Steely Dan – Aja (Hybrid SACD)
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Lead Vocals, Synthesizer – Donald Fagen [click here to see more vinyl featuring Donald Fagen]
Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Rebecca Louis, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields, Donald Fagen, Timothy B. Schmit, Michael McDonald, Paul Griffin
Bass – Chuck Rainey, Walter Becker
Clavinet – Joe Sample, Don Grolnick
Drums – Paul Humphrey, Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdie, Rick Marotta, Jim Keltner
Electric Piano – Victor Feldman, Joe Sample, Paul Griffin
Guitar – Larry Carlton, Denny Dias, Walter Becker, Lee Ritenour, Steve Khan, Dean Parks
Guitar Solo - Jay Graydon, Walter Becker
Lyricon - Tom Scott
Percussion - Victor Feldman, Garry Coleman, Jim Keltner
Piano - Michael Omartian, Victor Feldman
Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott, Waybe Shorter, Pete Christlied
Vibraphone - Victor Feldman
All songs written by Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
1 Hybrid SACD
Stereo
Studio
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : ABC
Recorded at A&R Studios, New York, NY and ABC Recording Studios
Produced by Gary Katz
Mastered By Bernie Grundman
Liner Notes by Michael Phalen, Steve Diener
Originally released in September 1977
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
1. Black Cow
2. Aja
3. Deacon Blues
4. Peg
5. Home At Last
6. I Got The News
7. Josie
Awards:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Ranked 63/500
Reviews :
"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. " AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.52 / 5