The multiplatinum success of Aja made Steely Dan, the musical
conceit of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, a household name. But
that prosperity came bundled with a fateful triple-whammy for
rock's dyspeptic duo: unrealistic commercial expectations, a
critical backlash spawned by punk's nascent mewling, and the
long-simmering meltdown of their artistic partnership. But the
cool, perfect sheen of 1980's Gaucho tipped its hand to none of it.
Ironically, those fashion victims who sniffed up their sleeves at
Don and Walt's decadence-tinged Me Decade manifesto couldn't have
had a clue that just maybe Gaucho's typically oblique protagonists
had uncomfortably blurred from the third-person to the first this
time 'round. At least that's what Becker and Fagen hint at in their
smart-assed notes to this digitally remastered, definitive edition
(all original artwork and printed lyrics restored) of the final
album before their 20-year hiatus. Pristine and sonically polished
(three years and seven studios worth), time has served Gaucho well.
Even its sense of laconic detachment now seems but a logical bridge
to the two-decade removed Dan of Two Against Nature. To their
credit, Becker and Fagen didn't trash the first half of Steely
Dan's legacy on Gaucho, they simply burnished it to oblivion.
-Jerry McCulley
General
| Label: |
Mca
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 2000 |
| Originally released: |
October 2000 |
| Contributors: |
Andy McKaie
• Gary Katz
|
| Performers: |
Steely Dan
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| Dimensions: |
125 x 142 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
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| Running time: |
38 minutes |
| Categories: |
Music >
Pop / Rock
Promotions
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| LSN: |
X89-M98-S00-2 |
| Barcode: |
0008811205522 |
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