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The notion of a Steely Dan greatest-hits collection is suspect at best, if only because their biggest public successes ("Reelin' in the Years" from Can't Buy a Thrill, Prezel Logic's "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," and Aja...more.
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Few musicians have the ability of blending jazz textures within a rock context, and then put in some pop flavor instead of showing off (which is a normal tendency when you mix jazz and rock). That's what Becker & Fagen, 2...more.
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'A decade of Steely Dan' was the first compilations designed for CD, and was intended to showcase at least 1 song from each of the band's previous albums.
This album provides a good overview of Steely Dan's career, making...more.
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Steely Dan has been offering up interesting jazzy and bluesy fare for more than a generation. It's truly a lovable cacophony of sound whose timely dissonance is predictable for the band, whose very LA accents and references are a weathervane...more.
History gives Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen the last, hearty laugh on this, the crown jewel in their remarkable canon of '70s Mensa pop. Sneaking onto the charts a half-decade earlier with sinuous, jazz-inflected "rock," the...more.