I didn't hear Gaucho until much later, because I thought (wrongly I now suspect) that my problem with Aja and Nightfly was their too glossy production; Gaucho had the reputation of being more of the same but with weaker songs, so I avoided it. Something must have persuaded me to give it a try, and while there are jazz-fusion-lite meanderings I don't care for, I do like a lot of the album. Babylon Sister especially is one of those rare tracks that when the track finishes I just want to hear it again.
― frankiemachine, Thursday, 12 January 2006 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
thanks "friend"
― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 12 January 2006 19:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Thursday, 12 January 2006 19:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Thursday, 12 January 2006 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
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― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 12 January 2006 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr Straight Toxic (ghostface), Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― 2 columbus circle in 1964 (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
mine in order: Aja just barely edging out Countdown to Ecstasy, then Katy Lied, then Gaucho though I can go back & forth on the order there - then Pretzel Logic, Royal Scam & Can't Buy a Thrill
admittedly I've listened less to Scam since my first big I-only-wanna-listen-to-SD phase circa 1989 so I should probably go look at it again...I seriously can't imagine ranking it higher than Katy Lied though, c'mon, that thing is the mid-period monster
― Mr Straight Toxic (ghostface), Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― 2 columbus circle in 1964 (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― yvette yreka (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Ha ha, never seen those, but great minds, jaxon...
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr Straight Toxic (ghostface), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― yvette yreka (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link
kid charmalagne is the achilles last stand of steely dan!
i do like prescense and royal scam alot though....i even like two against nature...sort of...but there's something wierd about the melodies and chord changes that grates on me....i'm not musically knowledgable enough to tell you what that is...
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:40 (eighteen years ago) link
Apt comparison!
Countdown to Ecstasy and Katy Lied seem like their masterworks.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx, born again in Xixax (baaderonixx), Friday, 10 February 2006 11:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 10 February 2006 12:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 13:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 2 March 2006 13:29 (eighteen years ago) link
I can't listen to "Third World Man" without tearing up - the only song in their vast catalogue that unnerves me.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:54 (eighteen years ago) link
The whole album is awesome!
The only thing that would make it better would be making it a double album with Aja.
― Dan (Loving The Dan) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 March 2006 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 18:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (Previous Two Posts OTM) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 2 March 2006 18:49 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Sunday, 30 April 2006 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link
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― O-Keigh (O-Keigh), Sunday, 30 April 2006 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link
But that's what's so hellish about it. It's Los Fucking Angeles.
A thought I had on another thread:
T/S: The best album about LA
Guns n' Roses Appetite for Destruction or Steely Dan Gaucho? Two sides of the same coin, I think.
― sinful caesar sipped his snifter (kenan), Wednesday, 17 May 2006 01:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx immer wieder (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 11:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Tuesday, 27 June 2006 23:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Story:http://www.bigomagazine.com/archive/ARrarities/ARsdgaucho.html
'Second arrangement' is probably my most listened to Steely Dan song. 'The Bear' is also good. If they had been finished and included, I think Gaucho would be an easy consensus for best Steely Dan album
― starke (starke), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 01:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx immer wieder (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 07:29 (seventeen years ago) link