The usual clever Steely wit is here in full force (“Selfish Gene”), the songwriting is top-notch (“Paging Audrey”), the players are fantastic, the production is crisp, and the only thing you might find yourself missing is that classic Dylan-meets-Manhattan, R&B-jazzbo vocal of Donald Fagen. These two are always at their absolute best when they work together, but since it’s been five years since their last combined offering, Everything Must Go, the next best thing is grabbing the two superb solo works that these guys have done during that time off from Steely Dan recording, Fagen’s 2006 album Morph The Cat and Becker’s just released Circus Money. You can’t go wrong.
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1 - franklyn
i think i give donald fagan a lot of the credit for what i love about steely dan, but not really for any good reason. good to know that i should send some live to becker too. will totes check out the album.