The Nightfly
Donald Fagen

This was actually pretty good. It has the familiar Steely Dan sound: intelligent, modern, tight, soulful, groovy, jazz, pop. I could picture some of these songs sounding REALLY nice live. "New Frontiers" for example, which is my initial favorite. "Green Flower Street" would be another. Both songs have a nice groove, with percussion I'd love to see set free from the machine. I honestly thought this was going to be a 3/5 for me but the more I sit with it, the more deserving it feels... and sounds... so I'm edging it up to 4/5, and interested to hear more. (Some 1993 tracks the Algorithm sent my way sounded great.) Sit with it and see what you think!

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