Donald Fagen's Nightfly - Love it or Hate it?

I totally agree with what's been said. It would be on my Top 10 list for sure. I have read several times that this could have been "AJA II", if Steely Dan had done it.

The MOFI pressing is wonderful and I also have a Japanese pressing that is stunning...

Did you know that this album employed a computer-based audio sampler system known as WENDEL II?
It was pioneered and designed by Roger Nichols. I spoke to him today about the two albums that he engineered - Gaucho & Nightfly. Some interesting stuff!

The WENDEL system is MIDI's pre-runner... Based on a 3 mHz Compal computer with 50kHz/16bit sampling!

Some trivia for you...

DV

A supreme talent, for sure, but his solo stuff sounds best suited for the dentist chair. Far more slick and 'gadgety' than any Steely Dan fare, IMO.

11-03-06: Boa2
A supreme talent, for sure, but his solo stuff sounds best suited for the dentist chair.

Whoa! What a buzzkill.

:)

TOP 10 stuff in my book.