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    Posted: May 27 2021 at 10:26
Taking a look at US-native Jazz rock legends Steely Dan's stellar catalogue today! Which is your favorite and why?
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Aja is my favorite ATM. Because of songs like the title track, and Deacon Blues and Black Cow. The songwriting is absolutely top notch and the instrumentation is impeccable.

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Not a fan.
Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Katy Lied.....obviously.
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For me in reality it's a tie: The Royal Scam and Aja.
Voted for The Royal Scam.
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they have a lot of good songs but only one perfect album--AJA
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all of their albums are top notch

Pretzel Logic  for me  
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Aja, because there are no skipper songs, and the audio quality is perfection. 
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Aja is about as perfect you can get. The musicianship is nothing short of stellar and yea the production and recording quality is the definition of audio ear candy. 
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Another vote for Aja. 
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Originally posted by jude111 jude111 wrote:

They were a good singles band; I went with the first album, due to the hits' Reelin in the Years and Do It Again. I'm surprised Aja's leading. The best songs from this period weren't on Aja: FM (No Static at All) was left off the album for some reason, and Hey Nineteen came on the next album, Gaucho. 

FM was written for the 1978 movie of the same name, I don't recall that it was suppose to be on Aja since that came out in 1977. For sure they could have written it at the same time. The FM movie soundtrack was a hit fest of songs, somewhere I have that record that became a platinum selling album.
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Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

they have a lot of good songs but only one perfect album--AJA

yep
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Another vote for Aja.
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The Royal Scam
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Katy Lied, with The Royal Scam really close.
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Aja.  When this came out, I loved the title song and especially Steve Gadd's work on the drums.  But I always found the album too restrained, pleading for the rocking guitar solo that never came.  As I aged,  I really started to appreciate this album and SD in general.  
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Aja

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Originally posted by Cylli Kat (0fficial) Cylli Kat (0fficial) wrote:

For me in reality it's a tie: The Royal Scam and Aja.
Voted for The Royal Scam.

Likewise.  Scam just has that jazz-fusion fizz I like.  And amazing leads.  Not that Aja doesn't, but a bit more amazing on Scam.
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Pretzel Logic.
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Can't vote. They have one of the most consistent track records relative to discography size in popular music history to my ears. Always hip. Every track on every one of these albums is great, except for that last one. Never clicked with it. Two Against Nature, however, was surprisingly great. I went in thinking it would be underwhelming, but it's actually up there with the rest in my opinion. Check it out if you haven't. Especially if you favor Katy Lied through Gaucho.

I find that all my favorite tracks by them could each be found on different albums.

If I had a limited number of desert island LPs, I would say everything but Everything Must Go must go.


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