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    Posted: April 08 2024 at 06:15
Studio albums at least...

9. Everything Must Go
8. Two Against Nature
7. Countdown to Ecstasy
6. Katy Lied
5. Can't Buy a Thrill
4. Gaucho
3. Pretzel Logic
2. Aja
1. The Royal Scam
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Aja
Can't Buy A Thrill
The Royal Scam
Pretzel Logic
Katy Lied
Countdown To Ecstasy
Gaucho
Two Against Nature
Everything Must Go
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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

Aja
Can't Buy A Thrill
The Royal Scam
Pretzel Logic
Katy Lied
Countdown To Ecstasy
Gaucho
Two Against Nature
Everything Must Go

Why is Gaucho so low on your list? Cry
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Three stars for all of them in no particular order. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Three stars for all of them in no particular order. Smile
It could be no other way.

Aja
The Royal Scam
Can't By A Thrill
Countdown to Ecstasy
Katy Lied
Two Against Nature
Gaucho
Pretzel Logic
Everything Must Go
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Three stars for all of them in no particular order. Smile
It could be no other way.

I have four Steely Dan CD albums and two by Donald Fagen, so it's fair to say I'm a fan. Smile
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I only know the 1972-1980-albums:

Countdown to Ecstasy
Aja
Can't By A Thrill 
The Royal Scam
Gaucho
Katy Lied
Pretzel Logic
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^You have quite diverse tastes, and I'm impressed that Steely Dan is something you enjoy.

Cheers, and your artwork is amazing.
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Aja seems to be one of those albums you have to like otherwise you demonstrate bad taste/ bad understanding of music. It's a strange album for me as nothing really stands out yet it's so often elevated to such mystical heights of greatness as one of the 'perfect' albums. There is loads of other stuff by them I enjoy especially the earlier 'rockier' stuff. Impossible for me to do an album ranking. I have a box set of all their 72-80 releases and happy to delve into that as a totality.
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^You have quite diverse tastes, and I'm impressed that Steely Dan is something you enjoy.

Cheers, and your artwork is amazing.
Thank you!
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Difficult to rank them, as I'm only a moderate fan, but well aware of their 70's discography

But I'd say Royal Scam, Countdown are my preferred ones 
Next up would be Thrill and Aja
Pretzel is next
Last would be Gaucho and Kati Lied
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