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The drum solo at the end of the title track by Steve Gadd is also astounding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounded by core members Walter Becker (bass) and Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards), Steely Dan's popularity rose throughout the late 1970s on, and their seven albums throughout that period of time blended elements of jazz, rock, funk, R\u0026amp;B, and pop. Steely Dan created a sophisticated, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the recording studio. Becker and Fagen, with producer Gary Katz, gradually changed Steely Dan from a performing band to a studio project, hiring session musicians to record their compositions. The duo didn't perform live between 1974 and 1993. 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For this listener, it's the best digital format I know outside of the higher-res rates found only in professional situations, and I'm hard-pressed to find fault with this disc, even when auditioned side-by-side with the LPs. The sax break in 'Dirty Work' and the vocals throughout are enough to convince any who have been undecided about embracing SACD, which survives in spite of its relative obscurity. For now, this is the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eonly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eway to enjoy Steely Dan if you've forsaken vinyl.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSound Quality = 90% — Ken Kessler, \u003cem\u003eHiFi News, \u003c\/em\u003eMay 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteely Dan's platinum-selling debut studio album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan't Buy A Thrill\u003c\/em\u003e, released in November 1972, was a commercial success, peaking at No. 17 on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBillboard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echart. It later appeared on many professional listings of the greatest albums, including Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003emagazine's \"500 Greatest Albums of All Time\" (2003)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was written by band members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, recorded in August 1972 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, and produced by Gary Katz. Its music features tight song structure and sounds from soft rock, folk rock, and pop, alongside philosophical, elliptical lyrics. Two songs recorded during the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan't Buy A Thrill\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esessions were left off the album and released as a single: \"Dallas\" b\/w \"Sail the Waterway.\" This is the only Steely Dan album to include David Palmer as a lead vocalist, having been recruited after Donald Fagen expressed concerns over singing live. Drummer Jim Hodder also chips in lead vocals on one song, \"Midnite Cruiser\" (sometimes spelled \"Midnight Cruiser\"), as well as singing the \"Dallas\" single. By the time recording of the next album began, the band and producer Gary Katz had convinced Fagen to assume the full lead vocalist role.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egave the album 4.5 stars, with reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine praising the core duo Walter Becker and Donald Fagen as \"remarkable craftsmen.\" Erlewine noted that \"there are very few of the jazz flourishes that came to distinguish their (later) albums\", but added that the first single from the album, \"Do It Again,\" incorporates a tight Latin jazz beat, while the second single, \"Reelin' In the Years,\" features jazzy guitar solos and harmonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, in its review, said the debut album was a collection of some of the group's best jazz\/rock songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Two of Fagen's four (vocal solo) songs were the singles, ‘Do It Again' and ‘Reelin' In The Years,' the later starting off (and continues throughout) with a ripping solo by session player, Elliot Randall, and in fact, was rated by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page as his favourite guitar solo of all time. 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And yet it is quintessential Dan, and the album which gave us guaranteed classics in 'Kid Charlemagne,' 'Haitian Divorce,' and 'The Fez.' Although the jazz-inflected rock genre has been maligned of late with the sarcastic epithet 'Yacht Rock,' this album is utterly gorgeous and continually rewarding, especially for rock devotees who love cryptic lyrics and superior musicianship. If you can't afford the UHQR vinyl, it's sublime on SACD.\" — Sound Quality: 90% — Ken Kessler, \u003cem\u003eHi Fi News\u003c\/em\u003e, December 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteely Dan's platinum-selling fifth studio album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Royal Scam\u003c\/em\u003e, was produced by Gary Katz and was originally released by ABC Records in 1976.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Royal Scam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeatures more prominent guitar work than the prior Steely Dan album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaty Lied\u003c\/em\u003e, which had been the first without founding guitarist Jeff Baxter. Guitarists on the recording include Walter Becker, Denny Dias, Larry Carlton, Elliott Randall and Dean Parks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was certified platinum-selling and peaked at No. 15 on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBillboard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e200.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn common with other Steely Dan albums,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Royal Scam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis littered with cryptic allusions to people and events both real and fictional. In a BBC interview in 2000, Becker and Fagen revealed that \"Kid Charlemagne\" is loosely based on Owsley Stanley, the notorious drug \"chef\" who was famous for manufacturing hallucinogenic compounds, and that \"Caves of Altamira,\" based on a book by Hans Baumann, is about the loss of innocence, the narrative about a visitor to the Cave of Altamira who registers his astonishment at the prehistoric drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, in its review of the album, described\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Royal Scam\u003c\/em\u003e, as Steely Dan's \"mostatypical record, possessing neither obvious AM material nor seductive lyrical mysteriousness. It also contains some of their most accomplished and enjoyable music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"... the overall feeling of\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eScam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of just that: tension. There is little of the self-confident gentleness that dotted\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePretzel Logic\u003c\/em\u003e, less still of the omniscience that suffused\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaty Lied\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Royal Scam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a transitional album for Steely Dan; melody dominates lyric in the sense that the former pushes into new rhythmic areas for the group (more \"pure\" jazz, semireggae and substantially more orchestration than before) while the verbal content is clearer, even mundane, by previous Dan standards,\" said the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereview.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNearly every song on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econcerns a narrator's escape from a crime or sing recently committed, the review continued. \"Becker and Fagen have really written the ultimate 'outlaw' album here, something that eludes myriad Southern bands because their concept of the outlaw is so limited. Rather than just, say, robbing banks ('Don't Take Me Alive,' in which the robber is a 'bookkeeper's son'), Becker and Fagen's various protagonists are also solipsistic jewel thieves ('Green Earrings'), spendthrift divorcées ('Haitian Divorce') and murderously jealous lovers ('Everything You Did').\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAllMusic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003egives the album 4.5 stars, saying the best songs on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Royal Scam\u003c\/em\u003e, \"Kid Charlemagne\" and \"Sign in Stranger\" \"rank as genuine Steely Dan classics.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album cover shows a man in a suit, sleeping on a radiator, and apparently dreaming of skyscraper-beast hybrids. The cover was created from a painting by Zox and a photograph by Charlie Ganse, and was originally created for Van Morrison's unreleased 1975 album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMechanical Bliss\u003c\/em\u003e, the concept being a satire of the American Dream. In the liner notes for the 1999 remaster of the album, Fagen and Becker claim it to be \"the most hideous album cover of the seventies, bar none (excepting perhaps\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan't Buy a Thrill\u003c\/em\u003e).\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a brief battle with esophageal cancer, Walter Becker died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 67. 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Steely Dan created a sophisticated, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the recording studio. Becker and Fagen, with producer Gary Katz, gradually changed Steely Dan from a performing band to a studio project, hiring session musicians to record their compositions. The duo didn't perform live between 1974 and 1993. But their popularity nevertheless grew throughout the '70s as their albums became critical favorites and their singles became staples of Adult Oriented Radio and pop radio stations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike Steely Dan's 1972 debut album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan't Buy A Thrill\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCountdown to Ecstasy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas a rock sound that exhibits a strong influence from jazz. It comprises uptempo, four-to-five-minute rock songs, which, apart from the bluesy vamps of \"Bodhisattva\" and \"Show Biz Kids,\" are subtly textured and feature jazz-inspired interludes.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCountdown to Ecstasy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas the only album written by Steely Dan for a live band. \"My Old School\" features reverent horns and aggressive piano riffs and guitar solos. \"The Boston Rag\" develops from a jazzy song to unrefined playing by the band, including a distorted guitar solo by Jeff \"Skunk\" Baxter. Jim Hodder's drumming eschews rock music for pop and jazz grooves. Bop-style jazz soloing is set in the context of a pop song on \"Bodhisattva\". Commenting on the album's style and production, Tom Hull says it is \"clean, almost slick\", with \"no dissonance, no clutter,\" reminiscent of 1940s bop and \"the overproduced early 60s pop rock.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCountdown to Ecstasy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ehas lyrical themes similar to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan't Buy A Thrill\u003c\/em\u003e. It explores topics such as drug abuse, class envy, and West Coast excess. \"My Old School\" is inspired by a drug bust involving Walter Becker and Donald Fagen at Bard College, \"King of the World\" explores a post-Nuclear holocaust United States, and \"Show Biz Kids\" satirizes contemporary Los Angeles lifestyles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edescribed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCountdown To Ecstasy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas \"another dose of mainstream rock and roll, restating the basic themes of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan't Buy A Thrill\u003c\/em\u003e, but this time concentrating a bit more on the rocking side of their style.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original cover painting was by Fagen's then-girlfriend Dorothy White. At the insistence of ABC Records president Jay Lasker, however, several figures had to be added when he found the discrepancy between five band members and three figures on the cover unacceptable. The proofs for the album cover were later stolen during a dispute over the final layout. The back cover features an orchid surrounded by the band and their recording equipment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a brief battle with esophageal cancer, Walter Becker died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 67. 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Their sound is as slippery as their (lyrical) irony.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaucho\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— the seventh studio album by Steely Dan released in November 1980 — and Grammy-winner for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording, was also nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sessions for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaucho\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erepresented the band's typical penchant for studio perfectionism and obsessive recording technique. To record the album, the band used at least 42 different musicians, spent over a year in the studio, and far exceeded the original monetary advance given by the record label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the two-year span in which the album was recorded, the band was plagued by a number of creative, personal and professional problems. MCA, Warner Bros. and Steely Dan had a three-way legal battle over the rights to release the album. After it was released, jazz musician Keith Jarrett was given a co-writing credit on the title track after threatening legal action over plagiarism of Jarrett's song \"'Long As You Know You're Living Yours.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaucho\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emarked a significant stylistic change for the band, introducing a more minimal, groove- and atmosphere-based format. The harmonically complex chord changes that were a distinctive mark of earlier Steely Dan songs are less prominent on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaucho\u003c\/em\u003e, with the record's songs tending to revolve around a single rhythm or mood, although complex chord progressions were still present particularly in \"Babylon Sisters\" and \"Glamour Profession.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaucho\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproved to be Steely Dan's final studio album that Donald Fagen and Walter Becker would make together until the year 2000. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaucho\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereached No. 9 on the U.S. album chart and was certified platinum-selling. \"Hey Nineteen\" reached No. 10 on the U.S. Singles Chart and went to No. 1 in Canada.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/em\u003e, in its review, describes the almost \"pathologically overdetermined production\" as elegant, arid and a little forbidding. \"Every last tinkling chime sounds like it took 12 days to mix, because chances are, it did.\" The New York Times deemed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaucho\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe best album of 1980, beating out Talking Heads'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRemain in Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Joy Division's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCloser\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounded by core members Walter Becker (bass) and Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards), Steely Dan's popularity rose throughout the late 1970s on, and their seven albums throughout that period of time blended elements of jazz, rock, funk, R\u0026amp;B, and pop. Steely Dan created a sophisticated, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the recording studio. Becker and Fagen, with producer Gary Katz, gradually changed Steely Dan from a performing band to a studio project, hiring session musicians to record their compositions. The duo didn't perform live between 1974 and 1993. But their popularity nevertheless grew throughout the '70s as their albums became critical favorites and their singles became staples of Adult Oriented Radio and pop radio stations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a brief battle with esophageal cancer, Walter Becker died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 67. 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This SACD edition of Steely Dan's fourth album, from 1975, sounds simply sensational: clean, crisp and — yes — 'analogue-ish.' I'd forgotten how many superior numbers it contains: 'Black Friday,' 'Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More,' 'Everyone's Gone To The Movies,' 'Doctor Wu,' and six more jazzy stunners. As you'd expect, the lineup of musicians is stellar (Rick Derringer!), and its elevated place in the audiophile pantheon is a no-brainer. For my money, it slaughters\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAja\u003c\/em\u003e. — Sound Quality: 90% — Ken Kessler,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHi Fi News\u003c\/em\u003e, September 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaty Lied\u003c\/em\u003e, Steely Dan's fourth studio album, originally released in 1975 by ABC Records, was certified gold-selling and peaked at No. 13 on the U.S. charts. The single \"Black Friday\" also charted at No. 37.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePitchfork\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003enoted: \"(\u003cem\u003eKaty Lied\u003c\/em\u003e) captures Steely Dan in the thick of it all, still hungry and energized by their early burst of creativity but not taking anything for granted. Before\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaty Lied\u003c\/em\u003e, Steely Dan was a rock band, but this is the record where they became something else.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounded by core members Walter Becker (bass) and Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards), Steely Dan's popularity rose throughout the late 1970s on, and their seven albums throughout that period of time blended elements of jazz, rock, funk, R\u0026amp;B, and pop. Steely Dan created a sophisticated, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the recording studio. Becker and Fagen, with producer Gary Katz, gradually changed Steely Dan from a performing band to a studio project, hiring session musicians to record their compositions. The duo didn't perform live between 1974 and 1993. But their popularity nevertheless grew throughout the '70s as their albums became critical favorites and their singles became staples of Adult Oriented Radio and pop radio stations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaty Lied\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas notable for Becker and Fagen being intially unhappy with the album's sound quality owing to an equipment malfunction with the then new dbx noise reduction system. Working with engineers at dbx, the sound was corrected and the album ultimately became successful, but Fagen and Becker still refused to listen to the completed version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaty Lied\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealso marks the first appearance of singer Michael McDonald on a Steely Dan album. Best known for his soulful voice as a member of the Doobie Brothers, McDonald is a five-time Grammy winner and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Doobie Brothers in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album cover features a picture of a katydid, a \"singing\" (stridulating) insect related to crickets and grasshoppers. This is most likely a pun on the album's title; the \"singing\" of a katydid sounds as though they're saying \"Katy did, Katy didn't.\" Lyrics in the song \"Doctor Wu\" include \"Katy tried, I was halfway crucified\" and \"Katy lies, you can see it in her eyes.\" The premise of the theme of Katy \"lying\" is based on a quote from Denny Dias when he came to the studio to play on \"Your Gold Teeth II.\" Jeff Porcaro, then only 21 years old, played drums on all the songs except \"Any World (That I'm Welcome To),\" which features legendary session drummer Hal Blaine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a brief battle with esophageal cancer, Walter Becker died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 67. Steely Dan has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVH1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eranked Steely Dan at No. 82 on their list of the 100 Greatest Musical Artists of All Time.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eranked them No. 15 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STEELY DAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49251277865204,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0395\/2040\/3623\/files\/CAPP_137_SA__171043__08112022015236-9566.jpg?v=1787540498"},{"product_id":"steely-dan-two-against-nature-sacd","title":"STEELY DAN - TWO AGAINST (ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS) HYBRID SACD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo Against Nature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— Steely Dan's Grammy winner for Album of the Year! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe brilliance of Steely Dan on Hybrid SACD from Analogue Productions! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNewly remastered from the original analog tape by Bernie Grundman direct to DSD. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoused in a super jewel case box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo Against Nature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrought Steely Dan renewed commercial and critical success. Their first studio album after a 20-year hiatus, the album was released on February 29, 2000. At\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetacritic.com\u003c\/em\u003e, which assigns a normalized rating on a scale of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album drew a \"generally favorable\" average score of 77, based on 13 reviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWriting in March 2000 for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/em\u003e, Robert Christgau applauded the music as an excellent \"rock comeback\" and a \"jumpier and snappier, sourer and trickier and less soothing\" iteration of the jazz pop featured on Steely Dan's 1977 album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAja\u003c\/em\u003e, describing it as \"postfunk.\" Stephen Thomas Erlewine of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eappreciated the \"sharp humor\" in the lyrics, but was especially impressed by the music's \"depth and character,\" as he observed \"nearly endless permutations within their signature sound.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcoustic Sounds is honored to reissue the Steely Dan album catalog in a way that best shares the group's unmistakable sound with decades of devoted fans. Each Hybrid SACD reissue in the Analogue Productions Steely Dan Series is newly remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original master tape direct to DSD. The result is more sonic punch and more expression captured from the tape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounded by core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan's popularity rose throughout the late 1970s on, and their seven albums over that period of time blended elements of jazz, rock, funk, R\u0026amp;B, and pop. Steely Dan created a sophisticated, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the recording studio. Becker and Fagen, with producer Gary Katz, gradually changed Steely Dan from a performing band to a studio project, hiring session musicians to record their compositions. The duo didn't perform live between 1974 and 1993. But their popularity nevertheless grew throughout the '70s as their albums became critical favorites and their singles became staples of Adult Oriented Radio and pop radio stations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecker (bass) and Fagen (vocals, keyboards) were the core members of Steely Dan throughout its incarnations. Since reuniting in 1993, Steely Dan has toured steadily and released two albums of new material, the first of which,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo Against Nature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2000) earned a Grammy Award at the 2001 ceremony for Album of the Year as well as three other Grammys: Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Engineered Album — Non-Classical, and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (for the single \"Cousin Dupree\"). Commercially, it peaked at No. 6 on the U.S.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBillboard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e200 chart and sold more than 1 million copies, earning a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a brief battle with esophageal cancer, Walter Becker died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 67. 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Then again, the romantically involved partners weren't exactly burning up the charts on their own. Their Buckingham Nicks LP was largely ignored upon release and found the twosome questioning their futures. But fate has a weird way of operating, and rather than recruiting another six-string blues virtuoso into the mix, Fleetwood Mac called an audible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrompted to visit Sound City Studios after telling someone in a grocery store he needed a place to record Fleetwood Mac's 10th album, Fleetwood heard Buckingham Nicks played back by Olsen as a demonstration of the studio's capabilities. Unable to forget what he heard, the drummer soon invited Buckingham to join his band. Displaying his now-famous reluctance to cede any creative control, Buckingham initially hedged before accepting on one condition: He and Nicks came as a package.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat agreement stands as one of the most significant career-altering moves any band ever made. Suffice it to say Nicks' Plan B — \"we can always quit,\" she reasoned to Buckingham — stayed on the backburner. After rehearsing together for just 10 days and sussing out potential roles, the new iteration of Fleetwood Mac entered Sound City in January 1975 and laid down the tracks for the showstopper\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eput on its Greatest Albums of All Time list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many ways, Fleetwood Mac got far more than they bargained for in taking on the American duo. 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