| 词条 | The Royal Scam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = The Royal Scam | type = studio | artist = Steely Dan | cover = The Royal Scam album cover.jpg | alt = | released = May 31, 1976 | recorded = November 1975–March 1976 | venue = | studio = {{hlist|ABC Studios, Los Angeles|A&R Studios, (Manhattan) New York}} | genre = Jazz rock | length = 41:11 | label = ABC | producer = Gary Katz | prev_title = Katy Lied | prev_year = 1975 | next_title = Aja | next_year = 1977 | misc = {{Singles | name = The Royal Scam | type = studio | single1 = Kid Charlemagne | single1date = May 1976 | single2 = The Fez | single2date = 1976 | single3 = Haitian Divorce | single3date = 1976 }} }} The Royal Scam is the fifth studio album by Steely Dan, originally released by ABC Records in 1976. The album went gold and peaked at #15 on the charts.[1] The Royal Scam features more prominent guitar work than the prior Steely Dan album, Katy Lied, which had been the first without founding guitarist Jeff Baxter. Guitarists on the recording include Walter Becker, Denny Dias, Larry Carlton, Elliott Randall and Dean Parks. 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 and Fagen revealed that "Kid Charlemagne" is loosely based on Augustus Owsley Stanley, the notorious drug "chef" who was famous for manufacturing hallucinogenic compounds, and that "Caves of Altamira", based on a book by Hans Baumann, is about the loss of innocence, the narrative about a visitor to the Cave of Altamira who registers his astonishment at the prehistoric drawings. It is also influenced by Plato's Cave Allegory and Keats' 'Ode to a Grecian Urn". The album was re-issued by MCA Records in 1979 following the sale of the ABC Records label to MCA. CoverThe 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.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} 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)." Eagles reference and beyondIn the song "Everything You Did", a lyric says, "turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening." Glenn Frey of the Eagles said, "Apparently Walter Becker's girlfriend loved the Eagles, and she played them all the time. I think it drove him nuts. So, the story goes that they were having a fight one day and that was the genesis of the line." Given that the two bands shared a manager (Irving Azoff) and that the Eagles proclaimed their admiration for Steely Dan, this was more friendly rivalry than feud.[2] Later that year in a nod back to Steely Dan for the free publicity,[3] and inspired by Steely Dan's lyric style,[4] the Eagles penned the lyrics, "They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast" in their hit "Hotel California". Frey commented, "We just wanted to allude to Steely Dan rather than mentioning them outright, so 'Dan' got changed to 'knives,' which is still, you know, a penile metaphor.".[2] This comment refers to the name's claimed origin in William S. Burroughs' book Naked Lunch. Timothy B. Schmit, who sang background vocals on "The Royal Scam" would later join the Eagles. Reception{{Album ratings| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[5] | rev2 = Chicago Tribune | rev2Score = {{Rating|3|4}}[6] | rev3 = Christgau's Record Guide | rev3score = B[7] | rev4 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[8] | rev5 = Q | rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}[9] | rev6 = Rolling Stone | rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}[10] | rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[11] }} The album was not as highly rated upon its release as its predecessors with most reviewers noting that it did not seem to represent any musical advancement. In contrast, the original Rolling Stone review was more positive,[12] and ultimately the magazine gave it five stars in a later Hall of Fame review.[10] Use in mediaThe song "The Caves Of Altamira" was sung by a character in the SB Nation story 17776 written by Jon Bois.[13] Track listing{{Track listing| all_writing = Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, except where noted | headline = Side one | extra_column = Solo(s) | title1 = Kid Charlemagne | extra1 = Guitar solo by Larry Carlton | length1 = 4:38 | title2 = The Caves of Altamira | extra2 = Tenor saxophone solo by John Klemmer | length2 = 3:34 | title3 = Don't Take Me Alive | extra3 = Guitar solo by Larry Carlton | length3 = 4:16 | title4 = Sign In Stranger | extra4 = Piano solo by Paul Griffin, guitar solo by Elliott Randall | length4 = 4:23 | title5 = The Fez | writer5 = Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin | extra5 = Guitar solo by Walter Becker | length5 = 4:01 }}{{Track listing | headline = Side two | extra_column = Solo(s) | title6 = Green Earrings | extra6 = Guitar solos by Denny Dias (1st) and Elliott Randall (2nd) | length6 = 4:05 | title7 = Haitian Divorce | extra7 = Talk box guitar solo by Dean Parks, altered by Walter Becker | length7 = 5:53 | title8 = Everything You Did | extra8 = Guitar solo by Larry Carlton | length8 = 3:55 | title9 = The Royal Scam | extra9 = Guitar solo by Larry Carlton | length9 = 6:28 }} Personnel[14]Steely Dan
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.steelydan.com/bbc.html|title=BBC Chat - 3/4/00|website=www.steelydan.com|accessdate=1 December 2018}} 2. ^1 Excerpted from the 2006 book Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?: Music's Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed, published by Three Rivers Press, written by Gavin Edwards. 3. ^Was there any kind of a feud going on between Steely Dan and the Eagles in the '70s? Rule Forty Two.com. Glenn Frey: "We just wanted to allude to Steely Dan rather than mentioning them outright, so 'Dan' got changed to 'knives'" 4. ^Quotes: Here are quotes from Don and others about his career Feldermusic. "At the time we were also quite fond [of] Steely Dan and listening to a lot of their records. And one of the things that impressed us about Steely Dan was that they would say anything in their songs and it did not have to necessarily make sense you know" 5. ^{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-royal-scam-mw0000195860|title=The Royal Scam – Steely Dan|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=January 11, 2019}} 6. ^{{cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|authorlink=Greg Kot|date=August 16, 1992|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-08-16/entertainment/9203140079_1_star-steely-dan-katy-lied|title=Thrills, Scams and Nightflys|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=February 15, 2017}} 7. ^{{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3314|chapter=Steely Dan: The Royal Scam|accessdate=January 11, 2019|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|publisher=Ticknor and Fields|year=1981|isbn=0-89919-026-X}} 8. ^{{cite book|chapter=Steely Dan|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|last=Larkin|first=Colin|authorlink=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=0-85712-595-8}} 9. ^{{cite journal|title=Steely Dan: The Royal Scam|work=Q|issue=165|location=London|date=June 2000|page=131}} 10. ^1 {{cite journal|last=Scoppa|first=Bud|date=October 14, 2004|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/steelydan/albums/album/321794/review/6487010/the_royal_scam|title=Steely Dan: The Royal Scam|journal=Rolling Stone|issue=959|location=New York|accessdate=August 22, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001161920/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/steelydan/albums/album/321794/review/6487010/the_royal_scam|archivedate=October 1, 2007|ref=RSreissue}} 11. ^{{cite book|chapter=Steely Dan|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|authorlink=Rob Sheffield|pages=778–79|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8}} 12. ^{{cite journal|last=Tucker|first=Kenneth|authorlink=Ken Tucker|date=July 1, 1976|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-royal-scam-19760701|title=Steely Dan: The Royal Scam|journal=Rolling Stone|issue=216|location=New York|accessdate=December 26, 2008|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725154826/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/steelydan/albums/album/321794/review/6487010/the_royal_scam|archivedate=July 25, 2008|ref=RSreview}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football/louisville-kentucky|title=Louisville, Kentucky. - What football will look like in the future|first=Jon|last=Bois|date=15 July 2017|publisher=|accessdate=1 December 2018}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-royal-scam-mw0000195860/credits|title=The Royal Scam - Steely Dan - Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=1 December 2018}} 15. ^1 {{AllMusic |class=album |tab=charts-awards |id=r18951 |label=The Royal Scam – Steely Dan > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums |publisher=Billboard |accessdate={{date|2004-10-27}} |ref=BillboardAlbum}} 16. ^1 {{AllMusic |class=album |tab=charts-awards/billboard-single |id=r18951 |label=The Royal Scam – Steely Dan > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles |publisher=Billboard |accessdate={{date|2004-10-27}} |ref=BillboardSingles}} 17. ^the highest UK chart position for a Steely Dan single External links
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