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Gaucho
Walter Becker & Donald Fagan 1980
Produced by Gary Katz

babylon sisters
hey nineteen
glamour profession
gaucho
time out of mind
my rival
third world man

The kid will live and learn
as he watches his bridges burns
from the point of no return
Babylon Sisters... shake it...

A favorite of mine for evenings and in the car, I never tire of this album. I have worked out renditions of lots of Steely Dan tracks, but have only ever managed a crude arrangement of Hey Nineteen. Even with the music book in front of me the other tracks are just too complicated for a solo guitar!

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The Nightfly
Donald Fagan 1982
Produced by Gary Katz

I.G.Y
Green Flower Street
Ruby Baby
Maxine
New Frontier
The Nightfly
The Goodbye Look
Walk Between the Raindrops

All the Americans are gone except for two
the embassy's been hard to reach
there's been talk, and lately a bit of action after dark
behind the big casino on the beach
I know what happens, I read the book,
I believe I just got the goodbye look...

Not strictly a Steely Dan Album because Walter Becker is nowhere to be found in the credits, but Larry Carlton, Michael and Randy Brecker and many of the usual suspects are doing their bits in the studio. I used to have this and Gaucho back to back on a cassette and they go together seamlessly.
There is much humor and good natured cynicism in I.G.Y and the New Frontier. Maxine is a beautiful love song rich with urban ennui and The Goodbye look always me think of a Graham Green novel. I just love this album.

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