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The Royal Scam
The Royal Scam cover
Studio album by Steely Dan
Released May, 1976
Recorded November 1975-March 1976
Genre Rock
Length 41:11
Label ABC Records
Producer Gary Katz
Professional reviews
Steely Dan chronology
Katy Lied
(1975)		 The Royal Scam
(1976)		 Aja
(1977)

The Royal Scam is an album by jazz rock group Steely Dan, originally released in 1976. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Gary Katz is an American record producer most famous for his work in that capacity on every Steely Dan album recorded during the first run of their career from Can't allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Katy Lied is the fourth album by Steely Dan, released in 1975 Aja (pronounced) is an album by the rock band Steely Dan. The album was named after the Korean wife of group co-founder Donald Fagen 's friend's brother Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The album went gold and peaked at #15 on the charts. The Royal Scam features more prominent guitar than other Steely Dan albums. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Guitarists on the recording include Walter Becker, Denny Dias, Larry Carlton, Elliott Randall and Dean Parks. Walter Becker (born Walter Carl Becker, 20 February 1950, in Queens, New York) is an American musician and record producer Denny Dias (born December 1946 in Philadelphia) is an American Guitarist most known for being a founding member of Steely Dan. Larry Carlton (born 2 March, 1948) is an American Jazz, pop, and rock Guitarist dividing his recording Elliott Randall (born 1947) is an American Guitarist most known for being a Session musician with popular artists Dean Parks is a leading Studio musician and Guitarist from Los Angeles California, best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan

With irony-laden verses about drug dealers, safe sex, and hardships faced by immigrants, The Royal Scam is arguably Steely Dan at their most cynical. Irony is a literary or Rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or Discordance between what one says or does and what one means or The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs Safe sex (also called safer sex or protected sex) is the practice of Sexual activity in a manner that reduces the risk of Infection with Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term Cynicism (Kυνισμός originally comprised the various philosophies of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by The mood of the album stands in contrast with the band's mellower and hugely successful follow-up, Aja. Aja (pronounced) is an album by the rock band Steely Dan. The album was named after the Korean wife of group co-founder Donald Fagen 's friend's brother

The album cover, which shows a well-dressed, possibly homeless man sleeping underneath (or perhaps dreaming of) mutating skyscrapers, is a satirical take on the American Dream. Homelessness is the condition and social category of people who lack housing because they cannot afford or are otherwise unable to maintain regular safe and adequate shelter A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human The American Dream is Belief in the Freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the United States to achieve their goals The drawing and painting of the skyscrapers morphed with heads of snake, bear, wolf, alligator, etc. was considered dark, eerie, gothic, and very much ahead of its time. The cover was designed by Larry Zox, and at least a portion was originally created for a Van Morrison album from 1974-75 that was never released. Lawrence "Larry" Zox (b May 31 1937 - d December 16 2006) was an American painter and printmaker who is classified George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born 31 August 1945 is a Grammy Award -winning Northern Irish Singer, 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). Remaster (and its derivations frequently found in the phrases digitally remastered or digital remastering) is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age although Can't Buy a Thrill is the first Album by Steely Dan. Originally released in 1972 (see 1972 in music) the album was a huge success "

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[1], Becker revealed that Kid Charlemagne is loosely based on Augustus Owsley Stanley, the notorious drug "chef" who created hallucinogenic compounds for, among others, Jim Morrison of The Doors[2], the Grateful Dead, and The Beatles. Owsley Stanley (born Augustus Owsley Stanley IIII, January 19, 1935) also known as The Bear, was an underground LSD chemist the first James Douglas Morrison (December 8 1943—July 3 1971 was an American Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Writer, and Film director This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Becker and Fagen, except where noted

  1. "Kid Charlemagne" – 4:38
  2. "The Caves of Altamira" – 3:33[1]
  3. "Don't Take Me Alive" – 4:16
  4. "Sign in Stranger" – 4:23
  5. "The Fez" (Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin) – 4:01
  6. "Green Earrings" – 4:05
  7. "Haitian Divorce" – 5:51
  8. "Everything You Did" – 3:55
  9. "The Royal Scam" – 6:30

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1976 US Albums 15
1976 UK Albums 11

Pop Singles

Year Single Label & number Chart & position
1976 "Kid Charlemagne" (B-side: "Green Earrings") ABC 12195 U. " Kid Charlemagne " is a song by the Rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1976 album The Royal Scam "Everything You Did" is a song from Steely Dan 's The Royal Scam. The Royal Scam is the title track from the 1976 Steely Dan album The Royal Scam. Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. Walter Becker (born Walter Carl Becker, 20 February 1950, in Queens, New York) is an American musician and record producer The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. Chuck Rainey, born Charles Walter Rainey III in Cleveland Ohio, is a Bass guitar player best known for playing with Steely Dan, Timothy Bruce Schmit (born October 30, 1947, in Oakland, California) is an American Bass guitar player and Singer Don Grolnick (b Brooklyn NY, September 23, 1948; died June 1, 1996) was an American Jazz and pop Denny Dias (born December 1946 in Philadelphia) is an American Guitarist most known for being a founding member of Steely Dan. Larry Carlton (born 2 March, 1948) is an American Jazz, pop, and rock Guitarist dividing his recording Hugh McCracken is a rhythm guitar player and Session musician, arranger and producer based in New York Dean Parks is a leading Studio musician and Guitarist from Los Angeles California, best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan Elliott Randall (born 1947) is an American Guitarist most known for being a Session musician with popular artists Chuck Findley (born Charles B Findley in Johnstown Pennsylvania in 1947 is an American session and Studio musician. Jim Horn is an American saxophonist. He was born in Los Angeles and after replacing HoF saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959 he provided the raucous sax sounds on The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind The trombone is a Musical instrument in the brass family Like all brass instruments it is a lip-reed Aerophone: sound is produced when the player’s Plas John Johnson Jr (born July 21, 1931) is an American Soul-jazz and Hard bop Tenor saxophonist, probably most familiar as the John Klemmer is an American Instrumental pop Saxophonist Composer Song Writer & Arranger Rick Marotta is a US-based drummer and percussionist who appears on many recordings by leading artists such as Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, Steely Dan, A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American Drummer and Session musician from Elkton Maryland who has worked Victor Stanley Feldman ( April 7, 1934 in Edgware, Middlesex – May 12, 1987, in Los Angeles, California Venetta Fields is an American singer best known as session musician for leading rock and pop acts of the 1970s including Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, Clydie King (born Clydie May Crittendon August 21, 1943 in Dallas, Texas) is an American singer best known for her session work Michael McDonald (born February 12, 1952, in St Louis Missouri) is an American R&B / soul Singer and Songwriter S. 82
1976 "The Fez" (B-side: "Sign In Stranger") ABC 12222 U. S. 59
1976 "Haitian Divorce" (B-side: "Sign In Stranger") ABC 4152 (UK release) U. K. 17[2]

References

  1. ^ The lyrics, written in first person on the theme of art, follow in typically abstruse fashion the story of a young boy who would avoid society by entering a cave and admiring cave paintings on its walls
  2. ^ the highest UK chart position for a Steely Dan single

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