STEELY DAN
Aja (SACD)
Analogue Productions US
Cat: CAPP 139SA. Rel: 09 Apr 24
Rock
Black Cow
Aja
Deacon Blues
Peg
Home At Last
I Got The News
Josie
Review: The classic 1977 album Aja by Steely Dan gets a deluxe reissue treatment from Analogue Productions, reminding us once more of its stellar jazz-inspired arrangements, complex harmonies, and impeccable composition. Known affectionately as a 'studio is an instrument' album, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were meticulous and uncompromising at the time of its crafting. It's for these reasons alone that Aja remains a masterpiece, in which titles such as Peg, Deacon Blues and Josie resounding again with blues-pop-rocky flair.