View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Cassette release of Royal Scam on Discogs. Label: MCA Records - MCAC • Format: Cassette Album, Reissue • Country: Canada • Genre: Jazz, Rock, Pop • Style: Pop Rock, Fusion5/5(1).

Everything You Did is a grandiose bit of muscular jazz rock containing a lyrical tease for The Eagles that they returned on Hotel California - all very amicable. The Royal Scam is an impressive six minute plus slow burner of a track to conclude this sometimes overlooked album. Personally, I don't think there is a bad track on it/5().

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of The Royal Scam on Discogs/5().

Jan 24,  · And while the The Royal Scam is certainly not a concept album in the broader sense, an album where all of the songs except “The Fez” revolve around the protagonist’s ability to sidestep and escape from recent sins, crimes, and retribution, these two musical gunslingers may have just written the ultimate outlaw saga, one which now /5().

The Royal Scam is the first Steely Dan record that doesn't exhibit significant musical progress from its predecessor, but that doesn't mean the album is any less interesting. The cynicism that was suppressed on Katy Lied comes roaring to the surface on The Royal Scam -- not only are the lyrics bitter and snide, but the music is terse, broken, and weary.7/

Under the pressure of high expectations, Steely Dan released its' fifth album, The Royal Scam, on May 31, The lyrical nature of The Royal Scam displays a sense of cynicism throughout with its.

The Royal Scam is a transitional album for Steely Dan; melody dominates lyric in the sense that the former pushes into new rhythmic areas for the group (more “pure” jazz, semireggae and.

The Royal Scam is the fifth studio album by Steely Dan, originally released by ABC Records in The album went gold and peaked at #15 on the charts. 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 .

Still, you are correct that Steely Dan and The Eagles were obviously aware of each other. Their rivalry in the 's is widely documented, including the connection between "Everything You Did" and "Hotel California", as mentioned here by Seth of Brooklyn and other commenters. The songs were actually released even closer together than Seth states.