Steely Dan - Gaucho (2008) Japan SHMCD APE FLAC Beolab1700
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Steely Dan - Gaucho
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Artist...............: Steely Dan
Album................: Gaucho
Genre................: Classic Rock, Southern Rock, Jazz Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2008
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Monkey's Audio (APE)
Version..............: Monkey v3.99
Quality..............: High, (avg. compression: 60 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: APE v2,000
Information..........: CD IMAGE - LOG - CUE - SCANS
Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 12/06/2014
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Tracklisting
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01. Babylon Sisters (05:50)
02. Hey Nineteen (05:07)
03. Glamour Profession (07:29)
04. Gaucho (05:32)
05. Time Out Of Mind (04:13)
06. My Rival (04:31)
07. Third World Man (05:13)
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Aja was cool, relaxed, and controlled; it sounded deceptively easy. Its follow-up, Gaucho, while sonically similar, is its polar opposite: a precise and studied record, where all of the seams show. Gaucho essentially replicates the smooth jazz-pop of Aja, but with none of that record's dark, seductive romance or elegant aura. Instead, it's meticulous and exacting; each performance has been rehearsed so many times that it no longer has any emotional resonance. Furthermore, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's songs are generally labored, only occasionally reaching their past heights, like on the suave "Babylon Sisters," "Time Out of Mind," and "Hey Nineteen." Still, those three songs are barely enough to make the remainder of the album's glossy, meandering fusion worthwhile.
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