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Phil
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Joined: June 17 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Topic: Donald Fagen Posted: February 06 2006 at 09:04 |
I don't know if there are any other fans of Steely Dan/ Fagen/Becker
out there but if there are, in case you don't know, I just found out
that Donald Fagen is releasing the third of his trilogy of solo albums,
"Morph the Cat", on 7th March.
Only nearly 25 years spanning them....!!..."The Nightfly" (one of my
all time fave albums) came out in 1982; "Kamikiriad" in 1993; and now
the final chapter is 2006!! It's been a long time coming Donald....
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Trotsky
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Joined: October 25 2004
Location: Malaysia
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Posted: February 06 2006 at 12:17 |
That's interesting news ... I was once such a fan that I got Steely Dan
Gold (despite having all but one of the studio albums) just to get the
two Donald Fagen tracks Century's End & True Companion that weren't
on The Nightfly or Kamakiriad ...
must admit though that I've gone off both SD and Fagen's solo work in
recent times ... just recently was thinking of trimming my collection
down to just a compile, Can't Buy A Thrill and Countdown To Ecstasy ...
and Nightfly of course
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Moogtron III
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Joined: April 26 2005
Location: Belgium
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Posted: February 06 2006 at 14:35 |
That's good news, thanks for telling this!
There's some fantastic stuff on his Donald's two solo albums! I, myself, really like New Frontier, I.G.Y. and the last 4 tracks on Kamakiriad.
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Biggles
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Posted: February 08 2006 at 19:15 |
Cool, I'll check it out. I love every SD album up until their break-up in 1980. I've heard Two Against Nature, The Nightfly, and Kamakiriad once each, and knowing how SD albums usually take some getting used to before one understands their value, I'll reserve my judgement until I've heard each of those a few more times. Gotta say from my initial impression of Two Against Nature, though, that it isn't as good as the first incarnation albums. But I'll give it a few more lessons.
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IcedSabbath
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Joined: January 11 2006
Location: United States
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Posted: February 08 2006 at 21:57 |
Biggles wrote:
Cool, I'll check it out. I love every SD album up until their break-up in 1980. I've heard Two Against Nature, The Nightfly, and Kamakiriad once each, and knowing how SD albums usually take some getting used to before one understands their value, I'll reserve my judgement until I've heard each of those a few more times. Gotta say from my initial impression of Two Against Nature, though, that it isn't as good as the first incarnation albums. But I'll give it a few more lessons. | I'm a huge Dan fan, myself. Personally, I thought Two Against Nature was excellent. Definitely give that another listen. Everything Must Go was a bit of a letdown, though. I still haven't been able to get into that one.
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