Katy Lied

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Katy Lied came out in March 1975 on ABC Records. It was the first album after Walter Becker and Donald Fagen decided to stop touring and concentrate on the studio. Guitarists Jeff Baxter and Denny Dias and drummer Jim Hodder left the group; Becker called it liberating that he could stop such difficult collaborations. From then on they worked with studio musicians. Dias stayed on as a session musician, Michael Omartian played most of the keyboards and the twenty-year-old Jeff Porcaro the drums on almost all the tracks. He struggled with Your Gold Teeth II, which changes time signature, until Fagen gave him an album by Charles Mingus. Michael McDonald made his debut here with backing vocals.

Phil Woods played his saxophone solo in Doctor Wu in one take. Black Friday reached number 37 on the American chart, but Bad Sneakers is now the best-known song. The album reached thirteenth place and went gold.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Black Friday3:41Apple Music ↗
2. 2Bad Sneakers3:20Apple Music ↗
3. 3Rose Darling3:04Apple Music ↗
4. 4Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More3:14Apple Music ↗
5. 5Doctor Wu3:55Apple Music ↗
6. 6Everyone's Gone to the Movies3:44Apple Music ↗
7. 7Your Gold Teeth II4:12Apple Music ↗
8. 8Chain Lightning3:00Apple Music ↗
9. 9Any World (That I'm Welcome To)3:54Apple Music ↗
10. 10Throw Back the Little Ones3:13Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

See also

• Steely Dan