Steely Dan co-leaders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker cultivate the most sympathetic characters of their career on the ten ...

Nor are there any from its follow-up Gaucho. I mention this because I am fully aware that Aja – Steely Dan’s sixth album – is beloved by many fans. An equal number of their fans revile it.

JOE JACKSON: “Do It Again” is the first track on the first album, and right away it’s Steely Dan. It’s quite unusual, this Latin groove and electric sitar on the solo. You think the vocal ...