Steely Dan's Aja

Steely Dan's Aja

Non-Fiction, Music
Paperback Published on: 15/07/2007
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Synopsis

"Aja" was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and Chicago. A double-platinum, Grammy-winning bestseller, it lingered on the Billboard charts for more than a year and spawned three hit singles. Odd, then, that its creators saw it as an "ambitious, extended" work, the antithesis of their anti-rock, anti-band, anti-glamour aesthetic. Populated by thirty-five mostly jazz session players, "Aja" served up pre-war song forms, mixed meters and extended solos to a generation whose idea of pop daring was Paul letting Linda sing lead once in a while. And, impossibly, it sold. Including an in-depth interview with Donald Fagen, this book paints a detailed picture of the making of a masterpiece.

  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN: 9780826427830
  • Number of pages: 144
  • Weight: 140g
  • Dimensions: 165 x 121 mm

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