[11], Reviewing in 1977 for Rolling Stone, Michael Duffy said that "the conceptual framework of [Steely Dan's] music has shifted from the pretext of rock & roll toward a smoother, awesomely clean and calculated mutation of various rock, pop and jazz idioms", while their lyrics "remain as pleasantly obtuse and cynical as ever". The album peaked at number three on the US charts and number five in the UK, ultimately becoming Steely Dan's most commercially successful LP. "[5], In retrospective appraisals, Aja has been discussed by music journalists as an important release in the development of yacht rock. [9] In anticipation of the release, Katz urged the relatively private Fagen and Becker to raise their public profile, including a meeting with Irving Azoff for his services as their manager. 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Version 1 ★4. Version 1 ★2.4. "[22] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice initially "hated" the record before he "realized that, unlike The Royal Scam, it was stretching me some", while noting that he was "grateful to find Fagen and Becker's collegiate cynicism in decline". The album was produced by Steely Dan's longtime producer Gary Katz[1] and features several leading session musicians. said, "The song and performance that best exemplifies the half-time, funky, laid (way) back in the beat shuffle within the jazz-pop environment of the mid- to late- 70s can be found on 'Home at Last.' [2][3], The album's title is pronounced like Asia. [1] Within three weeks of release, the album reached the top five of the US albums chart,[10] ultimately peaking at number three. [1], With Azoff's connections to record stores and offering the album at a discounted price, Aja became "one of the season's hottest albums and by far Steely Dan’s fastest-selling ever", according to Cameron Crowe in the December 1977 issue of Rolling Stone. The late actor/comedian Phil Hartman, a graphic designer earlier in his career is often falsely attributed for having designed the cover. "You wouldn't think it was recorded anywhere else in the world. As your browser speaks English, would you like to change your language to English? The songwriting to the sound and the look of the album, the whole package was just very well thought out. "[19] Jazz historian Ted Gioia cites it as an example of Steely Dan "proving that pop-rock could equally benefit from a healthy dose of jazz" during their original tenure, which coincided with a period when rock musicians frequently experimented with jazz idioms and techniques. Scrobbeln bedeutet, dass Last.fm die von dir gehörte Musik erfasst und automatisch in dein Musikprofil einträgt. Einige der von Benutzern eingestellten Texte auf dieser Seite unterliegen der Creative-Commons-Attribution/Share-Alike-Lizenz; es können weitere Bedingungen zutreffen. Duffy added that while the duo's "extreme intellectual self-consciousness" was beginning to show its limitations, the latter "may be precisely the quality that makes Walter Becker and Donald Fagen the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies. The sessions for Aja produced several outtakes, including "The Bear Got You". Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band which formed in 1972. The eight-minute-long title track features jazz-based changes and a solo by saxophonist Wayne Shorter. It has since appeared frequently on professional rankings of the greatest albums, with critics and audiophiles applauding the album's high production standards. Bernard “Pretty” Purdie feeds off Chuck Rainey’s bass with righteous grooves and masterful off-beat fills with alacrity in this tight band favorite."[42]. Bitte lade die Seite neu. A root beer float or Coke float; An alcoholic drink (sometimes referred to as a Black Cow #2) featuring Kahlúa, half-and-half, and Coca-Cola; Black Cow Vodka, a brand of vodka made from whey, a byproduct of cheesemaking "Black Cow", a song on Steely Dan's 1977 album Aja; A chocolate-covered caramel confection, Sugar Mama. Version 2 ★3.8. "[13] Barry Walters was more receptive in a retrospective review for Rolling Stone, saying "rock has always excelled at embodying adolescent ache. In July 1978, Aja won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical and received Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. [8], Aja was released in September 1977 by ABC Records. Becker and Fagen also play back several of the rejected guitar solos for "Peg", which were recorded before Jay Graydon produced the satisfactory take. It seems very thought out from beginning to end, every song just had a certain vibe. Bass. All songs written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Black Cow can refer to either: . Andy Gill, one of the other interviewees, said: "Jazz-rock was a fundamental part of the 70s musical landscape … [Steely Dan] wasn't rock or pop music with ideas above its station, and it wasn't jazzers slumming … it was a very well-forged alloy of the two – you couldn't separate the pop music from the jazz in their music." [10], When DTS attempted to make a 5.1 version, it was discovered that the multitrack masters for both "Black Cow" and the title track were missing. [29], The singer Bilal names it among his 25 favorite albums, explaining that, "It's a great body of work. The band was formed by … White. Discussing the album's sound, British musician Ian Dury said in the episode that he heard elements of legendary jazz musicians like Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Art Blakey. But it's rare when rock captures the complications of adult sorrows almost purely with its sound. Chords. It was released in September 1977 by ABC Records. [23] Greg Kot was also lukewarm toward the band's stylistic departure, later writing in the Chicago Tribune: "The clinical coldness first evidenced on The Royal Scam is perfected here. … Arguably the Dan is smoothest on the 1980 smash Gaucho, but Aja finds Walter Becker and Donald Fagen comfortably hitting a middle-ground stride … as a mainstream hit factory while remaining expansive and adventurous". "[28], Aja has frequently appeared on rankings of the greatest albums of all time. Verbinde deine Spotify- und Last.fm-Konten, um deine gehörten Inhalte von jeder Spotify-App auf jedem Gerät und jeder Plattform zu scrobbeln. Sag uns deine Meinung zur Last.fm-Website. Version 2 ★3.7. Version 1 ★4. Rating: 3.8/5 (5 votes) Song versions: Tabs. Sag uns deine Meinung zur Last.fm-Website. [25][26][27] Walters noted in his review "the album's surreal sonic perfection, its melodic and harmonic complexity - music so technically demanding its creators had to call in A-list session players to realize the sounds they heard in their heads but could not play, even on the instruments they had mastered. [32] In 2006, Aja was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Steve from Chino Hills, Ca A "Black Cow" for children is a root beer float. Sag uns deine Meinung. Album Aja. Schau das Video für Black Cow von Steely Dan's Aja kostenlos und sieh dir Coverbilder, Songtexte und ähnliche Künstler an. To me Black Cow always felt like it was about dumping a troubled woman at a bar in a very dismissive way. [5] The cover photo by Hideki Fujii features Japanese model and actress Sayoko Yamaguchi[6][7] and was designed by Patricia Mitsui and Geoff Westen. Direkt zur Shout-Seite gehen. For Spin in 2009, Chuck Eddy lists it among the genre's eight essential albums. [36], Based on such rankings, the aggregate website Acclaimed Music lists Aja as 98th most acclaimed album of the 1970s and the 315th most acclaimed album in history. [34][35] In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked it 63rd in another revised edition of the 500 greatest albums list. Black Cow Steely Dan. "Well, Aja's got a sound that lifts your heart up, and it's the most consistent up-full, heart-warming … even though, it is a classic LA kinda sound", Dury explained. [38] Writing for uDiscoverMusic in 2019, Paul Sexton said that with the album, Steely Dan "announced their ever-greater exploration of jazz influences" that would lead to "their yacht-rock masterpiece" in 1980's Gaucho. Aja is the sixth studio album by the American jazz rock band Steely Dan. Aja (/ˈeɪʒə/, pronounced like Asia) is the sixth studio album by the American jazz rock band Steely Dan. As someone mentioned elsewhere on the internet " a black cow the Steely Dan way 2 shots of Kahlua (the Dude abides) 2 shots of half n’ half 3 shots of cola 4 incendiary missives about society?" It was released in September 1977 by ABC Records. However, he believed the band's preference for longer, more sophisticated songs "could turn into their fatal flaw". "[37], In 1999, Aja was covered for an episode of the British documentary series Classic Albums, featuring a song-by-song study of the album (the only omission being "I Got the News", which is played during the closing credits), interviews with Steely Dan co-founders Walter Becker and Donald Fagen (among others) plus new, live-in-studio versions of songs from the album. The song was never officially released, but would later be played live on their 2011 Shuffle Diplomacy tour. In 1991, France's Rock & Folk included Aja on a list of the 250 best albums released during the magazine's existence, beginning in 1966. Recording alongside nearly 40 musicians, band leaders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker pushed Steely Dan further into experimenting with different combinations of session players while pursuing longer, more sophisticated compositions for the album. In 1999, it was ranked 59th on the national Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth's "Top 99 Albums of All Time". 2) Steely Dan. [9] According to Billboard, it became the band's "biggest hit" and "one of the first albums to be certified platinum". [29] In 2000 it was voted number 118 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. [39] Patrick Hosken from MTV News said that both Aja and Gaucho show how "great yacht rock is also more musically ambitious than it might seem, tying blue-eyed soul and jazz to funk and R&B". [24], The album has been cited by music journalists as one of the best test recordings for audiophiles, due to its high production standards. Version 1 ★4.3. Longer, more languid songs replace the acerbic pithiness of old. [33] In 2010, the Library of Congress selected Aja for inclusion in the United States National Recording Registry based on its cultural, artistic or historical significance. Es steht eine neue Version von Last.fm zur Verfügung. Creative-Commons-Attribution/Share-Alike-Lizenz. Black Cow Chords (ver. Guitar Pro. As someone mentioned elsewhere on the internet " a black cow the Steely Dan way 2 shots of Kahlua (the Dude abides) 2 shots of half n’ half 3 shots of cola 4 incendiary missives about society?" 'S preference for longer, more sophisticated songs `` could turn into fatal. 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