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Solid review, Mike! I agree with 99% of what you went over. Glad to see someone show some love for “Two Against Nature”. My first big concert was Steely Dan at Mohegan Sun during the tour for that album. Some really underrated sax solos from Chris Potter on there. As for the Gary Katz production, my dad sold high end home theater setups for over 20 years and “Aja” was always one of the first albums that he’d use to demo how good the stereos sound.
Thanks for listening Zack! Those Chris Potter solos are definitely a highlight of the album for me. It must’ve been awesome to hear Aja through different high quality theater setups!
Steely Dan's first tour was as an opening act for Cheech and Chong... I was fortunate to see them in 1974 prior to the release of Pretzel Logic, and it was epic. It held me over till they toured again in the 90's.
Of course "Everything Must Go" sounds like the leftovers of 2 Against Nature, it's implied in the title that it may very well be such the case. They're saying basically "Here's all we have left, everything must go now"
No way that Gaucho is B. A very underrated album that is much better than the credits it usually gets. Certainly better than Katy Lied and Two against nature.
70s Steely Dan is only topped by... absolutely nobody ! Not even Todd Rundgren, my favorite alltime musician. About Katy Lied, I remember reading that the initial recordings were lost or maybe destroyed and they had to rerecord it in a hurry from scratch.
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Solid review, Mike! I agree with 99% of what you went over. Glad to see someone show some love for “Two Against Nature”. My first big concert was Steely Dan at Mohegan Sun during the tour for that album. Some really underrated sax solos from Chris Potter on there.
As for the Gary Katz production, my dad sold high end home theater setups for over 20 years and “Aja” was always one of the first albums that he’d use to demo how good the stereos sound.
Thanks for listening Zack! Those Chris Potter solos are definitely a highlight of the album for me. It must’ve been awesome to hear Aja through different high quality theater setups!
Steely Dan's first tour was as an opening act for Cheech and Chong... I was fortunate to see them in 1974 prior to the release of Pretzel Logic, and it was epic. It held me over till they toured again in the 90's.
Of course "Everything Must Go" sounds like the leftovers of 2 Against Nature, it's implied in the title that it may very well be such the case. They're saying basically "Here's all we have left, everything must go now"
S: Scam, Aja, Pretzel
A: Can’t Buy, Countdown, Katy
B: Gaucho, Two
C: Everything
You're a madman for putting gaucho in B but great list nonetheless
That is a fair critique haha I knew that would be my big hot take. Thanks for listening!
I feel like Gaucho is the last great SD album, relistening now to confirm 23:38
I think most people would agree with that for sure
No way that Gaucho is B. A very underrated album that is much better than the credits it usually gets. Certainly better than Katy Lied and Two against nature.
70s Steely Dan is only topped by... absolutely nobody ! Not even Todd Rundgren, my favorite alltime musician.
About Katy Lied, I remember reading that the initial recordings were lost or maybe destroyed and they had to rerecord it in a hurry from scratch.
What about The Tubes, my second alltime favorite american band ?