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The album sold well in the United States, though without the strength of a hit single. In the UK the single "Haitian Divorce" (Top 20) drove album sales, becoming Steely Dan's first major hit there. [29] Steely Dan's sixth album, the jazz-influenced Aja, was released in September 1977.
The album was Steely Dan's last to be made and released while the group was still an active touring band, as well as the final album to feature the band's full quintet-lineup of Becker, Fagen, Denny Dias, Jim Hodder, and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (who subsequently left to join the Doobie Brothers), though it also features significant contributions ...
The collection, or parts of it, was also released under numerous album names, such as Donald Fagan and Walter Becker of Steely Dan, and Walter Becker / Donald Fagen - The Early Years. [1] The most complete collections are Android Warehouse , [ 2 ] and Catalyst: The Original Recordings 1968-71 [ 3 ] for a total of 28 or 29 songs (the latter ...
The Very Best of Steely Dan: Do It Again. Release date: October 1987; Label: Telstar — — — — — — 64 1993 Remastered: The Best of Steely Dan – Then and Now. Release date: November 1993; Label: MCA — 34 21 7 — 38 42 ARIA: Platinum [19] 2000 Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980. Release date: November 14, 2000; Label ...
Aja (/ ˈ eɪ ʒ ə /, pronounced "Asia") is the sixth studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released on September 23, 1977, by ABC Records.For the album, band leaders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker pushed Steely Dan further into experimenting with different combinations of session players, enlisting the services of nearly 40 musicians, while pursuing longer, more sophisticated ...
Hal Leonard's The Best of Steely Dan describes Gaucho as "a concept album of seven interrelated tales about would-be hipsters." [33] According to Ian MacDonald, "Two songs are about hookers, two more concern the doings of coke dealers, and a fifth depicts the denouement of a seedy marital dispute. What redeems it all is the humour and artistry.
At one point in the documentary, Price rings up Donald Fagen, 76, the surviving full-time member of Steely Dan, the landmark '70s group behind yacht rock classics like "Ricki Don't Lose My Number ...
Katy Lied is the fourth studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released in March 1975, by ABC Records; reissues have since been released by MCA Records due to ABC's acquisition by the former in 1979.