horns – Bob Findley, Chuck Findley, Jim Horn, John Klemmer, Plas Johnson, Slyde Hyde
  • Keyboards – Don Grolnick, Donald Fagen, Paul Griffin, Victor Feldman
  • Lead Vocals – Donald Fagen
  • Other [Nurse] – Karen Stanley
  • Percussion – Gary Coleman, Victor Feldman
  • Producer – Gary Katz
  • Technician – Bob DeAvila, Buns, Jerry*, John , Leslie , Roy , Stuart Dawson*, Warren Wallace
  • Written-By – Donald Fagen, Paul Griffin (tracks: A5), Walter Becker

Notes

NOTE ON BACK COVER :

Special thanks to Larry Carlton and Mr. Garry Sherman.
Engineered bY Roger Nichols At ABC Studios In Los Angeles And Elliot Shiner At A&R Studios In New York
Mix Down Engineers: Rogers Nichols, Barney Perkins
Thecno: Bob DeAvila, Stuart Dawson, Warren Wallace, John, Roy, Jerry, Leslie and Buns
Nurse: Karen Stanley
Art Diection And Design: Ed Caraff
Cover Art: Charlie Gasse And Zox
Typographic Design: Tom Nikosey
Produced By Gary Katz
P C 1976 MCA RecordsInc.
MCA RECORDS
DISTRIBUZIONE DISCHI RICORDI S.P.A.
C-P MCA RECORDS

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Other: (MCA 37044)

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
ABCD-931 Steely Dan The Royal Scam ‎(LP, Album, San) ABC Records ABCD-931 US 1976
MCLC 1708 Steely Dan The Royal Scam ‎(Cass, Album) ABC Records MCLC 1708 UK 1976
ABCL-0171 Steely Dan The Royal Scam ‎(LP, Album, San) ABC Records ABCL-0171 US 1976
6040, MP-6040, MP-6.040 Steely Dan The Royal Scam ‎(LP, Album) ABC Records, ABC Records, ABC Records 6040, MP-6040, MP-6.040 Portugal 1977
6-26-404-029 Steely Dan Royal Scam ‎(LP, Album) ABC Records 6-26-404-029 Brazil 1976
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