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 apotheosis of their anti-rock, anti-band, anti-glamour aesthetic. Populated by thirty-five mostly jazz session players,
Aja served up prewar 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..
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