Aja

Wonderful and still sounds great.

Onhan tää on niin ylituotettua, että voi tuntua sieluttomalta. Mut meikä digaa ja kuulostaa vinskalta ärsyttävän hyvältä. Deacon Blues, Peg ja Home at Last on kans ihan aidosti huikeita biisejä.

Steely Dan released a run of great albums during the 70's and I regard a couple of them as essential (Can't Buy A Thrill, Pretzel Logic), that are a good starting point to discover Steely Dan. Aja, the band's 6th album was moving towards more of a rock-jazz oriented sound, a bit smoother, but just as interesting. The previous records leading up to Aja (Katie Lied, Royal Scam), were a bit of a letdown and less consistent, but Aja was improved and produced an accessible sound that led to it being probably their most commercially successful record. I would place Aja in my top three favourite Dan albums and it brings back much nostalgia from my teenage years when I listen to it. A solid record, but not their best.

Steely Dan was way better than I thought.

Technically brilliant but a bit forgetful, loved it when it started as can tell a lot of modern music has taken samples from this, but overall just didn't stand out. Suspect it's a get stoned and listen with headphones on album.

Good not great. Great production with a few classics.

A really good album filled with yacht rock classics.

4.75

I thought that this album had a beautiful finish on it, and only had a few dull moments for me.

Damn, lekker muziekje. Normaal vind ik dit soort muziek al snel saai, maar hier blijven de melodietjes leuk. Doet me soms een beetje aan Paul Simon of Billy Joel denken. Leuke verrassing. ****

Sooooo much porn sax and boredom, then.....PEG. 4 stars for that alone

Steeley Dan is underrated. Its like the background music of our lives. This is a really great album!

Bookended by a slightly too smooth version of the Dan for me but with a delicious centre. They've done several better albums, though.

This used to be one of my less favorite Steely Dan albums (aside from Deacon Blues), in spite of being generally a fan. It has grown on me over time though, as repeated listening revealed the care and intricacy of its production. I’ve never really got the charges of their being cold or soulless. I find delivery of grown-up melancholy very poignant.

Great smooth album

Now I understand why they’re so respected for their sound. Good passive listening, but the production takes it to a 4.

Great and unusual combination of jazz and rock/pop. Couldn't stop myself from feeling relaxed and happy by the music

Awesome!

Gli anni '70, quando la vita era tranquilla e i mutui al 20%. Un cocktail, una capigliatura sbarazzina e si va al mare perché fa molto caldo. Rilassante, mi piace.

Chill groovy

Great album.

Classic easy listening edition

This is one of those records you can toss on, do whatever, and come back mid song and pick up on the lyrics right away. One of SD’s best, and deservedly belongs on this list.

So nice

Tight ass bunch of studio musicians

Great Band of white people that sounds like black ones. Good mix of different type of music of that times ('70s)

Glimmering, uber produced jazz pop. Starts off very strongly, with Aja and Deacon Blue both being amazing, but I found myself losing interest as the album played out.

Snygg gubbrock, kluven på 3/4. Men det är så tight och groovy. Har ingen av mina riktiga steely dan favoriter dock!

Otroligt svängigt, välproducerad gubbrockrunk. ÄLSKAR

Muito gostosinho!

Normally i wouldn’t like music like this however i loved it. The music is just so funky and incredibly fun to listen to. the one critique is the song length but it was kept interesting so it doesn’t even matter - i really enjoyed this album. 9/10.

Likte albumet svært godt! Home at last bra sang

Buen pop-rock sencillo de los años 70, que se puede escuchar muy bien y que puede llegar a gustar bastante. Grupo que desconocía y al que le podría dar alguna otra oportunidad

a funky groove to fuck to

I already liked a bit of Steely Dan and enjoyed this too! I like the funky rockness of it. Good driving music

Wel een aangenaam album om uit te luisteren

Aaaaaaaa, pa viđam ovaj cover dost puta, al nikad nisam skužio žensku na njoj. Evo još jedan album iz 77'. Nisam očekivao ovakvu glazbu, više sam očekivao izdrkavanje po gitari, neki Rush tip benda, tako nešta jer gledajući koliko pjesama ima i koliko traju pjesme... Međutim, nije tak, drago mi je, zanimljiv album, gospodski, reklo bi se. Hvale ga očito s razlogom, i imaju zašto! Iznenadio me je jer stvarno nisam očekivao ovako pristojan album. Danceable, groovie, like it a lot! Pjesma Peg ima jedan sample koji se koristio u jednoj rap pjesmi (Eye Know od De La Soul) i to nisam znao, volim naučit ovakve stvari! Jedva čekam da i oni dođu na streaming platforme kad smo već kod toga. Aja (ko da ju volim još i saaaaaad) je jebena stvar! Top 5 albuma iz 77' na prvo slušanje, onda znaš. Love me some jazzy rock.

Easy listening, love the drum solo on Aja. Good tight music.

This album was quite good. Very chill and relaxing songs with really good instrumentation to keep them interesting. 7/10

Jazz-rock animado.

Great album

Deacon blues is the song I recognize from this album. More good listening, but I think I prefer the countdown to ecstasy album over this one.

never listened to entirely, adding to iPod

Solid, solid album. not overproduced. Not too complex. good band. Good album.

Warm, fun and smooth. The excellent drumming makes this a winner for me. Definitely interested in hearing more of their stuff.

Eindelijk Steely Dan! Zeer coole groep, ook als je er meer van weet. Ik kende dit album niet maar vond het wel zeer leuk !

oooh was leuk

Yeah this was great

Okay okay... Ya veo co.o va a ser.

Great Album! Have this in my collection, I Got The News my favourite track from this album. I do prefer "The Royal Scam" as an album, but this is a good one, with Backing Vocals from Michael McDonald. Also like Peg and Deacon Blues (which the eponymous Scottish band took its name from.) are also good tracks.

I'd avoided Steely Dan for so long because, I dunno, hipsters mocked them in the 90s? But this album is good. It has a very rich, complex sound, something that is evidence of how far audio production technology came in that part of the 20th century. The songs are just as complex, with dreamy worlds. But above all was my moment when I realised that "Peg" was the sampled basis of De Le Soul's "Eye Know".

The drums! The composition! So much good....but a lot of "this isn't jeff"

Steely Dan has a strange sound. I mean, on one hand, it's a funk, soul mix like Doobie Brothers or even Hall and Oates. But there's a Disco sense in it too that turns me off. The lyrics are a little more substantial than I expected, which is cool. The horns remind me of Chicago. Black Cow is quite a production. Aja is also pretty layered. Not sure if it's about a girl or just some other cultural observation The album cover seems to lean towards the former. This band always gives me a sense of a dark room with red lights, not a club or and not really comfortable. I just don't see them as "open air, and free. They seem confined I guess. Deacon Blues is a song I always kind of liked. It just sounds good. Definitely a story to Deacon Blues - which I admire as well. Peg is an uncharacteristically brief song for this album. Another log song but not ordinary. Home at Last is more of a return to Aja after Peg. This time its an ode to life at sea it seems, but with another solid groove that propels the song. I got the News - the title makes me think of A Day in the Life by the Beatles, but this appears to have nothing to do with that. Some great guitar work, really quirky jazz beats and is that Michael McDonald singing back up? Josie - Solid jam again. This was better than expected. I think I'd listen to this again for sure.

Very nice, I like the mix of instruments across the album. Quite the jam.

Вот что меня удивляет - насколько все говорят о влиянии битлов, и насколько оно мало чувствовалось на самом деле (по крайней мере в то время). Казалось бы - не так уж давно они распались, оставив после себя практически идеальную поп-формулу, до сих пор актуальную формулу экспериментальной музыки и тд, но в 70х люди почему-то куда больше тяготели к дженерик рокенролу, который юзался жуками в основном в начале пути. Ну типа песни вроде Strawberry Fields Forever, Eleanore Rigby, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Tomorrow Never Knows - это же другой уровень развития, пусть психодел тоже не всегда бывал удачным, но его же куда интереснее было пробовать, чем серый антивоенный роцкешник. Но это ладно, мысли на полях, Стили Дэн не совсем про это. Тут скорее джаз-рок такой, без лишнего огонька, но с довольно приятными трубами и прикольной атмосферой. Впрочем интереса это всё равно не особо добавляет. Раздражения не вызывает, но в очередной раз толкает в голову вопрос: "а оно мне всё нужно вообще?" Что бы изменилось в моём восприятии музыки (как у слушателя и как у исполнителя), не послушай я этот альбом. Да скорее всего нихуя. Это не какая-то предъява к пластинке, просто интересно порой, откуда берётся легендарный статус и вот это всё. Легендарный статус группы creedence clearwater revival, например, оправдать легко - у них действительно был хит на века, который выстоял проверку временем и до сих пор попадает в нерв. Плюс пацифистская позиция, которая также актуальна в любое время. Ну и даже вот предыдущих тирексов мне не составит труда отнести к классике - хотя бы за прорывное (по моему мнению) звучание. А Steely Dan видится продуктом своего времени, качественно скрафченным, занимательным, скилловым, но неактуальным и эстетически пустым на данный момент. Thus said, лепить тройбан альбому всё-таки считаю неправильным, поскольку совсем уж дженериком назвать рука не поднимается, и наверное под пресловутое настроение он может показаться хорошим выбором. Но честно, сомневаюсь, что ещё когда-то вспомню о нём. 7/10

бляять какой же кайф включать и в первом же треке угадывать семпл одного из любимых треков мф дума. ну и альбик сам ниче так

Classic jams on here. It's yacht rock, but it's solid

I have yet to hear a bad Steely Dan album, and this one is no exception. Their musicianship is always commendable, and the unique fusion/funk vibe they have going in a lot of these songs definitely makes this worth a few listens.

Ultimate dad rock

Clean yacht rock. Peg is sweet. Michael McDonald backing vocals

You kind of have to be in the right mood to listen to Steely Dan, but luckily I'm in that mood most of the time. "Deacon Blues" is the highlight of this album but the whole thing is great.

Pretty neat

Just about made the 4 stars

some good stuff

The more I listened, the more I enjoyed. Easy music to just fade away and relax.

Not their best album. That belongs to Pretzle Logic. Still a solid album though.

Is it a brag or flex to say I listened to my CD copy of this one? Pretty sure I have a vinyl copy tucked away too. I know this one and like it. Solid argument that it's Steely Dan's best album, though there is obviously room for debate and it's not my hill to die on. As far as I can tell, I can't rate in half stars but I'd probably go 4.5 on this if I could.

great jazz album

Not bad at all! I like the jazzy feeling!

Cool and funky album. Good, chill listen.

Ненавязчивая хорошая музыка для фона

I really liked the combination of classic hard rock and jazz that Steely Dan have going on here. A nice album to listen to and a band I'll definitely revisit. Not entirely gripping enough for a 5 though.

Impeccable jazzy soft rock. I found it enjoyable and easy to listen to. Peg and Home at Last were favourites on this one.

This album was prob the first to fuse jazz and rock this well. The sax throughout exemplifies this particularly on Deacon Blues. Steve Gadd’s drumming on Aja (the song) is mind blowing. His two solos on that track are played like guitar solos - ie played while the band provides rhythm- rather than Bonham style snoozer solos. Thanks to mgravelle59 for bringing it home circa 1977.

I listen to this Steely Dan album and I learn EXACTLY what all the fuss is about: it's the most accessible music while still being dignified, eloquent, and fun. It's exquisite how good this album is, really. Jazz rock has never been more fun. I bet my parents will love this; we can listen to it over drinks and talk about current events or something, idk! People with taste listen to Steely Dan, and Aja has to be the pinnacle of this or I'll be damned.

Brilliant album. A Classic

Echt heel tof en nog best wel van deze tijd! Heb dit album ol vinyl, maar pas een keer geluisterd. Echt een eye-opener.

Loving this, funk ahoy

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Me gusta. Mezcla jazzística muy relajante.

Zum ersten Mal aufmerksam geworden auf Steely Dan bin ich, als Carsten "Erobique" Meyer ca. 1997 in der "Komm Küssen" irgendeine Plattenbesprechung abschloss mit den Worten "Ich muss jetzt erstmal Steely Dan hören". Ich kannte die damals nicht, fand den Spruch aber sehr gut und hab dann versucht rauszufinden, was es so auf sich hat mit der Band. Die waren dann lange und sind mir eigentlich bis heute ein Rätsel, vermutlich weil einfach zu schlau für mich. 2 Konservatoriumstypen, so weit wie nur vorstellbar von Punk und/oder Rockstarattitüde entfernt, aber ihre Band nach nem Dildo benennen. Sowas schon allein. Hab ich mich mit abgefunden, und steh jedenfalls schon seit einigen Jahren immer mal wieder total auf diesen yahzzigen Yachtrock-Style. Und möchte mich jetzt auch noch mal kurz für diesen Ausfall neulich gegen YES entschuldigen, von wegen "Angebermusik". Weil: eigentlich find ich sowas ja total gut, und Steely Dan trifft natürlich voll in dieses Klischee, dieses ganze ausgestellte Raffinement, die audiophile Produktion, Saxophonsolos von Wayne Shorter etc. Dabei aber halt viel luftiger, samstagmorgentauglicher verpackt als eben YES - und also meinen Nerv trifft das. Voll. Aja (auch wieder son Rätsel: wieso man eine Platte nach der Freundin des Brudes von einem aus der Highschool-Klasse benennt, mit dem man nicht mal viel zu tun hatte) werde ich mir jedenfalls gerne noch öfter, und gerne mit guten Kopfhörern anhören. Und freue mich dabei schon auf die ganzen neuen Ideen jedesmal.

Highlights: Deacon Blues, Peg Lowlight: Ironically...Aja 70's Jazz/Rock fusion and velvety lyrical prowess never sounded better. This isn't just a musically excellent album, it's also a sonic masterpiece; Every beat, crash, strum, pluck, and chord is deliberate and represented with crystal clear clarity, with plenty of space between to catch your breath. There is nothing overwhelming here, classics like Peg will have you tapping your toe...Even with tracks like Josie where there is more complexity, nothing is edged out or muddy. This is a well-built album.

always love steely dan

Mix of jazz, R&B and disco. 70s sound. Very good

Superbly produced album with expert musicmanship. I read a long time ago that Deacon Blues has the best lyrics ever and I can't argue with Learn to work the saxophone (I) I play just what I feel Drink Scotch whiskey all night long And die behind the wheel They got a name for the winners in the world (I) I want a name when I lose They call Alabama the Crimson Tide Call me Deacon Blues The rest of the album is not as brilliant, but it is still pretty darned good so it gets a 4/5 from me

(Jazz rock / Pop rock) Extremely well-written jazz rock that still sounds contemporary thanks to the quality of the session musicians and production. However, the 'softness' of yacht rock detracts from an otherwise stellar album. 8/10

Truly a classic - Peg, Black Cow, and Deacon Blues alone are worth putting it on the 1001 list, but there's 4 more great cuts as well! Only reason I'm not giving it 5 is that I rank it 3rd in SD's catalog after Pretzel Logic and Gaucho

Not really a Steely Dan 'guy,' but this record is so easy and good to listen to.

My ears naked lunch’d but gently, oh so gently. Thumbs up - Don’t judge me.

Well made, pleasant to listen to.

Jazzy

John Mulaney said I had to like this or else

dan really did it on this one :^)

top track black cow really vibes jazz. every track was about 6 mins and u could tell. but I liked the music lol

jazzy i like

Me likey

This album is a straight vibe. Great intersection between rock, jazz, and new age sounds. Album is a collection of art. Stand-outs: Deacon Blues

So great

A very tight set of songs. Reminds me of Weather Report, but slightly more accessible. My former boss is a huge fan, and while it's not totally for me, I see the appeal. Favorite tracks: "Deacon Blues", "Peg"

This is on-paper not up my alley, but I cannot help but be charmed every time I hear it.

R&b. Rockcito. Jazz

How to describe Steely Dan ? Prog jazz? Yacht funk? A very different style All of their best songs on one album

Obviously really technically sound. Time signatures super crazy. Tons of awesome bass. Harmonies are wonderful. But the melodies are too crazy outside of 1 or 2 tracks FOR ME. I just can’t love it.

ja ist entspannt. Drei Sterne glatt

There’s some good depth in the sound and music in this - and how can you knock and album the Library of Congress selects for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant - but it’s just okay to me.

Not my style and I found the sound a bit boring, but it sounds very "clean" and easy to listen to.

a very impressive mediocre album

Good production value, kinda boring otherwise

Black cow- really liked, a little weird to “drink the cow” but it’s a good song. First few notes and was pleasantly impressed and surprised Aja- was good but at the middle was just boring and the same throughout it. Skipped at the middle Deacon blues- really liked, very good saxophone and sound. I think I like jazz now. Peg- I like it, cool sound- kinda different. The electric guitar at the middle is a little random but I like it. Home at last- something I’d hear on a 1980s movie and want to hear the song alone without the scene. Good, simple jazz and a good backtrack. I got the news- a little different sound from the rest of the album. Really liked the guitar in the middle. Really vibey and colorful. Lots of instruments in the backtrack. Josie- first notes, remains me of power rangers/ something I’ve heard in a movie or show before. Like this sound and song, old school jazz that you’d hear at an underground bar show Id rate it 3.5/5 Overall good on the sound, a little bland writing and is a background noise for me. I love love love the backtracks and music, but the lyrics kinda put it off and the songs really repeat themselves over the whole album.

It grew on me

Blues Gedudel 😗

A good time for the boys

It sort of bums me out that I never fully bought into Steely Dan. Even now, having heard what might be their most acclaimed album, I can't bring myself to think **that** highly of them. Not to the point where I actively **dislike** them, no, of course not. It's just that, Steely Dan is a band where most of the acclaim that people have for them lies mostly under the surface. To me, it comes across like you'd really hafta be in the weeds about music production and music theory in order to truly "get" them. You hafta be able to tell how well produced the music is and how high quality it sounds, and you hafta be able to notice just how good these guys are at playing their instruments without ever obviously showboating. It's a band where I can totally get at **why** critics are so eagaer to eat them up. But if you **can't** hear any of that... Well, if you don't like yacht rock, there's nothing much these guys can do for yah. And who's that a failure on, really? I can't say it's Steely Dan's, honestly; they clearly made the music they wanted to make. Is it the critics' fault, for lumping to much acclaim onto a group that a good chunk of people could never fully appreciate? Or is it **my** fault for buying into the praise so heavily and then being mad when I fell into the good chunk? More than likely it's the latter. Though of course it only helps so much to know who exactly the blame for this. 'Coz even with that in mind, I'm just not all too wowed by 'Aja.' It's a good sound, of course. Maybe even one I'd wanna return to at some point. Just... Not now. Or any time soon, really. I mean, I can't even pinpoint an exact reason why beyond "It didn't excite me." And it's frustrating, y'know? I wanna have more to say about this album specifically, but... I'unno. I enjoyed it in the moment, and then it slid straight off me. Not even a single track stuck around long enough for me to bring it up. It's possible with a second listen I could get something more out of it, but since I tend to only go by first impressions... Yeah, no. No. I've got nothing. This might be the most unsatisified I've ever come out of writing a review, since it feels like I just didn't try hard enough to understand the material. Yes, I never truly could, but I could have appreciated the surface level a little better. And I can acknowledge, it's a nice surface; nice enough that I could never dip below a 3. But... Yeah, I'unno. To be honest, listening to Steely Dan in the context of this list was probably the worst diservice I could've done them. Taken outside of "you **need** to hear this before you die," we probably could've gotten on a lot better. As it stands... Yeah. Is what it is.

1. 3 2. 3.5 3. 4 1. 4.5 2. 4 3. 4 4. 4.5

No fav song

Some people love this band, others can't stand them. I'm in the middle. Certainly can dig the sound but not a yuge fan of it.

I wanted to like this more than I did. I respect Steely Dan, and there's some really cool jazzy bits on this album. Love the band as a concept, eventually fading out into a studio-only duo and making the music you know you want to just feels right for some projects. Here it feels like it's directed towards the mainstream, so maybe I'd prefer it if it were a little more wild and rebellious. Then again, I don't think they're that daring, maybe I just don't fuck with it. It's still not bad, just not something I'd get excited to purchase, or even consider playing again. 3.3/5

•I CANT CRYY ANYMOO •I like the ghostly wind sounds in aja •Josie is fun

I like Steely Dan already, so I'm not going in blind, but I don't think I'd ever heard a song from this record before. Kind of gives off that "I'm a character in a movie" vibe, definitely would be better to listen to on a solo drive (which my girlfriend did actually and I'm jealous of her for that). It's easy listening music, it doesn't exist to make you think (at least not this album) but it's very good at what it does. The drums, the saxophone, it's a fantastic rhythm, and a great groove. Home at Last is the peak of this album for me, it's what yacht rock is meant to be, everyone else can stop trying. High points: Home at Last, Josie

I wanted to like this, I tried to listen to it a few times before but it just doesn't catch me.

Steely Dan have always allegedly been one of, if not the only, good soft-rock bands, which I can get down with, seeing as I enjoyed 'Countdown to Ecstasy' quite a bit from earlier in this list. And I can say I enjoyed this about as much, if not a bit more. Their songs have this really weird effect on me, where I'm really not a fan of the song's general direction, lead melody, or instrumental palette during its first couple of minutes, but am left oddly satisfied once the song closes out, despite not much really changing. That's not to say the songs don't evolve and grow; a song like the title track felt like a long day on a tropical island resort town, from sunrise to sunset, that evokes just about every possible emotion you could have. It's maybe the best example of a song that just grows on me despite me not caring for its foundational elements. It's like the song is constantly pulling off insane tricks in a desperate effort to impress its worst critics, and it actually ends up working, because there's just so much to love in that middle instrumental interlude. Almost every song has a similar effect on me, where I grow to appreciate what it's trying to do by the end. "Deacon Blues' has maybe the neatest saxophone solo here, and it took until the third go of the verse-chorus for me to really appreciate the melodic and lyrical direction of the song, just a super tragic nihilistic tale backed by some oddly fitting bright instrumentation. "Peg" was a nice refresher, with its tighter pocket groove feel, killer harmonies, and about as gnarly a guitar solo as you'll get out of a Steely Dan record. A feel-good song...I see why De La samples this one particularly. 'I Got The News' was another one with a super tight bassline and piano groove, and I really liked how it just randomly burst into these lush instrumental segments before returning to the core groove. It didn't leave a bad taste in my mouth, and I can definitely see why people enjoy this more than I do. It's just good music, with no bells and whistles, engineered to perfection, with a mind-blowingly wide instrumental range that's all super melodic. Plus, it reminded me of the Mario Kart soundtrack at times. As for me, I can appreciate it more than I fully enjoyed it. It's like I get super close to loving these songs, but something just holds me back, and I'm not fully sure what. Maybe I'll grow to love it even more on subsequent listens.

3/5 elegante, me gusta para estar chill, muy bueno

Josie is sick; Deacon Blue is overpowering, why’s it so long????

I don’t love the artist’s voice, and only found the first song enjoyable.

Sort of strange. I really thought I would absolutely love this, but I feel like it's just sort of...fine. "Jazz-rock" is a very generous way to describe this. I almost feel like it's closer to yacht-rock, or perhaps more accurately dad-rock. It's certainly not bad, just polished to the point of hyper-perfection: no grit, no soul, no spirit. It's a perfectly decent listening experience, and not much more. Fave tracks: - Black Cow - Home At Last - I Got The News - Josie

Fine but a bit too easy listening for me

Jazz rockia. Kivoja biisejä. Pitkiä, mutta hyvä meno. Biisit tosi samanlaisia keskenään. Menee taustamusiikkina tosi kivasti.

Tiukka groove ja taitavaa soitantaa! Oon joskus ennenkin tätä tyyppaillyt, mut valitettavasti edelleen jättää taidokkuudesta ja kivoista elementeistä huolimatta jotenkin kylmäksi. Varmaan kaipais vähän vielä tarttuvampia koukkuja tms.

Like it 3/5

A part from the track Peg I wasn’t familiar with this album. To be honest it didn’t do much for me. I did enjoy parts of it but overall it’s not an album I’m encouraged to listen to again

I was surprised by this album. I’ve never been a huge fan of Steely Dan but I enjoyed this album. I don’t know if it’s something I would reach but I wouldn’t skip it either.

Álbum muito inspirado e rico. A qualidade que tudo é tocado impressiona. Boa musica. QoA Adonis New.

It's fine

Good listen

Some memorable samples and songs. Pretty solid album.

didnt llisten to it all wasnt my cup of tea

якісна музика, але ж блін яка нудятина. І норм з одного боку, а очі все змикаються і голова стає важчою

Nice album of chill music. Gives me the vibes of a cozy afternoon.

7/10 - I thought it would be more 70s rock but pleasantly surprised it is more soul/funky

Me gustó bastante. Es un jazz-blues, con toques de rock. Muy lindo de escuchar.

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Bättre än jag väntade mig. Jag är inte förtjust i Steely Dan. Jag har alltid tyckt att de är för invecklade och tråkiga. Detta album var dock bättre än vad jag väntade mig, framför allt Josie, Deacon Blues och Peg. Den sistnämnda lärde jag mig var samplad av De La Soul i Eye Know. Detta hade jag ingen aning om förrän jag lyssnade på det här albumet. Helt ok i det hela. Steely Dan kommer aldrig att vara mina favoriter men detta album var en trevlig överraskning.

Expectation: -> Reelin' In The Years and Do It Again are nostalgic Steely Dan songs that I quite enjoy. After listening: -> I think it's the nostalgia that I like most. This album doesn't have that for me. Some decent songs, nice sax play. This is pretty easy listening. Track ranking: Home Aja Peg Josie Deacon News Cow

Decent

9. jul 2026. 15.46h its okej, fanki ali nije bas moj cup of tea best: peg worst: deacon blues

The first thing that popped into my head was, "Well, that's stereotypical 'Adult Contemporary' right there." Very much a casual background listen.

I remember the album cover as a kid and always in a record store. Not my kind of groove back then but they were on top of the world in 1977. Too jazzy for my liking, but I appreciate a lot of their sound and definitely their musical chops & the strong cast of studio studs that play on their albums. You'd have to be living under a rock to not have heard "Black Cow", "Deacon Blues", "Peg" or "Josie" on the radio back then or today. Impressive listener counts from start to finish with only "I Got The News" being under 25M. That's solid, they have an audience. "Peg" is easily the highlight, it's more inline with their 70's rock groove than the others which lean towards their jazzy roots. 3 stars for me. It's not over the top with great songs but the musicianship is top notch. I can see where it gathers votes to sneak into the Top 1001, just wouldn't make my personal list.

I listened to this less than a week ago and had to look it up just now to check what genre it fits into. Clearly not a lasting impression. The internet tells me its jazz by an American rock band. I vaguely recall it sounding a bit soul. Either way, not compelling enough for me to listen to again.

Not 3 days after my last Steely Dan album, I'm given yet another of their albums (hopefully the last one.) I don't absolutely hate this band, but it's definitely not something I would seek out. I suspect a lot of people my age have good memories of this music because it sounds like it would be a hit with most people's parents. Well my mom liked Motown and my dad liked hard rock, so the Dan never really fit anywhere. All that aside, this one is the best of the 3 Steely Dan albums this list has given me. Every song is memorable and immaculately produced. I would have liked if it had a little more of a distinct edge but the whole album has been produced to be as prim and polished as ever, like someone buffed out every wrinkle and crease on its face. It's the equivalent of a waxed tiled floor; the pattern is nice to look at and you might find something fun, but you wouldn't dare put anything else on it lest you ruin the perfect sheen. Quite a bit of this thing also reminds me of some irresponsible playboy with thinning, slicked back hair wearing a Hawaiian shirt over dress pants driving an obnoxiously loud convertible. It's got the perfect corporate-sounding sleazy vibe to me, which might actually be something they're going for(!) There's even a song with some groove to it in "Peg," another new facet to Steely Dan's repertoire. I would honestly add that one to a playlist, it's very good. Everything else is unfortunately in that mid-tempo haze that makes the songs drift about listlessly for their entire duration. The title track is a pretty brisk 8 minutes, but more than one song whose samey riffing makes 5 minutes feel like 7. If there were half-star ratings I would have given this an extra half point, but the energy from the 2 songs I enjoyed isn't enough to push this into 4-star territory unfortunately. Beautiful sounding album overall - if only it had more songs. Key Tracks: Black Cow, Aja, Peg

I think this is a little too pretentious for me to be honest. I really like the drumming and I was aware of the band before because of it, but the guitar and other solos are really not that interesting or cool, and most of the guitar work in general does bore me a little. The songs as a whole are quite nice and smooth, but lacking in anything that really makes me feel anything, and other than the drumming at certain points there isn't enough impressive musicianship to make up for that. It just feels like people act like the melodies and harmony throughout is innovative because it uses jazz stuff, but in reality a lot of it is just going up and down those scales and not doing too much with it, although a lot of the bass lines are pretty cool. I'm also pretty conflicted on the vocals: I don't really like the lead singers voice, but sometimes the production and use of other backing vocals does make up for it.

I like one song (Home At Last), love the quality of the engineering, but got far too lost in all the schmalz

6/10 The kind of classic rock that I appreciate, but doesn't massively stand out Highlight: Deacon Blues

70

7 songs A gay little jazz rock album. Superb choice for Club Penguin Pizza Parlor background music.

Goofy dad rock, occasionally clever but way too soft

I like this album better than the last Steely Dan. Not a huge fan of yacht rock.

Listen to this has made me realize I enjoy listening to the nostalgic hits off 'Can't Buy a Thrill" but that I don't actually like Steely Dan. It's not a bad album and I can see how it was doing something interesting at the time it came out. But it is just not for me.

Kuunteli mielellään. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

ok

Oddly enough, I first heard Steely Dan through a sample of the song "Peg" from this album on De La Soul's first album, which made me interested in the band. Overall, the same dynamics from the first album can be heard hear, easy listening R&B oriented songs that can be either enjoyed on that level or can be enjoyed for the complex dynamics buried within them. The primary difference is that this might be a little slicker in burying that. I particularly like the uptemp songs, "Peg" and "Josie" along with the more offbeat "I Got the News" and "Deacon". It's a good record, but some of the longer songs keep it from getting four stars despite the fact that everything here is listenable.

Competent stuff. Just not very exciting

Another one that is just fine. A few good songs in there like Deacon Blues and Peg.

Solid background

2.5 actually. a bit more my vibe. I dont love the songs nor do i hate them its a bit bland/boring for me. idrk how to explain it but ig there aint enough going on

3/5

Definitely, "Aja" is the best song here, "Deacon Blues" was good too.

3.4

não me pega. divertido

Good

GOOD ALBUM

Yet another mediocre entry on the list. It was fine.

An interesting album that tries to split the difference between jazzy prog rock and the kind of cheesy 80's yacht rock that Patrick Bateman probably listens to (which is impressive given this came out in the 70s, ahead of it's time I guess). Unfortunately, it leans more towards the latter. I quite like a couple of tracks where the jazzy prog side shines through a bit more like Aja and I Got The News, but otherwise though it is clear there is talent behind this, it is kinda boring.

I'm gonna give this album a listen tomorrow after Louis's concert but I will not make any promises because tomorrow is gonna be a really a busy day so let's see. Update: I did listen to it after Louis's concert (😭😭😭🙌) and I think it deserves a solid 3 stars. It gave me Mario Kart vibes for some reason LOL. And the song I liked the most was: Home At Last.

Siento que el album tiene una esencia tipo, canciones largas con mucha instrumental (a veces), y eso igual es bueno, ya que tiene variedad de instrumentos y en general, se disfruta mucho esos momentos donde suenan pianos u otros instrumentos que comúnmente no hay en algunos apartados de la musica. Puedo destacar que me ha gustado mucho mas la mitad para el final del album que el inicio, ya que al comienzo lo senti un poco flojo, pero despues iba mejorando en varios apartados. Puedo decir igual que no tenia ni idea de este grupo, tampoco de alguna canción. Fue un buen album, pero no uno muy bueno a mi gusto, se acerca a las 4 estrellas.

About as middle of the road as it gets. Would go hard on a beach with a cold one

Good one.

A good album, I liked Deacon Blues and Josie the most.

OK

The only song that stood out to me was Deacon Blues, especially the line "Drink Scotch whiskey all night long and die behind the wheel".

I know a few Steely Dan songs that I like, but this album had none, and, for me, it's generally just unbothering background music. The "Drink Scotch whiskey all night long. And die behind the wheel." was a funny gem though.

People like this?

This music would be a lot of fun in the right setting. I’d love to sit in a small jazz club and listen to stuff like this. For everyday listening, not so much my thing. I almost gave it 4/5 but it wasn’t quite there.

Steely Dan always make great music, so I really like this album too. Three stars...

Black cow - 3 Aja - 3 Deacon blues - 3 Peg - 3 Home at last - 3 I got the news - 3 Josie - 3

3,5/5

Very slick. I like the jazz rock feeling present here. Nothing in particular grabbed me but the compositions are nicely done.

Fått litt mer sansen for dette på mine eldre dager.

I feel in the middle

solid

Classique 3.5/5

Queria dar 3.5 Achei gostosinho de ouvir

3/5. pretty good. might listen again. some songs a bit too trumpetry and waily

very nice

So this morning I had a weird inclination to listen to Steely Dan. Specifically the song Do It Again off of Can't Buy A Thrill which I did positively rate a few weeks ago and do remember fondly. Keep in mind I usually don't rate as soon as I wake up, but anyway I press shuffle on my largest playlist and the song it plays is exactly Do It Again! Then I go to rate my last album, and the new one for today is more Steely Dan! Guess I was fated to enjoy some Steely freakin' Dan today. Anyway, this album is jazzy, it's nice, it's well put together, definitely feels more magnum opus-y and an amalgam of their ideas of what they did before. That being said, I didn't enjoy it as much as Thrill. This is missing some of that fun factor for me which they had on their debut, this feels a bit more clinical. The tracks are also way longer a bit needlessly, and the album kind of blends together but not in a good way. Maybe I'm missing something and will probably revisit on that basis, but this is where I'm at right now.

Dun album. Very calming and lively. The ending of Aja was one of my favorite moments. 6.5/10

I could hear the mix of jazz and pop better this time. I have to intently focus to get anything out of it yet despite that I can barely remember any specific parts. A lot of the time I can’t tell if I’m enjoying it or not. Rating: 3.3

Groovy, smooth jazzy, and mellow.

It's Steely Dan.

It was the best of times, it was the deacon blues of times.

I knew of Steely Dan but never really listened. Quite funky! It's not the best I've heard but not bad at all. Some tracks are a little bit too much elevator music for my tastes. As soon as the opening track "Black cow" starts playing I realize where Chris Sawyer got the musical inspiration when selecting music for the tycoon-games, most prominently Transport Tycoon - trivia for the nerds I guess. No real outstanding track but also none that stands out in a negative way makes this a solid 3,5 for my tastes, rounding down to 3 because I know there'll be a lot of more albums actually worth a 4 in this list.

The songs are really creative and I overall like it. The vocals are pretty dull.

there's something just a tiny bit boring and yacht-rocky and golden oldie about the vocal delivery, but a lot of the instrumentation is pretty sick actually. very busy and fun sound. favorite song is either I Got The News or of course Peg. very strong 3

I legit had no idea of what Steely Dan actually were like, I just assumed something like the Eagles. This album is very much not like that. Man I love this style of 70's bass and drums mixing - so warm, tight, and clean! The arrangements, timbre, production, and song structure were interesting, but I cannot for the life of me recall a single melody. This might need a few revisits later.

6/10

Have I listened to this album before? No How familiar am I with this album? Unfamiliar How do I feel about this artist? Steely Dan is fine but kind of boring Pre-Listen Thoughts: I don’t think I’m gonna fall in love with this but I don’t think I’m gonna hate it either Favorite track(s): Post-Listen Thoughts: This album went by really fast and I don’t know if that’s a compliment or an insult. It just faded into the background so easily and nothing stood out, but it wasn’t unpleasant, it was just Steely Dan.

surprisingly short album, perfect length of songs in my opinion for this album head bopping!

It was fine, not sure it belongs on a greatest of all time list though

5 - AVERAGE

I just... it just makes me mad.

Groovy, fun music. Sounds like Stevie Wonder.

I had a buddy a long time ago who was super into Steely Dan. He’d go on and on about how these guys wrote music. Apparently, the Steely Dan guys were meticulous craftsmen when it can to songwriting and studio production…which I find kinda funny considering they named themselves after a popular dildo at the time. Anyway, my friend wasn’t wrong about the studio production. Aja sounds great. The musicianship is tight and professional. My problem is that, attention to detail aside, Steely Dan does not write songs that excite me in any way. Every song on this record is a finely and meticulously crafted song that I’ll forget about the second the next one starts. And finally, the record will end, and I’ll move onto something less refined that actually inspires something in me, and I’ll forget about the genius of Steely Dan all over again. I’m happy that Steely Dan gives us something that music nerds can obsess about, but I can’t do it. 6/10

This was alright, quite enjoyed it

I'm glad we got a good album today but it does annoy me that Steely Dan is the type of band you KNOW is in the list a disproportionate amount of times. After listening: it's not even that good of an album. It doesn't pain my ears but neither does it excite them.

Good

Grooving bass lines and great lyrics.

Acceptabel, maar gewoon erg bland.

80% Sure ive listened to this already but I will give it another go

Fine not as good as earlier works

Not as good as Can't Buy a Thrill imo

A little boring

Fundamentally, I shouldn’t like this. But there’s something about this Steely Dan that just sort of works. Admittedly, it works best in snippets and small doses. Preferably as a sample on some one else’s record … but I still works.

I liked the sounds of this band's groove du-wops more for some reason than others from this era.

Uma mistura de rock com elementos do jazz, um excelente a ser apreciado com calma, ocasional.

STEELY DAN

Molto bello, però per me non raggiunge can’t buy a thrill

This might be the most decent album of all time. Not great, not bad, just decent.

3.5/5

Ok

groovy, dark, white boy soulish and smooth

Aight

Produced quite well, but the combination of his voice and the slow jazz-rock really made this record forgettable.

Yllätys minulle. Steely Dan vain nimenä tuttu mutta musatyyliään en tuntenut lainkaan. Musana kaukana siitä, mistä pidän. Kuitenkin, jos herrat Becker ja Fagen olivat kuuluisia perfektionismistaan niin totisesti se levyltä kuuluu. Hurjaa virtuositeettia, jota on mukava kuunnella. Ehkä koko albumi tätä kuitenkin vähän liikaa… Hyvä ja ennen muuta taitava levy. 3/5

3 puntos. Melodías que no se te quedan en la cabeza. Es para escuchar una vez y punto.

Very slick and well-produced. I enjoy the jazz elements, but the album’s still a little boring. It’s not commercial slop, but it’s lacking the edge of their first couple albums.

Standouts Black Cow Deacon Blues

This was a good album, I really liked the jazz and funk theme throughout. However there were some places in which it was lacking, like the second track I felt wasn’t the strongest. Favourite - peg

uhhhh its good but it so dad rock, like uhhhhh

its okay, not sure when i would listen to it or if i would listen to it again but i like some songs.

Chill, para poner de fondo

Ideal for those who wish Joni Mitchell's jazz period albums like "Don Juan's Restless Daughter" and "Mingus" sounded a bit more like George Benson or Boz Scaggs. Jazz Rock polished to the point of smooth sterility, it's an audiophile wet dream. Magnificent playing from the very best session players, lush harmonies, but we're a very long way away from "Ricky Don't Lose That Number" or "Reelin' in the Years" and not necessarily the better for it.

I liked it more than I thought I would but no where near as much as John Mulaney apparently does.

Classic 70s radio music. Interesting mix of pop and jazz

sounds cool and well made, but I'd probably have to listen to it more carefully to understand it better. Unfortunately, after one hearing, i wouldn't be able to differentiate between this and similar bands of that time

Steely Dan is not a band I’ve listened to much before, and so it was a treat to listening to this very prog rock album, which features literary references, a plethora of instrumentations, and long, meandering tracks. It grew on me more while listening, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that it was highly polished lounge music. The lyricism is very good, and the innovative harmonies and vocals are interesting and well done, but I didn’t fall in love with any tracks besides “Deacon Blues”. 3 stars for me.

Funky groove but overall listening experience was relatively average. This aside, the record has clearly had influence on future sonic works. 6/10

Can’t Buy a Thrill is definitely Steely Dan’s peak. This was alright, quite a switch up from that album, much more bluesy and jazzy

Favorite: Aja

Prob not the best steely dan songs I've heard, but the style is the same.

Third Steely Dan, and an album which has long been overdue. Shortly after I listened to "Countdown To Ecstasy" I downloaded a bunch of albums onto my phone from the artists of this list whose work I liked and wanted to explore more of. Needless to say, this album was among the 20 or so I downloaded and never got around to hearing. It's been a looong time since the last Steely Dan. About 390 albums - the longest gap to date. I know this is the most acclaimed release from the band, so it seems right to be jumping back in with this album. Here's hoping it's good. Yeah. This is fine, but kind of a bummer. It's unfortunate that my Steely Dan journey began with their debut album as the group have largely been unable to live up to my expectations since. "Can't Buy a Thrill" has an astute musical sense which none of their later albums are able to capture. "The Nightfly" came relatively close, however. I kind of regret undercutting that album by saying it should have been removed from the list - maybe it's due for a relisten. Anyways, this album is duuullll. There's a deafening emptiness hanging over much of this music which can adequately be attributed to how homogenised and one-note the instrumentals are. Admittedly, I admire how well-paired and cohesive the instruments on this album are, but such an approach is diametrically opposed to what I value in music. I like big instrumentals with distinctive, moving parts that work together to form a greater whole while also being dissonant in a way. By comparison, this music is pedestrian to me with how well everything flows together. It's for this reason that I don't see why Wikipedia describes this album is a go-to for audiophiles who want to test their gear. What you hear is what you get with this album, and there isn't much that a good audio setup is capable of animating or fleshing out. Hey, there's "Peg". I, of course, know of this song because of how extensively it was sampled on "Eye Know" by De La Soul - one of the few hip-hop songs I like. The strange feeling of being presented with songs that I'm vaguely familiar with is always enjoyable, particularly in the case of sampling. The first 45 seconds of this song honestly had me on edge. It made me stop what I was doing and stand to attention, trying to pin where I'd heard the funky bass and plucky acoustic guitar before. Even the similar, albeit unsampled "I know they're gonna love it" vocal section managed to slip by me before I was bowled over by that signature sax. It's probably sacreligious to compare a hip-hop track to a boomer rock song, but I honestly can't listen to Peg without wanting to put on Eye Know. The latter song is considerably more fleshed out and has a much fuller sound. By comparison, this tune is competent on the whole, but the dynamism just isn't there. The funky backing instrumental is stretched way too thin for my liking. The other instruments occasionally and intermittently jilt the piece, but never in a way which builds towards something satisfying. That isn't to say the song is bad, however. The sampled components of this song are fundamentally good. I just know where they were put to better use. I don't need to check the book for this album. Like I said earlier, I know that this album is widely considered to be the band's career highlight, so I like to think this album is in here on good authority. I cosign this inclusion.

Album 161. Aja — Steely Dan (1977) Probably the most smooth and jazzy Steely Dan album. I like it, but it's so tiresome... 3/5 Liked: — Black Cow — Deacon Blues — Peg — Josie

Ok

If I hadn’t been on a run I think I may have fallen asleep. How can a band with a name like steely dan be so mellow? In the end I didn’t hate it but it wasn’t for me.

Entiendo porque trasciende, es algo diferente, casi que tiene un sonido único. Al no ser mi tipo no me deja ninguna canción especifica en mi cabeza pero siento que funciona muy bien como álbum. 1.Aja 2.Peg

Está bien, los 70 fueron una década extraña en música…

No real opinion on Steely Dan’s jazz rock thing. Josie only thing here that’s kinda bad but didn’t love anything either. Peg’s the best

There is plenty to value here. Its got obvious songwriting skill, good playing and seems bright and well done. I really tried to engage with it emotionally but couldnt.

Oh lol MFDoom samples that opening track “Black Cow” Great bass lines across this thang, particularly on Home at Last and Peg Probably closer to a 4

FUN

Decent. Not my jam ngl

Le blues n'est pas mon style mais c'était franchement pas mal

LOVED IT

7/10

Hey I actually knew this one already!

3.75 - Funny enough, I got sent a video yesterday that was a piano cord lesson and the last cord was the first cord in the song 'Peg' and it said "YOU JUST GOT PEGGED" And that happened to be today, when I listened to this album. Not my fav steely Dan but absolutely some hits. Fav Songs: Deacon Blues // Peg

There’s one word I can use – smooth. This opening track is just so pleasing to listen to, great little synth solo too. The title track is just an explosion of musicianship. Everyone gets a chance to shine here and there’s great use of dynamics. Though there is great musicianship (I have read that they employed the talents of a bunch of session musicians) I feel a bit let down with some of the songs. Sure they’re polished and sound aesthetically pleasing, but I don’t FEEL much at all from them. It’s kind of hard to explain, I’m torn. I began to feel this as one song bled into the next with not much really grabbing me. It’s a shame as I’d heard about this album from an old band mate a while back so expected something else. There are some more popular SD tracks that I really like, particularly Reelin in the Years which I think is fantastic. Perhaps I’d have liked more in that vein.

I honestly didn't give this a full enough listen, but I absorbed a lot of Steely Dan as a child so I get it. Solid album.

I didn't hate this as much as I thought I would. Actually quite interesting and a few tracks I recognised. One or two I found a little too clever for their own good but not objectionable

I liked can’t buy a thrill more

This is good, I did not know steely Dan sounded like this

No suelo escuchar jazz, me costó un poco osea si me concentraba por ahí vibraba bastante con la canción pero me costo

Honestly a little boring. Have always heard great things about this album but it feel flat for me. Not bad per say, just not memorable.

Me gustó la mezcla de rock y jazz.

The second Steely Dan album in two weeks? God mocks me.

The Yacht Rock Era has given Steely Dan new life post-2000, and I'm glad for them. They're obviously masterful musicians who are the kings of this kind of smooth, jazzy rock. It's something I respect more than I actually enjoy. There's nothing disagreeable on this album; I appreciate their skill and what they pull of in these songs. But I wouldn't cue up Aja on my own volition. "Peg" is fun, but I prefer De La Soul's "Eye Know." Sorry, Jeremy.

Quality production, and the title track has some cool solo parts. Overall, it’s hard to find anything to fault with this album—maybe it’s worth another listen sometime, but for now, a 3.

Good but not enough to push to 4

pink panther tip toe

This was alright, I'm not a huge fan of Steely Dan, I think I enjoyed another album of theirs more than this one, but overall an OK 3 star album

I like the idea of this album more than the actual album. The hits are strong, but the rest of the album did not hold my interest. 3 stars.

This was good, though many of the songs blended together a little too much. I appreciate this but probably wouldn't revisit super often.

I want to like this so much more than I do, but there's a feeling I get with the sound/production value, something to do with soft rock stations and growing up... I don't know. It's like an objectively good album but I guess it's just not for me

okay flute!

cool but nit for me too happy ahhh

7/10

I could listen to it in the background but wouldn’t willingly go out of my way for this. This is better than some of the pretty shirty 2s I’ve heard so I guess it’s in the middle.

Not bad music but some of the tracks were super long and i wish they would have been a little bit shorter

Hmmmm. Fun, smooth, good, but not great. I'd say this is record is super dependent on set & setting. A sunny sunday with a drink in my hand? 6/5 project. And when Aja is at it's best ("Peg" is so obviously it's best), it can teleport you to that sunny day, no matter where you stand. There is a creeping sense of unease this album can instill if you catch it on a bad day. I get how you can hear a facade put up by Steely Dan with their conspicuously easy instrumental deliveries and ultra-shiny lyrics about drinking scotch whiskey. Perhaps a microcosm of my entire listening relationship with Steely Dan, I'll take the hits from this and leave the rest. 3/5

Plutôt bon album. L'ambiance était soigné avec une patte très particulière comme toujours avec Steely Dan. Néanmoins, même si certains éléments ont su sortir de l'ordinaire comme les bass lines de presque tous les morceaux qui happent l'auditoire de manière très efficace, j'ai trouvé l'album assez moyen passé les trois premiers sons, avec une certaine répétitivité dans les sonorités, ce qui est assez dommage connaissant la diversité qu'a pu nous offrir Donald Fagen par la suite. En résumé je trouve l'album assez surcoté pour ce qu'il propose même si ça reste de bonne qualité

I should have been high when listening to this.

Jesus, my second Steely Dan album in a week. This one starts off with a sample I remember from a hiphop track, kind of funky. The guy's voice is slightly less annoying in this track than in the last album I pulled, Countdown to Ecstasy. Later on I hear the sample of De La Soul's Eye Know. Definitely this album is better than Countdown. This is about as good as Can't Buy a Thrill, though it's different, funkier. 3/5

Nothing is really bad or anything per se, but this whole record feels a bit too clean and rigidly structured. It doesn’t feel alive to me. Also I hate the fusion rock saxophone production on here.

Heard it so much I can’t objectively rate it…

Steely Dan is a the safest music I’ve ever heard.

This is one of those albums that I've seen everywhere and I know it's a total classic but I don't think I've ever heard it. I was never really in to Steely Dan but I don't think I have any real negative thoughts towards them either. I appreciate their jazzier vibes and their musicianship is always amazing. Looking forward to listening to this one. Ok so this album is incredibly well played and orchestrated. Really really good musicianship here. There is definitely nothing you can fault in that department. But I feel like the whole album is just lacking something. I can't really say what. It's a bit too shiny and polished maybe? It's all very bright and new sounding. And there's nothing that really grabs you and pulls you in. I feel like this could be playing in the background and you might pick up a bit here and there but it wouldn't really make you listen. I get why it's a classic but there are much better albums out there. This one kind of needs to pick a lane. 3.5/5 but rounding down because it isn't quite there to round up.

Not my thing. If I am going to listen to that type of music I would much rather prefer Frank Zappa

This is a kind of soft-rock that I think is now pejoratively termed "yacht rock". My Dad loves Steely Dan; all I could think about while listening to it was "oh, where have I heard that before?"

Peg is an undeniable banger.

Was fine I guess but not memorable

Yeah, what should I think of this? Nice music, sure, but it doesn't do much for me.

Listened to this on the plane to Ireland. Yet again reinforces that my brain likes jazzy tunes. I guess i wouldnt call this album suuuuper memorable but I saved one song.