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Aja by: Steely Dan List Price: $9.98 CD-Charts Price: $7.97 You Save: $2.01 (20%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD Brand: STEELY DAN EAN: 0008811205621 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Mca Manufacturer: Mca Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Mca Release Date: November 23, 1999 Studio: Mca Sales Rank: 1290 MPN: 008811205621 Disc 1: Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Product Description: \N Amazon.com: History gives Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen the last, hearty laugh on this, the crown jewel in their remarkable canon of '70s Mensa pop. Sneaking onto the charts a half-decade earlier with sinuous, jazz-inflected "rock," the dysfunctional duo's acerbic, anti-heroic visions had been critically lauded for their band identity and killer guitar riffs, then promptly challenged when the two songwriters retired from the road, dissolved any formal band lineup, and used the studio as laboratory. Aja carried the added indignity of its increased focus on sophisticated jazz models and musicianship, which carried the Dan's ambitions even further in terms of suave harmonies, intricate song structures, and brilliant playing. Time has proven them wiser than their rock crit detractors: These seven songs abound in knotty plots, sneaky imagery, and drop-dead brilliant performances from a blue chip studio repertory studded with first-call jazz players epitomized by Wayne Shorter's towering solo on the title song. From the hard-boiled jazz romance of "Deacon Blues" to the twisted Homeric vamp of "Home at Last," the veiled but ominous swing of "Peg" to the sci-fi eroticism of "Josie," Aja is a modern pop classic and the coolest fusion record no one ever thought to lump in that category. --Sam Sutherland Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Make love to these women, languid and bittersweet ... This review silently encompasses the totality of Aja, which is probably one of the best albums of modern music ever put to tape, but I just want to focus of track three, Deacon Blues and flesh out a few thoughts and ideas that I've been mulling over for some time. Of course no commentary on Deacon Blues would be complete without that landmark and fascinating conversation about how the song came together between Walter Becker and Donald Fagen: "Walter and I had been working on that song at a house in Malibu. I played him that line, and he said, "You mean it's like, 'They call these cracker a------'s this grandiose name like the Crimson Tide, and I'm this loser, so they call me this other grandiose name, Deacon ... Read More: Rating: - THIS IS THE GREATEST ALBUM, EVER MADE...PERIODTHIS HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE ALBUM, FOR 31 YEARS SINCE IT'S RELEASE IN 1977. NOW IN 2008, IT STILL IS TRULY THE GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME. THE SECOND BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME IS PERFECT ISLAND NIGHTS - BOBBY CALDWELL, RELEASED IN 2005. CHECK IT OUT, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.. GOD BLESS, THE GENIUSES DONALD FAGEN & WALTER BECKER, WE THANK GOD FOR THESE GREAT TALENTS. AMEN Rating:  - The beginning of the end for a great duoSteely Dan's first five albums between 1972 and 1976 reinvented the language of rock in a manner seldom if ever replicated. Their consistently quirky and complex arrangements made them always interesting purely from a listening perspective, but what made them so unique was the manner in which their literate lyrics told tales that are remarkably endearing and in a manner quite unlike any other band of the 1970s. From tales of ecological devastation to immigrant lives, Fagen's lyrics were much better than anyone in rock at the time and have rarely been equalled (Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout and Tori Amos on her first two albums come close). After the masterful The Royal Scam, Steely Dan became even more of a studio band than before ... Read More: Rating: - the jack of speed this is one of the greatest pop rock albums ever produced,and if you only had to buy one steely dan cd,this would be the one to grab.this has several of the steely dan classics on here,such as josie,decon blues,and peg.this is a true masterpiece,from one of the most talented bands to ever come down the pike.great cd. Rating: - A Technical MasterpieceFrom the arrangements and lyrics, to the musicians and production, this September 1977 release is simply a stunning technical masterpiece. The musicians appearing on the album - including Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Wayne Shorter, Tom Scott, Steve Gadd and Chuck Rainey - is a who's who in the jazz and rock fields, with producer Gary Katz perfectly putting together every element from the lengthy sessions, which spanned from January to July 1977. Peg, Deacon Blues and Josie are superb, with the title track and Black Cow perhaps slightly underrated due to the terrific trio. Aja is a timeless masterpiece, which any major dude will tell you. |
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