The duo’s seventh LP comprises seven tracks of high-class pulp, sex workers and johns, dope addicts and coke dealers, and spoiled love affairs, elevated with elaborate horns and impossible chords.

Becker, Fagen & crew’s third LP is not their best album, but it’s a perfect introduction, a bridge of what Steely Dan was and what they would become.

Fagen’s second solo foray ‘Kamakiriad’ is an examination of aging, heartache, writer’s block and redemption via a sci-fi roadtrip in the steam-powered Kamakiri.

Steely Dan’s dynamic 1972 debut LP signaled the arrival of the pair’s burgeoning musical vision and penchant for sonic innovation.