NewCC0081: Steely Dan
Submitted by lbangs on Tue, 05/15/2001 - 05:20
Tags:
- Can't Buy a Thrill (72): *****
- Pretzel Logic (74): *****
- Aja (77): **** 1/2
- Katy Lied (75): **** 1/2
- Countdown to Ecstasy (73): ****
- Citizen Steely Dan (93): *** 1/2
- Greatest Hits (79): *** 1/2
- Gold (82): *** 1/2
- Two Against Nature (00): *** 1/2
- The Royal Scam (76): ***
- Alive in America (95): ** 1/2
- Gaucho (80): ** 1/2
- You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It (Or You'll Lose That Beat) (71): * 1/2
This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.
Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.
Scale:
***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever