Steely Dan release their fifth album : ‘The Royal Scam’ featuring ‘Kid Charlemagne’ (1976)

Steely Dan‘s ‘The Royal Scam’ is their fifth album produced by Gary Katz and released in May 1976 by Abc.

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Track Listing : 1.Kid Charlemagne (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) – 04:38 . 2.The Caves Of Altamira (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) – 03:33 . 3.Don’T Take Me Alive (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) – 04:16 . 4.Sign In Stranger (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) – 04:23 . 5.The Fez (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, Paul Griffin) – 4:01 . 6.Green Earrings (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) – 04:05 . 7.Haitian Divorce (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) – 05:51 . 8.Everything You Did (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) – 03:55 . 9.The Royal Scam (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) – 06:30

Musicians : Donald Fagen – Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals . Walter Becker – Bass, Guitar, Solo On (5) . Larry Carlton – Guitar, Solo On (1 – 3 – 8 – 9) . John Klemmer – Tenor Saxophone Solo On (2) . Chuck Rainey – Bass . Timothy B. Schmit – Bass, Background Vocals . Paul Griffin – Keyboards, Background Vocals, Solo On (4) . Don Grolnick – Keyboards . Denny Dias – Guitar, Solo On (6) . Dean Parks – Guitar, Talk Box Guitar Solo On (7) . Elliott Randall – Guitar, Solo On (4 – 6) . Bob Findley – Horn . Chuck Findley – Trumpet . Dick “Slyde” Hyde – Horn, Trombone . Jim Horn – Saxophone . Plas Johnson – Saxophone . Rick Marotta – Drums . Bernard “Pretty” Purdie – Drums . Gary Coleman – Percussion . Victor Feldman – Percussion, Keyboards . Venetta Fields – Background Vocals . Clydie King – Background Vocals . Sherlie Matthews – Background Vocals . Michael Mcdonald – Background Vocals

Production : Produced By Gary Katz . Roger Nichols – Engineer . Barney Perkins – Mixdown Engineer . Dinky Dawson – Sound Consultant

Package : Ed Caraeff – Art Direction . Zox – Cover Art . Tom Nikosey – Typography

Recorded November 1975 – March 1976 At Abc Studios In Los Angeles; A&R Studios In (Manhattan) New York.

Released In May 1976 By Abc.

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Rolling Stone
In any event, I doubt that Steely Dan will ever become merely precious or insular; through five albums they have consistently circumvented their complexity with passionate snaz-ziness and fluky, cynical wit. […]

Sputnikmusic.com
Everything is proportionate. The music is not overly noodley, nor is it too caught up with time signatures and changing a rhythm every 2 seconds. It’s simple and straight forward to the ear, but it reveals a good deal of subtelty upon closer inspection. […]

PopMatters
But this album also features some blistering rock guitar on “Don’t Take Me Alive” and some pre-disco funk on “The Fez.” The lyrics are clever and not as typically obtuse as most of Becker/Fagen’s earlier work. They even attempt a “story song” with the charmingly bizarre “Haitian Divorce.” […]

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