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Steely Dan hadn't been a real working band since Pretzel Logic, but with Aja, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's obsession with sonic detail and fascination with composition reached new heights. A coolly textured and immaculately produced collection of sophisticated jazz-rock, Aja has none of the overt cynicism or self-consciously challenging music that distinguished previous Steely Dan records. Instead, it's a measured and textured album, filled with subtle melodies and accomplished, jazzy solos that blend easily into the lush instrumental backdrops. But Aja isn't just about texture, since Becker and Fagen's songs are their most complex and musically rich set of songs -- even the simplest song, the sunny pop of "Peg," has layers of jazzy vocal harmonies. In fact, Steely Dan ignores rock on Aja, preferring to fuse cool jazz, blues, and pop together in a seamless, seductive fashion. It's complex music delivered with ease, and although the duo's preoccupation with clean sound and self-consciously sophisticated arrangements would eventually lead to a dead end, Aja is a shining example of jazz-rock at its finest.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Donald Fagen, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Rainey, Participant - Victor Feldman, Participant - Tom Scott, Conductor, Participant, RecordingArranger - Steely Dan, MainArtist - GARY KATZ, Producer - WALTER BECKER, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Donald Fagen, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Rainey, Participant - Victor Feldman, Participant - Steve Gadd, Participant - Tom Scott, RecordingArranger - Steely Dan, MainArtist - GARY KATZ, Producer - WALTER BECKER, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Shorter, Participant
℗ 1977 Geffen Records
Donald Fagen, ComposerLyricist - Victor Feldman, Piano - Tom Scott, RecordingArranger - LEE RITENOUR, Guitar - Steely Dan, MainArtist - GARY KATZ, Producer - WALTER BECKER, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Khan, Guitar - Donald Fagen, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Rainey, DoubleBass - Gary Coleman, Percussion - Don Grolnick, Clavichord - Rick Marotta, DrumKit - Victor Feldman, Percussion - MICHAEL MCDONALD, BackgroundVocalist - Tom Scott, Other - JAY GRAYDON, Guitar - Paul Griffin, Rhodes , BackgroundVocalist - Steely Dan, MainArtist - GARY KATZ, Producer - WALTER BECKER, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Donald Fagen, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Rainey, Participant - Victor Feldman, Participant - Tom Scott, RecordingArranger - Steely Dan, MainArtist - GARY KATZ, Producer - WALTER BECKER, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Donald Fagen, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Rainey, Participant - Victor Feldman, Participant - Tom Scott, RecordingArranger - Steely Dan, MainArtist - GARY KATZ, Producer - WALTER BECKER, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar - Timothy B. Schmit, BackgroundVocalist - Roger Nichols, Engineer - Donald Fagen, Synthesizer, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - Chuck Rainey, BassGuitar - Jim Keltner, Percussion, DrumKit - BILL SCHNEE, Engineer - Victor Feldman, Piano - Tom Scott, Conductor, RecordingArranger - ELLIOT SCHEINER, Engineer - Steely Dan, MainArtist - GARY KATZ, Producer - WALTER BECKER, Guitar, ComposerLyricist - Al Schmitt, Engineer - LARRY CARLTON, Guitar
℗ 1977 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Steely Dan hadn't been a real working band since Pretzel Logic, but with Aja, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's obsession with sonic detail and fascination with composition reached new heights. A coolly textured and immaculately produced collection of sophisticated jazz-rock, Aja has none of the overt cynicism or self-consciously challenging music that distinguished previous Steely Dan records. Instead, it's a measured and textured album, filled with subtle melodies and accomplished, jazzy solos that blend easily into the lush instrumental backdrops. But Aja isn't just about texture, since Becker and Fagen's songs are their most complex and musically rich set of songs -- even the simplest song, the sunny pop of "Peg," has layers of jazzy vocal harmonies. In fact, Steely Dan ignores rock on Aja, preferring to fuse cool jazz, blues, and pop together in a seamless, seductive fashion. It's complex music delivered with ease, and although the duo's preoccupation with clean sound and self-consciously sophisticated arrangements would eventually lead to a dead end, Aja is a shining example of jazz-rock at its finest.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:54
- Main artists: Steely Dan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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