Album
FM (No Static At All)
1978 · Rock, Stage & Screen
Rare pressing on Gatefold
FM (No Static At All) is a Rock album by Steely Dan, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 24 pressings tracked.
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Sound DNA
- Rock
- Classic Rock
- clean
- swaggering
- urban
"FM (No Static At All)" first appeared on FM (The Original Movie Soundtrack) and on global singles with various edits in 1978. In 1982, the song was reissued in the UK to help promote the release of the "Gold" compilation, where it made its first appearance on a Steely Dan album. This version has a guitar solo playing over the instrumental outro. In 1991, the expanded edition of "Gold" included a new version with a saxophone solo outro instead, which was used on subsequent Steely Dan compilations until 2006's Showbiz Kids (The Steely Dan Story 1972-1980).
Length variations:
1978 Soundtrack version: 4:50 with guitar solo outro
1978 US, Canada, France & Spain 7" singles: 3:40 edit
1978 UK, Netherlands, Belgium & New Zealand 7" singles: 3:28 edit
1978 Germany & Australia 7" singles: 3:48 edit
1982 UK 7" single reissue: 3:30 edit
1982 UK 12" single: 4:50 soundtrack version
1982 Gold, 1985 A Decade Of Steely Dan and 2006 The Definitive Collection compilations contain the 4:50 soundtrack version.
1991 Gold (Expanded Edition) (US 1991) (opens in a new tab), 1993 Citizen Steely Dan 1972-1980 and 2000 Showbiz Kids (The Steely Dan Story 1972-1980) contain the 5:07 sax solo version.
FM (Reprise) [Single B-side]: 2:53 on all releases
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Gary KatzPRODUCER
Songwriting
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 24 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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