Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (200g Analogue Productions UHQR)
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Description
AllMusic gives the album 4.5 stars, saying the best songs on The Royal Scam, "Kid Charlemagne" and "Sign in Stranger" "rank as genuine Steely Dan classics."
The album cover shows a man in a suit, sleeping on a radiator, and apparently dreaming of skyscraper-beast hybrids. The cover was created from a painting by Zox and a photograph by Charlie Ganse, and was originally created for Van Morrison's unreleased 1975 album, Mechanical Bliss, the concept being a satire of the American Dream. In the liner notes for the 1999 remaster of the album, Fagen and Becker claim it to be "the most hideous album cover of the seventies, bar none (excepting perhaps Can't Buy a Thrill)."
After a brief battle with esophageal cancer, Walter Becker died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 67. Steely Dan has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001. VH1 ranked Steely Dan at No. 82 on their list of the 100 Greatest Musical Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone ranked them No. 15 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time.
This stereo UHQR reissue will be limited to 20,000 copies, with gold foil individually numbered jackets, housed in a premium slipcase with a wooden dowel spine.
Overall, Steely Dan's Royal Scam is a challenging and rewarding listen, showcasing the band's unique blend of rock, jazz, and funk, and their uncompromising approach to songwriting and production.
✓ The Royal Scam — Steely Dan's platinum-selling fifth studio album now on UHQR!
✓ Definitive reissue Ultra High Quality Record, the pinnacle of high-quality vinyl!
✓ 45 RPM LP release limited to 20,000 numbered copies
✓ Mastered directly from the original master tape by Bernie Grundman
✓ Pressed at Quality Record Pressings using 200-gram Clarity Vinyl®
✓ Purest possible pressing and most visually stunning presentation and packaging!
✓ Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jackets with film lamination by Stoughton Printing
Vinyl Playlist:
1. Kid Charlemagne
2. The Caves Of Altamira
3. Don't Take Me Alive
4. Sign In Stranger
5. The Fez
6. Green Earrings
7. Haitian Divorce
8. Everything You Did
9. The Royal Scam