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In common with other Steely Dan albums, The Royal Scam is littered with cryptic allusions to people and events, both real and fictional. In a BBC interview in 2000, songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen revealed that "Kid Charlemagne" is loosely based on Owsley Stanley, the notorious drug "chef" who was famous for manufacturing hallucinogenic compounds, and that "The Caves of Altamira" is ...
The album sold well in the United States, though without the strength of a hit single. In the UK the single "Haitian Divorce" (Top 20) drove album sales, becoming Steely Dan's first major hit there. [29] Steely Dan's sixth album, the jazz-influenced Aja, was released in September 1977.
"Haitian Divorce" The Royal Scam: 5:48 ... Official Citizen Steely Dan Site; Complete lyrics This page was last edited on 12 October 2024, at 18:56 (UTC). Text is ...
In 2017, Dan Weiss of Billboard ranked the song third on his list of the top 15 Steely Dan songs, [17] and in 2020, Phil Freeman of Stereogum ranked the song second on his list of the top 10 Steely Dan songs. [18] Billboard praised the "sarcastic" lyrics, the "stinging instrumental break" and the "chilling" piano playing. [19]
Dirty Work (Steely Dan song) Do It Again (Steely Dan song) ... The Fez; FM (No Static at All) H. Haitian Divorce; Hey Nineteen; Home at Last (Steely Dan song) I. I ...
"Kid Charlemagne" is a song by American rock band Steely Dan, released in 1976 as the opening track on their album The Royal Scam. An edited version was released as a single, reaching number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] Larry Carlton's guitar solo on the song was ranked #80 in a 2008 list of the 100 greatest guitar solos by Rolling Stone. [3]
The cocktail is named in the lyrics for the song "Haitian Divorce" on the 1976 album The Royal Scam by Steely Dan. [13]
Katy Lied is the fourth studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released in March 1975, by ABC Records; reissues have since been released by MCA Records due to ABC's acquisition by the former in 1979.