Steely Dan| Any good?

Can anyone give me a good reason why Steely Dan is underrated?

I really feel like they're highly overlooked! I love almost all of their songs (mainly their 1972-1980 catalog), but not much of their early 2000's work in my ...

Surrender to Steely Dan - The Atlantic

In the case of Steely Dan, listeners can find themselves under unforgiving pressure too: Insistent about making music entirely on their terms, ...

How good of a rock band did you think Steely Dan was? - Quora

Essentially? They're not really a rock band at all. Rather. Rock band is a VERY loose term with them in the conventional sense.

Swinging from the 70s: Review of Steely Dan and Eagles in Concert

Donald Fagen's contemporary version of the Dan is a nostalgia act, but fights against it. Most legacy groups play faithfully their hits in nicely consumable ...

Ok, what's so great about... Steely Dan? - Progressive Ears

Riki, Do It Again, and Reelin' In The Years are indeed on a level above 90% of all radio fare from the 70's, with the latter tune containing The Greatest ...

Steely Dan

In terms of music, the song is an intense rocker with some great electric piano and well-placed echo on Fagen's voice, but it's the guitar solo (from Becker) ...

Why Steely Dan Sounds Perfect Right Now - Rolling Stone

Donald had a great line in 1977: “We're not as negative as the Eagles. They're totally down on California.” Steely Dan came to L.A. and found it ...

Steely Dan Reviews

Overall, Steely Dan's output is astonishly consistent - with one exception, none of the albums I've heard are not worth hearing, and a couple are classic.

What Kind of a Best Rock and Roll Band in the World Is This?

Steely Dan is a similar kind of great rock and roll band, and in this era of bad feeling they generate a collective skepticism the intelligence of which can ...

Steely Dan - Any good? - TalkBass.com

Steely Dan are definitely worth listening to. Chuck Rainey played on a lot of tracks but you'll also hear some good stuff from Becker and a ...

Steely Dan – Aja – Classic Music Review - altrockchick

The music falls on that knife-edge between smooth jazz and hot, reflecting both his comfort and his carnal desire.

Steely Dan: Aja Album Review - Pitchfork

Aja is as bold as records get. It's full of strange, unprecedented, disorienting moves. It is braver, more idiosyncratic, and more personal, in ...

My Unlikely Connection to Steely Dan | The New Yorker

Steely Dan, the band famous for a certain brand of cynical, pristine nineteen-seventies jazz-infused rock, released their first album, “Can't ...

Is Steely Dan Worth It? - Stereophile.com

The musicianship and production values will be as good as it gets. Surely you've heard the music, so if you like the music it'll be a low risk venture. If you ...

Retro Review: Steely Dan - The Royal Scam - The Hot Mic

HOW DOES IT HOLD UP? The answer to this question lies primarily in your opinion of Steely Dan. If you're a fan, you likely think this album ...

Reconsidering Steely Dan - Audiophile Review

A prevailing view that Steely Dan is no more than insipid, if well-recorded, pap suitable only for (lamentable) demos but not to be respected on a deeper level.

Ok, what's so great about... Steely Dan? - Progressive Ears

It's funny, because that intro - and the groove in general - is the part they notoriously borrowed/stole from Keith Jarrett, and were sued over.

What do you think of The Best of Steely Dan: Then and Now

It is a very good compilation and a suitable introduction to the band... ... 1st - wow, I didn't realise I knew so many of their songs. 2nd - I ...

Review: Steely Dan - Aja - Sputnikmusic

More than any other Steely Dan album, Aja proves just how incredible the fusion of jazz and rock can be when it's in the right hands.

Review: Steely Dan without Walter Becker? It's not the travesty you ...

The band's Donald Fagen announced that he planned to tour this year, mere months after the death last September of his longtime creative partner, Walter Becker.