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Steely Dan - Gaucho [SHM-CD]

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Gaucho essentially replicates the smooth jazz-pop of Aja, but with none of that record's dark, seductive romance or elegant aura. Instead, it's meticulous and exacting; each performance has been rehearsed so many times that it no longer has any emotional resonance.

Aja was cool, relaxed, and controlled; it sounded deceptively easy. Its follow-up, Gaucho, while sonically similar, is its polar opposite: a precise and studied record, where all of the seams show. Gaucho essentially replicates the smooth jazz-pop of Aja, but with none of that record's dark, seductive romance or elegant aura. Instead, it's meticulous and exacting; each performance has been rehearsed so many times that it no longer has any emotional resonance. Furthermore, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's songs are generally labored, only occasionally reaching their past heights, like on the suave "Babylon Sisters," "Time Out of Mind," and "Hey Nineteen." Still, those three songs are barely enough to make the remainder of the album's glossy, meandering fusion worthwhile. Allmusic.

Pristine production, sinuous melodies and world-weary lyrics: Steely Dan cornered the market on Seventies' jaded cool. Their last album before a two-decade hiatus, Gaucho is clever but spare. Donald Fagen's slightly whiny but wise vocals amble along, counterpointed by smooth harmonies courtesy of the creme de la creme of session singers - notably the sublime Patti Austin and Valerie Simpson. Although the rest of the album never reaches the heights of the opener "Babylon Sisters," it still makes for the best hangover CD: something to get you back to the land of the living after a night of living it up too much. Sunday morning music.

Tracks:

1.) Babylon Sisters Becker, Fagen 5:50

2.) Hey Nineteen Becker, Fagen 5:07

3.) Glamour Profession Becker, Fagen 7:29

4.) Gaucho Becker, Fagen, Jarrett 5:32

5.) Time out of Mind Becker, Fagen 4:13

6.) My Rival Becker, Fagen 4:31

7.) Third World Man Becker, Fagen 5:13

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