Donald Fagen – vocals, piano, keyboards Walter Becker – bass, guitar (solo on "Black Friday", "Bad Sneakers") Michael Omartian, David Paich – piano, keyboards Hugh McCracken – guitar Denny Dias – guitar (solo on "Your Gold Teeth II") Rick Derringer – guitar (solo on "Chain Lightning") Dean Parks – guitar
Katy Lied is the fourth album by Steely Dan, originally released in 1975 by ABC Records. It went gold and peaked at #13 on the US charts. The single “Black Friday” also charted at #37.
It is the first appearance of singer Michael McDonald on a Steely Dan album. Jeff Porcaro, then only 21 years old, played drums on all the songs except “Any World (That I’m Welcome To)”, which features session drummer Hal Blaine. Band leaders Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were unhappy with the album’s sound quality owing to an equipment malfunction with the then-new dbx noise reduction system. The group has claimed that the damage was mostly repaired after consulting with the engineers at dbx, but Fagen and Becker still refused to listen to the completed album.The album was reissued by MCA Records after ABC Records was acquired by MCA in 1979.
The album cover features a picture of a katydid, a “singing” (stridulating) insect related to crickets and grasshoppers. This is most likely a pun on the album’s title; the “singing” of a katydid sounds as though they’re saying “Katy did, Katy didn’t.” Lyrics in the song “Doctor Wu” include “Katy tried, I was halfway crucified” and “Katy lies, you can see it in her eyes”..
1 Black Friday (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) 3:41
2 Bad Sneakers (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) 3:20
3 Rose Darling (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) 3:05
4 Daddy Don’t Live In That New York City No More (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) 3:15
5 Doctor Wu (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) 3:56
6 Everyone’s Gone To The Movies (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) 3:44
7 Your Gold Teeth II (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) 4:12
8 Chain Lightning (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) 3:00
9 Any World (That I’m Welcome To) (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) 3:55
10 Throw Back The Little Ones (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) 3:13
Bass - Walter Becker
Bass - Chuck Rainey
Bass - Wilton Felder
Drums - Jeffrey Porcaro
Drums - Hal Blaine
Guitar - Walter Becker
Guitar - Denny Diaz
Guitar - Rick Derringer
Guitar - Dean Parks
Guitar - Elliot Randall
Guitar - Hugh McCracken
Guitar - Larry Carlton
Keyboards - Donald Fagen
Keyboards - David Paich
Keyboards - Michael Omartian
Piano - Donald Fagen
Piano - David Paich
Piano - Michael Omartian
Sax - Phil Woods
Percussion - Victor Feldman
Background Vocals - Sherlie Matthews
Background Vocals - Carolyn Willis
Background Vocals - Myrna Matthews
Vocals - Donald Fagen
Producer – Gary Katz
Arranged By (Horns) – Jimmie Haskell (Track 10)
Engineer – Roger Nichols
Cover – Dorothy White
Photography – Roger Nichols, Walter Becker, Dorothy White
Recorded At ABC Recording Studios
Phonographic Copyright ABC Records Inc
Copyright ABC Records Inc
