Aja

The father of Yacht Rocks greatest album. So yeah, it's pretty good. Every arrangement is flawless. ~ 5 Stars

92% Best: Black Cow; Peg; Home At Last; Josie Must-Hear? Yes

Enjoyed the album broadly. Need to listen with headphones. Music and instrumentation was pretty remarkable. Singing left me a bit lacking. Will relisten and did enjoy

I liked it a lot! I grew up listening to stuff with this vibe (my parents both love yacht rock) so even though I’ve never listened to this album before it had a nostalgic feel to it. Overall really enjoyed.

extremely steely dan! i thought aja was cool and deacon blues was kinda funny bc any song about a deacon is silly! it’s coincidental steely dan, but i was surprised to read that this was their most experimental album. i was going to write that i didn’t think it was as far out as Katy Lied but i guess not (according to the provided wiki entry?!?!) Home at last is perhaps my favorite song maybe

UMM hello?? i did not know that mr. steely dan was this jazzy 🙏 i am such a fan now and will continue to listen to this wonderful album! i do think my favorite song was the first one: “Black Cow”, the funky and diverse instrumentation was entertaining and fun to listen to. it is definitely a good album to walk around the city to 🕺🏿

Not very many enjoyable songs

"Aja" by Steely Dan is a solid 2 out of 5 for me. The music is boring, the lyrics are weak, and overall, the album fails to captivate. The best thing about this album is that it's only 39 minutes long.

Good funk

Despite being a Steely Dan fanatic, I've never actually listened to this one. Fuck me, I should have. My favourite Steely Dan album is Gaucho, and this is so damn similar it's not funny. Gaucho is one of my favourite albums ever, and while this isn't quite as good, it's still comparable. Absolutely incredible listen. I can't state in enough detail how good this record is. Like I said, it's not as good as Gaucho, but that doesn't mean this isn't a damn good record. I don't have a lot to say that I haven't said a million fucking times about Gaucho. Black Cow was definitely my favourite song, but like with all Steely Dan albums, that will change in a months time and I'll be hyper obsessed with another song off here; probably I Got The News. Going to go listen to this about 12 more times today. Hell yeah Steely Dan.

The Dans of Steel return with another practically perfect album. A much more laid back and jazzy affair than Can't Buy a Thrill, but one that I found myself enjoying just as much. I legitimately can't understand how someone could hate this album or not at least appreciate the talent on display, either as active or background listening this shit is as easy to listen to as drinking water I'm not one who usually is too attentive or appreciative of drums in music but some of the tracks in this (especially early on) really catch your ear. A set of great songs at the start which leads into a section of practically perfect songs from Deacon Blues onwards

Great jam overall, fantastic instrumentals and composition from Steely Dan as usual. Pretty relaxing and easy going album. All the tracks were on par quality wise, Deacon blues, Peg and Josie stood out a bit as favourites

Albums that are mediocre by Steely Dan standards are still greatest of all time listens by the standards of any other band.

I loved Can't buy a Thrill, not sure why this didn't stick for me. Also fuck you personally for enjoying this.

Jazz for people who don't get Jazz (me). I love Steely Dan, it's like watching an extremely well-oiled chrome machine go to work. The instrumentation and production is perfect here, all the musicians involved here are playing at their peak. Literally my only complaint is that Gaucho isn't included in this project because it's a better album but I'm really arguing between a 9.4/10 and 9.5/10. Lyrically this has some of the best stuff Steely Dan ever did. The two big ones are Deacon Blues is a very fun tongue-in-cheek poke at the band themselves, deriding suburban white people who romanticise the trainwreck jazz musician lifestyle; and Peg, which is the best song ever written about a stalker. It's yacht rock. But's a party yacht; all the women are paid to be there and are forty years the junior of the men on there who are the biggest and saddest sleazes of all time. And everyone is wearing Tommy Bahama. Highlights: Black Cow, Deacon Blues, Peg, I Got the News, Josie

I appreciate the musicianship and the level of production of this album. It’s very tight and clean. However, I would prefer a talented dude and a 5-gallon bucket recorded on an iPhone over a lot of this. It’s strikes me as a fun blend of rock, jazz and soul - but I’m left unfulfilled. Maybe it’s the jazzy vocals, maybe it’s the meaningless lyrics. Whatever it is, I am not its target audience.

Complete

This is my second attempt with this album. The way I have seen people talk about it online, I was expecting to have my mind blown but it’s fallen flat on both occasions for me now. Musically good, very competent musicians and production is solid on it which scores some points, but i just really don’t “get” it. Was expecting some big hitters but everything sort of melds into one for me. I’m going to score it 2 stars which feels low (in reality its probably a solid, middle-of-the-road 2.5) but 3 stars seems a bit high for it as I was kinda wanting some of the longer songs to end. Going forward my 3 star reviews will probably be albums i’ll intend to give a second go. Maybe it will change later down the line but right now I’m okay with not hearing this album again for a while.

Koji je ovo album majketi drage, da se naježiš svaki trenutak dok slušaš. Nevjerojatno dobro. Apsolutno 5/5, 10/10. ♥️

You could listen to this on repeat as background music and still not remember a single song the next day.

Whether it's here in North America, or Asia, Steely Dan can't buy a thrill. This album was basically one slow, boring song. At least it had some sexy saxophone play. Favorite Track: "Peg".

Happy Friday Y’all I could write forever about this masterpiece, but it speaks for itself Top 10 album for me

Oh boy. The only worthy successor to Can’t Buy a Thrill’s throne. I don’t need to gush about the Dan again, it’s the third time we’ve gotten them in 50 days, you know how I feel.

It's a Dan album so of course it is great. I think I might like the others a tad bit better, but that might just be because we've had 3 Steely Dan pulls very close together.

I may be all Danned out at this point. Once again the record sounds amazing and there’s some great highlights here like Deacon Blues, Josie, Peg. Liked the groove on Home at Last a lot too. If we got this one first it would’ve been a 5, but I’m tired now. Immaculate 4/5

Peg? Yes ma'am!

I love this album more than I love myself

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I can't really verbalise it but this just feels more tight and focused than Pretzel Logic. It's very immaculate and sleek feeling, not a single note feels out of place and the production is sleek. They create several layers and textures with organs and horns, but it never feels too busy. Those little flourishes remind me of city pop or Japanese jazz fusion like Casiopea, that helped endear the album to me It does maybe get a little bit samey after a while but I think that would be my only real complaint, it's not that bad 4.5 Highlights: Aja, Black Cow

þetta er eiginlega of fágað fyrir minn smekk. en fíla sumt eftir þá og fær því 3,5.

Many very familiar songs. Squarely in my wheelhouse and age demographic.

I'd never heard it before. I liked it a good deal, but was happy when it was over.

one of the greats

Filtered to alienation

I realised I had no exposure to Steely Dan, and in fact had them confused with Stealer's Wheel, about a minute into this. It's so smooth it's almost paste, but the quality of the playing is such that it narrowly avoids being bland. It caught me on a good day, but I liked this a lot.

Perhaps the best Steely Dan album of their catalog. Well constructed, jazzy, funky feel. The personnel alone make this worth a listen and timeless.

Very solid album

Funky and smooth

This being described as "jazz rock" kind of surprised me, but I don't know a whole lot about Steely Dan. Good grooves. Short. Accessible. I understand how this album was the most commercially successful album by the group. Decent!

Learn to work the saxophone 🎷 I had some initial resistance as this is so different from buy a thrill , then work i associated with them and loved. Deacon of blues caught me on first listen and then album grew on me by Josie . I knew second listen was gonna be fun and it was . Ok this really grew on me , I love the fusion the jazz the guitar the vocals .. feels like the type of album I can listen to in a lot of settings … a classic

Off to the yacht club in my socks and sandals. Horribly white jazz rock. Not bad, but only in small spurts. Favorite songs: Peg, Josie, Black Cow Least favorite songs: Aja 3/5

Good sounding album overall, though not many tracks specifically stuck out!

This is an album I'm going to have to return to later in the challenge - I could appreciate a lot of what was going on, and didn't find myself disliking any aspects of the album, but nothing about it really stuck with me.

Sheer slick jazz-rock perfection. Undeniably cool and breezy listen for any time of year.

I loved the overall vibe. Kinda chill jazzy dad rock. There were some parts that didn’t connect with me, but especially considering I have never listened to Steely Dan before, I can really appreciate the production and understand why people like it.

Good fuckin album The bassline on Josie is 🤌✨ Very strong 4⭐ - nothing life changing, just some banger music EDIT 3 days later and just about every song is on loop in my head. This is more than a banger

All time classic for me. This is one of those albums that grows in quality every time I listen to it. On this, my third listen, I was finally able to appreciate the back half of the album and I can say it was truly a 5 for me.

👎🏻

9/10

Lift music. Wank

Seems a little dated to me. Nothing wrong with anything in particular to me. Just bland as far as my tastes go.

Funky start then some jazzy elements creeping in. Listened to this in the car and it faded into fairly pleasant background music but nothing that I was particularly moved by.

Ik heb het idee dat je in kamp Steely Dan moet zitten, of in kamp anti-Steely Dan. Hun ietwat flauwe instelling, en cheesy en simplistische muziekstijl, verdeeld nog al. Maar dat simplisme vertaal ik vaak naar effectief, en die flauwe vibe lees ik als cool en laidback. Maar ik begrijp de kaarten die gespeeld worden tegen Steely Dan best. Ik vind het altijd voor een heel album ook een beetje te veel fabriekswerk, maar ik kan niet ontkennen dat ik een zwak heb voor de zoete samenzang (helemaal als Michael McDonald zich er mee bemoeit) en de funky, jazzy ritmes. En voor een 'gefabriceerd' en 'zielloos' stijltje is het toch altijd wel bijzonder hoe snel je aanvoelt dat het Steely Dan. Generiek doch uniek, als dat kan. 7,5/10 Highlights: Deacon Blues Peg

De meest populaire reviews van dit album zijn mensen die Steelt Dan niet 'getten'. Grappig, want deze plaat klikte bij mij juist meteen toen ik het voor het eerst hoorde. Was daarom ook één van de eerste LP's die ik kocht. Ook ook na deze vinyl luisterbeurt ben ik gewoon weer blij en enthousiast. Aja (spreek je blijkbaar uit als Asia) is natuurlijk Smoother en meer jazzy dan Steely Dan eerder maakte. En ik vind dat is echt een geslaagde combinatie. Het wordt helemaal niet te soft, maar dat kan ook komen omdat de teksten niet ijzersterk zijn. Is bij Steely Dan niet nodig, daar zijn de ritmes en funky tunes (met name in Josie) meer dan voldoende voor 4 sterren. 8/10 Highlights Deacon Blues Josie

Those guys again, of course. It's excellently executed, smooth and cool musicians' music, but it makes you understand why punk happened, why it had to happen. There were some great bits - the last part of the title track slaps - but all in all? I can imgine myself in a setting - and time - where I could enjoy this whitest of beige music but that's not here or now.

American jazz rock. Their most successful album. Very 70s. Funk and groovy. Fairly cheesy. Technically great. Excellent studio production, a bit too manufactured.

Aja is the sixth, and most successful album from Steely Dan. Band leaders Walter Becker and Donald Fegan pushed the band's sound further into jazz experimentations for this album, utilizing a number of studio musicians to create the layered, complicated compositions. The album won the Grammy for the Best Engineered Nonclassical album, and is known among audiophiles for the remarkable recording. Aja includes some of the band's biggest hits, like "Deacon Blues" and "Peg." These are strong examples of the soft rock side of 70s pop, much of which has become known as "yacht rock."

i liked this better than the other steely dan i have gotten. which is two others which feels insane given only 14 albums have been generated so far!! home at last was my fave. 3.5 but i cant do half stars.

After yesterday’s album I was so thrilled to see this one pop up for today. I adore this album, it is one of my very favorites. It is impeccable and perfect.

High school Jazz band meets America. Not for me.

Revered by audiophiles and musicians alike, Aja is often praised as a masterclass in studio craftsmanship. Its pristine production, jazz-inflected chord progressions, and flawless performances leave little room for error. Or for any kind of soul. The album dazzles, but rarely connects. Beneath its glossy surface lie clever, cryptic lyrics and impeccable arrangements, yet it all feels emotionally empty. It’s like the difference between a brilliant essay and a poem that wrecks you. One impresses, the other inhabits. Aja may be the former: smart, sophisticated, untouchable—but for me, completely unmoving.

This is the album that produced all the Steely Dan songs I know. It was a little funky and groovy.

I have somehow never really listened to any Steely Dan considering how much music from that era I focus on. I thought there'd be a lot more rock involved. Surprisingly WAY more disco-funk than I would have ever expected. Jazz undertones (and clearly Jazz musicians I assume). Feels VERY much like a time capsule. Every song sounds a bit too much like a sitcom theme song. Not a favourite, but a fun listen.

Oh so *that’s* how it’s pronounced. I always wondered. I hope someday I get really into Steely Dan. I’m just not there yet.

3.5/5. I don’t own a yacht which might explain why I don’t like these albums as much.

I’ve sort of skirted around Steely Dan for a couple years without properly listening until now and this wasn’t really what I expected. Favourite tracks were Deacon Blues and Home At Last, but generally a bit underwhelmed.

Ehhhh

No.

This was even worse than I thought it would be.

3.5 finally warming up to them

Just solid

Original, tight, funny and funky as fuck. Nobody sounds quite like Steely Dan. Absolutely love their music.

Never really listened to Steely Dan. Lot more smooth jazz than I was expecting.

Um. I love Steely Dan.

Just an excellent record. In terms of sound and production... so masterfully crafted, theres no other record out there that just sounds nearly as snooth and well rounded as aja. The lyrics are also insanely clever and the vocals match the jazzy aspects of the record. One of my favorite records of all time, still is. Favorite track: Black cow. Overall score: 9.5/10

People do not talk about Steely Dan enough. This bad is legitimately superb. Everything about it man. You can just have it on repeat constantly. It's not even 10 30 and I'm on my 4th listen so far. Its giving 5 vibes. I loved the other two albums, but this is another level. Brilliant Peg is so good

musicalmente hablando esta muy bueno se nota que son muy buenos musicos, no me desagrada pero no es mi tipo de musica

5/5; classic

Good musicians, but I just don't like this style of music

Seem to be a an awful lot of big names on this album. However, it just doesn’t do it for me.

My dad liked this album a lot. My first boss loved it too. The lyrics are clever, and somewhat thoughtful. Ok, that's the end of the compliments. The music is light jazz/light funk/yacht rock shit for yuppies. Fuck this band right to hell; they are literally everything I hate in music all in one package- and what's even more irritating is that b/c of all the old people in my life digging this record, I've heard it a lot, so I know all these songs back and forth and my brain gets a little hit of dopamine when I hear them. It reacts like listening to this garbage is pleasant. UGH.

I mean it was okay

I don't dislike it, it sounds... pleasant

Before: Ik Steely Dan is polarizing but I don't think I know anything from this album. My mom loves Steely Dan. Excited to see how I vibe with it! Standout tracks: Peg Weakest tracks: Aja I Got The News During/after: Immediately starting out with some nasty bass on Black Cow and a woman who was "very high" is a positive sign. However it goes downhill with Aja; I am so incredibly bored. I usually say "the instrumentals are boring but they're complex and talented" but these aren't even all that complex. Deacon Blues is also kind of ass. The lyrics and vocals aren't good and the instrumentals are boring. We get it, you can play saxophone. I recognized the saxophone lick from Peg, and I think this is one of the better tracks on the record (partially because it's only 4 minutes and doesn't overstay its welcome). It's kind of fun and catchy without being as drawn out or boring. Home At Last isn't too bad either. It felt like a lot of the same stuff but there were some neat trumpet screams and interesting brass that was missing from the rest of the record. I Got The News is more boring 80's doctor's office music though but with extra annoying vocals. The final track, Josie... oh my god. I didn't even realize it was Steely Dan but my mom loves this song and is always quoting it. She says that it's interesting and fun to her because "you don't know if Josie is getting back from Ryker's or from Harvard." I mean... I don't really like it but it gives me fond Kim memories lmao Not a fan. Steely Dan has tons of albums so maybe I'll like some of their other stuff as I work through this project. Disappointing doctors office music with a slightly higher bpm. It gets a solid 2 because it's not offensive, just not enjoyable, and it's not too long. And it reminds me of my mom I guess. 2/5.

I thought steely Dan was going to be more singer songwriter but the funk beats were cool to listen to. Some longer solo performances but spirited!

Not my type of music but it is interesting

It’s simply really good music

Steely Dan's magnum opus. No bad tracks. No filler. Every song works. This band is very hit or miss for me. But this one is all hit. Other albums by the band and their members' solo releases have ranged from 2-4 for me. This one is a 5.

People say you age into this shit but I still haven't. Talented and uncompromising and making the most boring music possible. At least it's only 40 minutes. I want to give it a 5 for its realization and a 1 for how much I like it, but rather than give it a coward's 3 I'm gonna dock it a point for hoping I never have to sit through it again. I'd rather listen to Nico than this.

eh, okay

Not quite for me. In a few years, maybe?

2.5/5 Jazzy rock, good on the back ground. Nothing too special but certainly not bad. Not much to say about other than I enjoyed it.

Enjoyed it as bg music but didn't save anything

Always loved Steely Dan 3/5 #musicsky #albumsky

Not really my jam but you can tell the craftsmanship of the musicians. No real standout songs.

It arrived at a sad time in my life. It made me feel better.

Wisselend.

Genuinely delightful. The album cover threw me off. But it was funky in the best way possible.

Aja is smooth, polished, and full of that signature Steely Dan precision — maybe too much of it. It’s technically impressive, no doubt, but it doesn’t hit the same for me as some of their other albums. That said, “Deacon Blues” is an absolute banger and easily the standout track here. The rest kind of blends together into a well-produced, jazz-tinged blur. Not bad, just not their best.

3/5

Didn’t really grab me. Had some cool sounds but not really my flavour

Was good but can't say I'll be revising

Funky. I like it!

It was fine. Wouldn't listen again.

Hated it. Self indulgent noodling. At least it was short.

not sure about the hype. nothing special some great saxophone, but not the legend of steely dan I have heard about.

nope

Steely Dan ain’t bad

Did not enjoy. Some of the jamming was really good, can see why people love them. Hated these songs though, they remind me of mediocrely bland, (often white) retreading of jazz/funk/blues ideas with less emotional range. And it's not catchy enough to make up for it. I'll forgive anything for catchy pop.

A fun listen. Cool prog rock, jam band energy.

It was fun, simple jazzy rock. Good example of yacht rock and fun to have on for a Sunday afternoon drive. Nothing overwhelmingly good though, and they all start to sound similar. Not in a bad way, just in a similar way.

The jazz-groove vibes of Steely Dan. Great musicians playing great riffs with complex song crafting in a jazzy jam sort of way. I can appreciate it for it's musicianship but the poetry of the lyrics doesn't really grab me. Peg was the only song I recognized and I didn't even know that was the name of the song. I still have no idea what he's singing about "It's your favorite foreign movie?" what? It doesn't matter cuz it's so groovy. My only criticism is that it gets kinda samesy. They don't really "break the mold" very often. But I think that's because the creativity goes into the riff writing more than raw expression.

More perfect production from Steely Dan. As goes their catalog, Aja showcases jazz rock jams that don’t always hook you in, but damn, do they sound impeccable. If the songs on here were better, it would definitely be competitive with Dark Side of the Moon for one of the best albums in Rock history.

This was very Sunday vibes—groovy 70s easy listening. Beacon Blues is a classic and my fave track on here. A song with a saxophone that talks about a saxophone! The rest was kind of forgettable, but in a pleasant way.

Just ok

Honestly a little dissapointing. Just figured there would be more tasty grooves and banging choruses. Just not quite exactly what I want out of the dan.

Just don't fucking get the love this album gets.

Very enjoyable, chilled and jazzy. Good for cooking to.

Loved the instrumentals. Good listening!

Enjoyed this but not especially memorable.

I listened to this album last week. It is easily one of my all time favourites and Steely Dan’s Magnus opus without a doubt. If you watch the documentary you can see the anal detail Fagen and Becker went into to produce this beauty! There are no duds on here, every song is a classic and Deacon Blues is unbelievable both lyrically and musically. I can get some peoples poor reviews of Aja but it’s not punk it’s jazz infused rock of the highest order and deserves a listen. If you listen to all their albums in chronological order you can hear the progression towards this masterpiece. Drop the needle into the groove sit back and enjoy!

Funk and funk combine into chill funk

Fun. 3.5 pls give me .5 stars

Awesome musicianship, creative well written songs and an entirley unique sound.

It's no Gaucho or Katy Lied, but it's Steely fucking Dan

Love this album very much...

I’ve listened to Can’t Buy A Thrill before today. I don’t remember much from it, but I think it was a fun album. Today’s album is a different one by Steely Dan, although the above description fits fine for here too. “Fun” seems to be a the overarching feeling generated by Steely Dan. Sure, the music can get a bit interesting at times, and it can be a bit genre defying here and there, but if we whittle it down to one word, it’s simply fun! There wasn’t anything that would particular make me want to come back for more, but I still enjoyed this.

Super mellow and fun. Groovy instrumentals. Def didn’t have enough blow at work for the vibe

Ultimate 70s cheese and I am here for it. It's stupid, but it works.

2.5 — would never put it on for fun but the musicianship is strong throughout. Feels like some uncle’s garage jams

4/10 smooth brain jazz idiots. fuck dude 3-27-2025

My office lobby plays steely dan a lot, specifically Peg- and I do have this album on my iPod so i'm pretty familiar with the group. I think I might like Pretzel logic more as an album, but there is something weirdly comforting about Steely Dan's music. It's kinda samey but in a way I enjoy. Perhaps it is more background music for me than a show stopping group, but I am hard pressed to produce something I don't like about the album/group

Steely Dan are sometimes described as jazz rock. That's reasonable, but I prefer jazz disco. That's the vibe this record gives off. And that's not a great thing. Disco is a bit cheesy, but it's fun. This also has that cheesy disco sound, but with the more mellow jazz vibe, there's less fun.

Steely Dan don't miss! One time I saw someone talk about this album and complain about the production being "too slick." I literally laughed out loud, because that is one of the things that makes this album so singular. Nothing has (or likely ever will) sound quite like this album. It rides the line of cheesiness for sure, but in a way that is, to me, perfect. It's not something I'll always be in the mood for, but if I'm in the mood then there's no substitute. No notes.

Pretty cool jazzy rock kinda vibe. Not sure if I am a big fan of his lyrics/singing yet, but I enjoyed it. Not sure if I'd return to many of the songs, but I'd probably let it play if it came on. It works as cool background music and the production is excellent. I think a 4/5 is necessary.

I’m always here

Sehr cute soft-rock-funk-pop-blues wo au sehr demit punktet dass es wider e netti abwechslig vo anderne Rock Bands isch. Ich denke s widerlosigs-potential isch jetzt ned so so so riisig aber jedes lied hani sehr gnosse. Für mich denn aber doch bizli zu Soft für es Album woni mi richtig chönt inesteigere und inegeh. Viel ih mir usglööst ussert es chliises, inners lächle passiert ned. Daher machemers eus wider eifach mit drü stäälernde Hansruedis!

Ajaaaaa you jazz mr steely Gmüetlichi vibes chömed vum Don Dan, na nie vo dem ghört, aber has gfühl trotz sim name ischer gar nöd so e herte Siech sondern eher es ifühlsams Pfänzli. Wür gern im ne Saloon mis Bei go verrencke. Vlt dun ich mich au mol uf e Prognose risikiere und zwar chönti das s erste gmeinsame 4er album geh. Also wirded mir 4 es 4i geh? ganz zu ehre vo de offroad trucks.

de stählerni dan und sini stahlharte buchmuskle sind mir hüt nacht im traum erschine ich han mit mim krass scharfe japanische messer uf sine krass harte, mer möchtis scho fast stählern nenne, buchmuskle mis mise en place vorbereitet - zerst mal mini soffritto juliennisiert es paar chnoblizeche zerstosse und denn no mis hackfleisch selber chlighackt - und kein mucks vom Daniel D. Kruppstahl, was füren typ hey während ich mis messer umegschwunge han isch natürlich au sini mukke im hintergrund gloffe - mit de dynamische melodie hett sich mis messer scho fast vo eleige gschwunge aber woni den ufgwachet bin ischmer leider nöd viel im chopf blibe nume wos album fertig gsi isch, hettsmer en tolle thundercat track inegfätz, das mues scho was heisse mues hüt leider aber au hert blibe - so hert wie mini morgelatte nach dem schöne traum (sorry wege dene bilder fründe, chan nüt defür) drum gits für de Daniel Dani D. Steely Dan eh sterne soffritto

püh jetzt packeds au no steely dan us vor öppe eme jahr grosse fan vo villne lieder vo ihne gsi und ab und zue slippt de eint oder ander immer wieder ih mini rotation das album trotzdem nonie in voller längi glost, leider nöd allzu fescht im mood gsi hüt defür aber musikalisch brilliant drum wiedermal en kompromisslösig will es sich für mich definitiv falsch ahfühlt am stahlige daniel weniger als 4 stern z'gäh

This is a fine album, but if you can only choose a 1001 albums to listen to before you die out of all music that has ever existed, you don't have to pick like five steely fucking Dan albums.

Kind of a jazzy/rocky album. Aja the song has a nice sax solo and bluesy section after. Deacon Blues is good. Home At Last is good too.

Not my favourite Steely Dan but still undeniably groovy

Nice!

7.5/10 Am a big fan of their style here, it's something a bit different a certainly very fun and interesting. I don't there are any particular heavy hitters on this album but it was enjoyable all the way through and what more can you ask. I like the way you are kept guessing as to the direction the tracks will take but that doesn't come at the expense of the ease of listening factor

Kolejna po prostu prosta i przyjemna płyta. Nie męczy, ale nie zachodzi w pamięć. Kilka utworów, czysty głos, lekka nostalgia, ale nawet nie ma się zbytnio co rozpisywać. 7/10

Much more fun than the other Steely Dan album on the list so far. Just very smooth, it also helps that I already knew all of the hits on the album. It was also nice to listen to it in album form, because then at least you're mentally prepared for a lot of Steely Dan, something that is never the case for me when just shuffling music normally.

Not sure what I was expecting here, but it wasn't this. This is pretty jazzy. I thought Steely Dan was more rock, like guitar. meh, 2 stars.

A soundtrack to doing lines of coke with Ryan O'Neal and David Carradine in a boat off the coast of Santa Barbara in 1979.

No thanks 2.5 / 5

This is a good record. Steely Dan in general is a little weird, but this album is heralded as one of the most immaculately produced albums. It sounds great.

Не нравятся инструменты, но сама музыка очень интересная, экзотическая, сложнее чем поп, уходит больше в джаз, но не привычный для меня, понравилась одна песня 4/10

Sure! Not my favorite Steely Dan, definitely their slickest (which is saying something), but no complaints here.

Yawn

The album sounds amazing, the songs were not that memorable to me though

a lot funkier than i expected-- perfect vibe for slightly hungover grocery run. top song: black cow

Slappppeeeerrrd

Absolutely love this album. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen are consummate musicians, and Steely Dan doesn't deserve its dad/yacht rock reputation (if you consider that to be an insult, which I don't). Those chord progressions! Those session players! Wayne Shorter!

My ex wife hated Steely Dan so I never really listened to them when I was younger. Now that she is no longer in the picture I have really come to appreciate them and their songcraft. The music is excellent with great lyrics. Some of the songs are pretty epic, really building up a great musical composition. This is one of my favorite albums and I enjoy every song on it. I'm sure I will listen to it many more times.

Rounded up for Steve Gadd's drum solo/interlude on the title track. Obviously immaculately produced, expertly composed, arranged and performed. But I tend to like my jazz, my rock, and my pop a little rawer and a little less polished. Also, and this is obviously a matter of taste, but I'm not sure the tunes are really there.

Amazing. But got boring at times

Steely Dan is another one these bands where I can get they're very good, I understand they're very influential, I just don't like it. The musicianship is obviously of a very high caliber, jazzy rock. The lyrics are comically bad with corny rhymes, but who cares. It just doesn't grab my interest. Maybe I'm the problem, dunno. This is a three star, I agree that it's good and definitely belongs on this list, I just don't like listening to it.

Having trouble coming to terms with this being the same band that brought us Haitian Divorce, Reeling in the Years etc. Thought it must have been an earlier work, but apparently not. Apparently they developed that good music into this tripe. It was bloody awful. And NO that doesn't mean I was full of awe. 1

Uffff. If the cast of ‘Friends’ formed a band it would sound like this. I bet they wore linen suit jackets and jeans and rolled their sleeves up. Ufffff.

As bad as Fagans solo effort. But with more mates rather than session musicians. Who would want to actually listen to this non entity?

Can’t remember but like the rest

Decent 1001 album worthy: No - 51/97

More experimental than I expected. Or maybe I just had Big Ears on the brain. Def felt like a time capsule from a bygone era.

B S M O H U R I S I T I N C G

Steely Dan at it's finest; some of my favorite songs of theirs are off this album. -Aja -Deacon Blues -Peg

A really solid, jazz-infused, pleasure

Smooth and sophisticated, meticulous but never clinical. ‘Aja’ is nigh on flawless, a masterpiece.

Perfect album

Sublime

I will never understand the great esteem people have for this band. It’s not good jazz and it’s not good rock and roll. It’s polished well past the point of any humanity. The more I hear, the less I like.

My mom absolutely loves this album, by the way Best Song: Peg Rating: 3.0/10 2 Stars

Great Steely Dan album. Peg is an all time favorite

Not my thing. Very well produced but ultimately lacking

Unique voice and good vibes, but the songs felt a bit too long

Easily one of the greatest albums I've heard so far! This album is so well composed and produced making every song extremely memorable. What really makes this album incredible however is the instrument backing. Steely Dan (Becker and Fagen) would hire studio musicians to play each song and chose whoever fit the track best. The highlight of this was on the song "Home at Last" where Bernard Purdie gave one of the best drum performances of all time! This is one of the best albums I've heard so far and I can't wait to hear more Steely Dan in the future. Liked songs: All!

I literally said FUCK YEAH when i saw this pop up. Two steeley albums in a week?! i feel so spoiled! Just a top notch album. There was one point where i had 3 records of Aja. One as a gift, one that i bought, and the other i received in a 'mystery box'. Such a tight album that pushes some really cool boundaries especially for the time. At this point they're at their peak and just being vibey and groovy and making up their own rules. I don't even know what's my favorite here. Deacon Blues is a top contender, Aja is also really great. Just such a killer album

Jazz rock, nice listen but a much bigger fan of Can't Buy A Thrill. At times, this seems like it's not going anywhere. 75/100, so low 4*

5.0 - Awesome

Funky. Did not expect to enjoy it a lot. Ran it 3-4 times. An 8

Albumi #158, 25.02.2025 Steely Danin klassikkoalbumi vuodelta 1977. Hieno levy. Erityismaininta nimikkobiisin saksofonisoololle, joka oli Wayne Shorterin käsialaa.

tja, Steely Dan... de antithese van punk... soms goed, maar niet hier

Love Steely Dan, Aja is an amazing classic.

THINKIN: Smooth sounds by some slick ricks. PERSONALLY: Deacon Blue is an all-timer for me. On this listen, it hit me that I have no idea why these songs are grouped together. Obviously, it's not a concept album or in need of any great unifying theory, but it still made me ponder. ALT TITLE: Chinese Music

Zzzz

Reprehensible.

Stop

The sort of music thats playing in the background of a bar in a nightclub in an 80s movie, probably something about friends and lovers. It’s not bad, it’s not good. When there’s only a scale of 5 in the ratings, 3 seems too much approval.

Super Furry Animals were so taken by a particular expletive-loaded line from Steely Dan's track Show Biz Kids, they crafted their own (quite brilliant) song around a sample of said obscenity. There, folks, begins and ends my extensive knowledge of Steely Dan. Oh, and they took their name from a steam-powered dildo described in William S Burroughs' Naked Lunch... but everyone knows that. Being a Furries fan, I did feel obliged to pick up a copy of to Countdown To Ecstasy - the album containing Show Biz Kids - as soon as the opportunity presented itself. Countdown To Ecstasy was also ranked fairly high (13) in Mojo magazine's Top 100 Albums Of All Time list from 1995, which would probably have been at the back of my mind when seeking out the LP back in the day and (finally getting to the point) Aja also seems to crop up on similar such lists regularly enough. When I drew this as the first of my 1,001 albums in this venture, my initial thought was "Well, I'm sure there will be worse albums waiting for me among the next 1,000..." While I am still convinced this is true, Aja, I'm afraid, is not the hidden gem I was hoping it might be. I appreciate the crisp production and I also get why champions of this LP are always keen to highlight the "excellent musicianship". It's because its a code for "there are no songs". In fact, I'll go further and suggest that, to this listener at least, is almost completely devoid of any traces of soul or emotion whatsoever. You see, playing instruments proficiently is all very well, but, just like a painter who is very proficient with a brush when it comes to whitewashing brick walls - the expertise required might be an artform but the end product isn't necessarily always art. Countdown To Ecstasy, while exploring similar jazz-prog-rock-pop territory, at least is more rough around the edges - more human, more raw. Aja is slick and soulless by comparison and, the lack of any kind of edge leaves it floundering in easy listening territory. This album's admittedly tight grooves, jazzy progressions and instrumental dexterity never threaten to coalesce into something approaching a catchy song. In turn, the seven tracks here, for all their extended soloing and musical flourishes, fail to offer much in the way of varity in terms of sound or feel, yet neither do they pull together in one direction to offer some wider concept of the long-player as a whole. Don't get me wrong, not every song has to be Love Me Do, but I guess I am ultimately in it for something a bit more immediate and memorable. The only moment my ears truly pricked up was during Peg as I realised this was where De La Soul lifted the vocal refrain and instrumental motif for their Eye Know. Look, if the likes of De La Soul and Super Furry Animals hear something inspiring in Steely Dan, then I'm not sure I'm qualified to argue. However, after several listens though from start to finish, Aja just isn't doing it for me. Sorry.

This is pretty good. Overproduced, but still excellent.

This was incredible. Easily the best produced and sounding record from that era. Songs were all solid and will definitely be returning to this.

Really quite enjoyed this 3.5-4

Excellent !

Silly, frivolous, boring elevator music. Punk could not arrive fast enough in 1977.

Another album I very much knew before this list. One of those unique albums that just feel super nice on the brain. The title track slaps incredibly hard. The production is absolutely ridiculous layered, jazzy. Every person who performs on this album goes to town.

Didn't realize how many rap samples got ripped off this album. Still a little too 80s for my taste

Can't stop listening to this. Fav tracks: Black Cow; Deacon Blues; Peg; Josie

Chill and overall, very good jazz rock album.

While I do like a few songs, the overall vibe is way too jazzy for me.

Feels like waiting room music. Not the type of jazz I would opt to listen to but works well for background music.

En av de beste albumene noensinne laget. Høydepunktene er mange men for å trekke frem noe : deacon blues eller Steve gadd sine trommesoloer på tittelsporet.

booooring as hell!!

Steely Dan has always been an enigma to me. So many people I know (namely stoners) rave about them. But I’d never heard anything of them until I had “Pretzel Logic” a while back, which I really enjoyed. I think I might’ve liked this album better. The different approach to this album is evident. Where “Pretzel Logic” felt more like a rock-funk-jazz fusion album, sometimes focusing on just one of those genres, “Aja” feels more like a straight funk album that sometimes ventures elsewhere for a minute. And I loved it. The grooves just never ended. And still present are the great harmonies, the excellent guitar work, and killer drums. Seriously, the drums kick ass on this album. Please give me more Steely Dan. Four stars. Standout Tracks: Black Cow, I Got the News, Josie

Really cool fusion of jazz and rock that I haven't really been exposed to before. I love the horns, the saxophone sounds so good. The harmonization of the voices is super smooth. Like the jazz riff in Aja Favorite: Peg - groovy catchy melody and lyrics - solo guitar so good Saw something that said it was the creation of yacht rock which I really like and feel like encapsulates the sound.

I have a MUCH higher tolerance for music from the 70s than I did in the 70s. This used to make me feel a little ill, but now I kind of like it. I guess I could say that about numerous things.

Unsagbar klare und gelungene Produktion. Perfekt. Die Musik ist nicht immer mein Geschmack, zu unterschiedlich die Kompositionen. Deacon Blues ist super. Mega.

Not really my vibe, but it was good

Steely Dan is one of my dad's favorite bands, but even though I do like a lot of music that my dad does, SD never really did it for me. This album changed my tune. I'm willing to say I probably enjoy these songs more now that I'm older. I really enjoyed the smooth jazz instrumentals throughout the album. I felt like I was in the back of a 70s jazz club just vibing to these guys. Great background music. I'm not sure I can quite give it 5 stars, but maybe like 4.5? Strong 4.

Lost my original review to a browser refresh, so I'll keep this brief. In short, this album is the tits and my favorite of those we've encountered thus far on the list. Beautiful fusion of jazz and rock with funk-infusion and grooves for days. Each song is so wonderfully constructed and spread out. I could listen to this back to back to back and never grow tired. This is some of that good kush that momma always talked about. 5 / 5

Solid Steely Dan album. 4.5 stars. Deacon Blues is a classic. Smooth and easy listening. Great while working.

Steely Dan does it again with another terrific, possibly their best album so far. Listened to this one thrice and each time was just as good as the last. The biggest revelation about this 1001 albums project is how much I enjoy Steely Dan.

***EDIT*** Listened to this again a week later. Had to switch to a 5. This album is just a jam the whole time and the best Steely Dan album that has come up here. ******* Steely Dan rules so hard. This is now his 4th album on here for us, and unlike stupid Morrissey, I am happy to see his albums come up every time. This album in particular seemed the most jazzy that we have listened to so far. A few long songs which drew out nicely and never got stale. Steely is always an automatic 4 and a high one in this case.

This is a super enjoyable album that just stays in that 4 territory. Doesn't do enough to bump it up to a 5 for me but can't deny some of the silky smooth jams on here. Feel like I never really seek out yacht rock but I'm perfectly happy when it plays especially during the summer.

iconic

Lengthy songs but all danceable and very very talented. Enjoy very much

Super sick. I gotta hear some more of this guy!!

I own this on vinyl and its one of my favorite go to listens. Every track is meticulous and breezy, probably their apex. On this listen I could only fault it for needing a couple more tracks, but I'm still going with a:

Das Album Aja der US-amerikanischen Band Steely Dan wurde 1977 veröffentlicht und gilt als ein Beispiel für ausgefeilte Studioproduktion. Donald Fagen und Walter Becker arbeiteten mit erfahrenen Sessionmusikern zusammen, um einen detailreichen Sound zu schaffen, der Elemente aus Jazz, Rock und Pop verbindet. Die Aufnahmen fanden in renommierten Studios wie den Village Recorder Studios und den A&R Studios statt. Musikalisch zeichnet sich das Album durch komplexe Arrangements und präzise Instrumentierung aus. Besonders hervorzuheben sind Titel wie der eröffnende Song Black Cow, der atmosphärische Titelsong Aja sowie das eingängige Peg, das sich durch markante Bläser und einen eingängigen Refrain auszeichnet. Auch Deacon Blues gehört zu den Stücken, die dem Album eine klare stilistische Identität verleihen. Aja überzeugt durch seine sorgfältige Produktion und die hohe musikalische Qualität. Die Kombination aus anspruchsvoller Komposition und professioneller Studioarbeit macht das Album zu einem wichtigen Werk in Steely Dans Diskografie.

Jazzy! Funky!

Absolutely brilliant. The gentle distinctive sound of Steely Dan. Soothing vocals, excellent musical accompaniments. This album was a bit more jazz inspired which added to the enjoyment. Loved it ❤️

Love me some Steely Dan

Just couldn’t do it

This is one I really wanted to like but it just didn't do it for me. There were some interesting musical phrases but as a whole a but disjointed for me. Would like to go back and relisten though. I think the first track was most interesting.

Generic. Nothing particularly wrong with it. But it has no place on a list of albums that I must hear before I die.

It was funky, I just wish it wasn't another steely dan album

I liked this album a lot, but I think the songs I liked and the songs I disliked were on far ends of their respective spectrums. Peg was my favorite song on here.

virheetön albumi.. tuotu 800 maailman parasta soittajaa, produktioon ja parhaat huumeet + huorat varmaan myös.. kaikki niin täydellistä... ja huoh... niin tylsää... seitsemän tarkkaan huolellisesti valmistettua biisinpätkää jossa tarinankerrontaa lyyrisesti ja musiikillisesti. kaikki toimii. vai toimiiko.. luovuutta löytyy myös, mutta onko vain sen verran luovuutta että kriitikot voivat sanoa että on luova, vai onko oikeasti luovuutta... en tiedä... en tiedä vastausta tuohon. industry plant possible? teollisuuskasvi mahdollinen? on tämä nautinnollista pakko sanoa mutta onko ruiskutettu päähän hormooneja? vai onko luonnollinen limbinen reaktio.. deacon

Very pleasant easy listening - not my style but it will surely be someone else’s :) thanks! :)

Lucked out with the first album having "Josie" on it! Ironically, probably my least favorite from the album. "Peg" is such a classic!

Its aja

Not bad, kinda jazzy. Not really sure what I think of it, though. Kind of cool, kind of lame 3-4

i really liked this album! i think i would go back and relisten :p

Seven songs all nearly perfectly made. One of the great albums of its time, and it hasn't lost any of its luster.

Some nice songs and an easy listen. But there were not a lot of standouts here and I expected more. A 3.5 but on the 3 side.

It's brilliant. Sometimes very loungy and cheesy but then other times really jazzy and abstract. Really pop and offbeat at the same time.

So many great tracks that I hadn't realised were by Steely Dan! I really enjoyed this album. An oldie but a goodie.

Peg is a banger, men resten synes jeg er litt så som så. Forstår hvorfor det er et «must listen» album though - bare ikke helt min kopp te.

Quite possibly my favourite album ever, if I had to pick one. Amazing tunes, incredible musicians, and possibly the best production on any album out there. Don’t sleep on it y’all!!!

As I wrote back in 2018 when I did 1 album a day and Kveim suggested this: An album that fits vorspiel, nachspiel and kleinspiel, but should’ve been used for the Mafia-part of GTA III. Deacon Blues (drunk driving galore) Josie

1. Peg 2. Josie 3. Black cow Mer fan av Can't Buy a Thrill albumet

I fucking hate Steely Dan. Perfect music for the lobby at the dentist office.

Steely Dan was known for pursuing technical perfection. In the age of digital music, I don't think that's aged well. It sounds soulless to me. I'm also not excited about the genre. I'm sad to not like this music though, because I know they worked like crazy to achieve this sound.

Really catchy songs and good instrumentals

If you like steely dan, it's steely dan. My criticisms are the same as most since its a jazz fusion album, its pacing is slow and monotonous at times. But if your down for a classic slower monotonous jazz rock fusion you would probably enjoy this album.

I enjoyed the heavy r&b and soul inspiration going on with this album, especially because it caught me off guard I was expecting another Credence Clearwater band (not a bad thing), but despite that nice suprise it did not particularly blow me away by any means, that’s not to say I didn’t enjoy it because I did, it just wasn’t anything special to me. My favorite track was Deacon Blues, it was very well paced for a 7 minute song and I enjoyed the lyrics, specifically the stretch surrounding “I cried when I wrote this song” felt weirdly self-aware for lack of better words and I enjoyed it.

Very very good.

Groovy. Funky. Jazzy. Souly.

I think I’m getting obsessed with steely Dan

Absolutely loved the title track. Overall a pretty decent album 👌

I can now understand why my Dad never introduced me to Steely Dan, they're really pretentious.

Great

Previously rated: Pretzel Logic (4/5) Can't Buy a Thrill (5/5) ***************************** I'm liking this smooth adult contemporary Steely Dan sound more as I get older. Peg is the standout here. Deacon Blues is also good. The title track has some good drumming.

michael mcdonald human keyboard moment

You might call it easy listening, but I don't think there is anything easy about getting through this album

One of my favorite albums ever. Every song, so god damn good. The production literally couldn't be better. Such a perfect album.

Growing up in the UK, as a teen I landed a job in a small computer store where the owner was an ex employee of an HMV record store. Why is this important? Well said owner turned me onto so much music that I’d definitely never heard, and probably would’ve avoided if it wasn’t for Eric’s goal of broadening my musical tastes. And so entered Steely Dan and ‘the day of the expanding man..’

Enjoyed this a lot. Sax makes everything way better. Very groovy/funky.

Odlican jazz rock s puno instrumenata, solidnim vokalima i s kul solo dionicama. Produkcija na ovom albumu je izvrsna i definitivno je highlight ovog albuma (bubnjevi na aja). Fav tracks: Aja, Deacon Blues, Home At Last, I Got The News 8/10 = 4+

Hell yeah

The best sounding album I've heard. Each instrument is crisp and adds a substantial layer to the rich masterpiece of Aja. Horns swell with immaculate precision and drums snap as clean as a whistle. All testiment to the outstanding performances of the session musicians (especially Michael McDonald's vocals) and great songwriting and production from Becker and Fagen. Best Tracks: - Black Cow - Aja - Peg Worst Tracks: N/A Rating: 10/10

meh

Gusta su feeling, y creo que se tienen bien merecido mi nota

Alright

Rudy's mentioned in the first song. Sounds fine but kind of boring. Jazz with some singing. High 3.

I just like how this sounds it’s so nice

7/10 - Not as good as Pretzel Logic in my opinion. I can see why someone would love this album but it just did not hit as hard.

Yeah still not crazy about steely dan but this album was good

9/10 - op lijstje van LP's die ik wil

I like the sound but some of the songs went on for too long. I prefer their other albums

Favorite Track: Deacon Blues

Best songs: Deacon Blues Home at Last

First of 1001. Absolutely not my taste, but I can appreciate the instrumentation and vocal harmonies.

Vraiment pas pour moi

Not for me.

Yes, people say it is great. Not my jams but I appreciate it.

What a tasty delight

Sorprendido de que el anterior disco que me salió aquí de Steeley Dan me gustara tanto, y este no me gustara casi nada. Me parece un disco súper genérico, como de grupillo de variedades. Rarísimo sentir dos discos del mismo grupo tan opuestos uno del otro. Me dio mucha flojera.

It’s baffling that Aja holds such an exalted place in music history. Listening to this album feels like being trapped at a dinner party you never wanted to attend, where the conversation is polite but utterly lifeless. There’s no spark, no urgency—just a relentless stream of pristine, overthought compositions that leave you cold. Sure, there are brief flashes of guitar work that hint at potential, but they’re swallowed by a sea of sterile smoothness. This is music stripped of grit and soul, so perfectly manicured that it borders on oppressive. You can practically hear punk kicking down the door to banish this kind of indulgent, hollow perfectionism. Even when I tried to meet the album halfway, listening with fresh ears and some goodwill, it failed to deliver. The much-lauded production is a technical marvel, but it only serves to highlight how empty the music itself is. For all its technical prowess, the songwriting is lifeless, the performances uninspired, and the arrangements feel like they’ve been sanitized to the point of irrelevance. Tracks like “Deacon Blues” aim for grandeur but crumble under their own weight, offering little more than an elaborate exercise in mediocrity. It’s hard to feel anything when the music itself seems designed to avoid any confrontation with raw emotion. Music should stir something in the listener—joy, rage, heartbreak, even discomfort. But Aja does none of these. It’s the sonic equivalent of beige wallpaper in a beige room, for people who dream in beige and wake up thankful nothing in their beige world has changed. It’s music for those who fear vulnerability, wrapped in a smooth, unremarkable package that flatters itself as sophisticated. This is not an album that makes you feel alive; it’s one that dulls the senses until you forget what being alive even means. Perhaps the most damning indictment of Aja is its infamy as a tool of torture for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. That, if nothing else, tells you everything you need to know.

The drum and sax solo is one of THE coolest moments in music history, and the rest of this album matched that level of greatness.

10/10

yawn 1/5

Già ascoltato, di questo album ricordo Peg come un pezzo splendido ed iconico. La cura che gli Steely Dan metteno nella produzione musicale è incomparabile. Grande classico.

Very average 70s soft rock, distinctly mid

I was hoping for this one to come up so I had high expectations. Never listened to it before but I like the concept of yacht rock. Unfortunately, this... was not for me. And I really tried to enjoy it. The famous production truly is perfect. As a drummer, I was shocked by the crisp clear sound of Gadd's drums, it's really impressive. I also enjoyed the jazz breaks scattered throughout the album (especially on title track). BUT, the songs... suck! Big time! The compositions are too complex and do not bring any enjoyment. I am really annoyed with this particular songwriting style where the melody starts to form and get some traction and then.. instead of going somewhere with it, you kill it. It just dissolves into nothingness. And it seems like it's being done on purpose, for the sake of being different/progressive, which makes it masturbatory. I do actually enjoy nice melodies in my music. And it's not either/or. You can put jazz and all that complexity while having nice tunes at the same time. Really disappointed. 2/5 (i was thinking of giving it 1, but this production truly is otherworldly and Deacon Blues has some nice moments).

Great musicians

7/10

Clean. Just clean.

pop-jazz from the Dan, always good to hear

Liked this album

Great background music, nothing stands out as spectacular but it's very clear these guys know how to play music.

Not bad! But after a while, it starts feeling repetitive. Problem with the 70's bands on this list is that while they were unique for their time, they're nothing new by now. But for what it's worth, the smooth jazz made it chill to listen to.

It was ok. Competently played, but a bit too layd back to make a lot of lasting impact beyond the occasional moment wherein you recognize that melody.

Still don’t get Steely Dan. I like it for all the technical aspects but as a whole doesn’t move me.

vampires who feed off vampires who feed off vampires who feed off vampires. haven't seen real human blood for millennia. hated. (⌐■_■)

More like aaaaaaaaaahhhh

Steely Dan is always kind of hit or miss for me. There great songs are really great, but they can be kind of boring sometimes. “Black Cow” and “Peg” do a lot of the work on this album. 3.5/5 Probably will listen again