The Lament for a Down-and-Out Patriarch: A Shimmering, Jazz-Flecked Dirge for the Grimy, Irrecoverable Soul of Old New York. The music of Steely Dan has always been a shimmering, sophisticated…
A Hypnotic, Cynical Jazz-Rock Parable, Chronicling the Disillusioned Return to an Old Flame and the Discovery of Her Deeply Corrupt Nature. The year 1975 found Steely Dan, the perpetually cerebral…
The Ballad of the Outcast: A Tender, Jazz-Infused Cry for a Sanctuary from the World’s Relentless Disappointment. There are certain songs that, even after decades, feel less like pop music…
The Ballad of the Gentleman Loser: A Nostalgic, Somber Reflection on Lost Ideals and the Inevitable Compromise of the Early 70s. Ah, Steely Dan. Just the name conjures the cool,…
The Cynical Weaponization of Sentimentality: A Drama of Betrayal, Obsession, and a Subtle, Brilliant Jab at Rock’s Biggest Hitmakers. The world of 1976 was a high-gloss, cynical landscape, perfectly captured…
The Dark, Hypnotic Chronicle of a High-Roller’s Reckoning, Driven by a Groove That Defied Two Decades of Silence. The year is 2000. For two decades, the most sophisticated, cynical, and…
The Icy Portrait of a Narcissistic Muse, a Cautionary Tale of Obsession Clothed in Unfathomable Cool. The arrival of a new Steely Dan studio album in the year 2000 was…
The Bright, Catchy Tune That Obscured a Glimpse Into the Darkest, Most Morally Corrupt Corners of Suburbia. For those of us who came of age with the music of Steely…
A Lush, Oblique Portrait of Desperate Exile, Old-World Vice, and the Search for a Fleeting Fix in a South American Nightclub. There are certain songs, the true deep cuts, that…
A Sweetly Deceptive Ballad About Escapism, Forbidden Desire, and the Inner Life of a Discontented Man. The year 1975 found Steely Dan—or rather, its two creative architects, Walter Becker and…
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