... Aja
3. Deacon Blues
4. Peg
5. Home at Last
6. I Got the News
7. Josie
Musicians:
Walter Becker: guitar, bass
Donald Fagan: lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, and police whistle
Larry Carlton: guitar
Pete Christlieb: tenor sax
Gary Coleman: percussion
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...Black Cow
2. Aja
3. Deacon Blues
4. Peg
5. Home at Last
6. I Got the News
7. Josie
Musicians:
Walter Becker: guitar, bass
Donald Fagan: lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, and police whistle
Larry Carlton: guitar
Pete Christlieb: tenor sax
Gary Coleman: percussion
Denny Dias: guitar
Victor Feldman: electric ... ...
Chuck Findlay: brass
Steve Gadd: drums
Jay Graydon: guitar
Ed Greene: drums
Paul Griffin: electric piano, backing vocals
Don Grolnick: clavinet
Jim Horn: Saxes, flutes
Jim Humphrey: drums
Slyde Hyde: brass
Plas Johnson: Saxes, flutes
Jackie Kelso: Saxes, flutes
Jim Keltner: drums, percussion
Steve Khan: guitar
Clydie King: backing vocals ... more
This album is really one of the better albums out there. It sort of stinks as a whole that everybody doesn't love it.
Everybody should try and obtain this CD.
I hope everybody who buys CDs, will please go out and spend their good money on this one.
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Tracks: 1. Black Cow 2. Aja 3. Deacon Blues 4. Peg 5. Home at Last 6. I Got the News 7. Josie
Musicians:
Walter Becker: guitar, bass Donald Fagan: lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, and police whistle Larry Carlton: guitar Pete Christlieb: tenor sax Gary Coleman: percussion Denny Dias: guitar Victor Feldman: electric piano, piano, percussion, vibes Venetta Fields: backing vocals Chuck Findlay: brass Steve Gadd: drums Jay Graydon: guitar Ed Greene: drums Paul Griffin: electric piano, backing vocals Don Grolnick: clavinet Jim Horn: Saxes, flutes Jim Humphrey: drums Slyde Hyde: brass Plas Johnson: Saxes, flutes Jackie Kelso: Saxes, flutes Jim Keltner: drums, percussion Steve Khan: guitar Clydie King: backing vocals Rebecca Louis: backing vocals Rick Marotta: drums Shirlie Matthews: backing vocals Lou McCreary: brass Michael McDonald: backing vocals Michael Omartian: piano Dean Parks: guitar Bill Perkins: Saxes, flutes Bernard Purdie: drums Chuck Rainey: bass Lee Ritenour: guitar Joe Sample: clavinet, electric piano Tim Schmit: backing vocals Tom Scott: tenor sax, lyricon, and horn arrangements Wayne Shorter: tenor sax
Even by their own superb standards this is just class. The playing is sublime, production is out of this world and the songs are the best they possibley ever assembled in one place. Only 7 tracks and such an advance on their previous effort The Royal Scam. This Is a driving album, its a chilling album. It can be taken with red and white wine. You can close your eyes and drift. You can even learn how Deacon Blue got the name from best track on this ...
haig26 28.02.2006
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Product details
Title
Aja [Remastered]
Performer
Steely Dan
Genre
Rock & Pop
Release Date
24/04/2000
Recomended Retail Price
8.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1977
Label / Distributor
MCA / Universal Music
Producer
Gary Katz
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
5011781174526
Catalogue Number
8117452
SPAR code
ADD
Additional notes
Album Notes
Available on cassette on MCA (1688). NOTES: Steely Dan: Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards); Walter Becker (guitar). Additional personnel includes: Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Dean Parks (guitar); Tom Scott (tenor saxophone, lyricon); Wayne Shorter, Pete Christlieb (tenor saxophone); Plas Johnson (horns); Victor Feldman (keyboards, vibraphone, percussion); Joe Sample, Michael Omartian (keyboards); Chuck Rainey (bass); Paul Humphrey, Bernard Purdie, Steve Gadd (drums); Tim Schmit, Clydie King, Michael McDonald (background vocals). Engineers include: Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Bill Schnee. Recorded at Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California; Producer's Workshop, Warner Brothers North Hollywood Recording Studios, ABC Recording Studios, Sound Labs, Hollywood, California; A&R Studios, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This represents the pinnacle of Steely Dan's gradual transition from rock band to their own brand of jazz-influenced white soul. Guitars were replaced by keyboards, and saxophones became more common. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were only interested in spending time in the recording studios, while the fans pined and waited. The result set new standards in recorded excellence, and is regularly used as a hi-fi shop demonstration. The ambitious title track was deemed too difficult for radio play and only the two overtly accessible tracks `Josie' and `Peg', gave them valuable exposure.
Album Reviews
Rolling Stone (8/30/01, p.128) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Exquisite...music so technically demanding its creators had to call in A-list session players to realize the sounds they heard in their heads but could not play....AJA [is the]frustration and failure at the heart of the party." Q (6/00, p.131) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Sleek, smart, deliciously cynical...Lyrically opaque and using the best musical back-up in the business, this was the Steely Dan album that effectively ring-fenced jazz-funk forevermore....what rich entertainment still."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Black Cow
2.
Aja
3.
Deacon Blues
4.
Peg
5.
Home At Last
6.
I Got The News
7.
Josie
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