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Review of Steely Dan's album The Very Best Of Younger readers probably won't have heard the name Steely Dan (Appropriated from a sex toy featured in William Burroughs lysergic epic the Naked Lunch) - ...

Steely Dan only released nine albums during their fantastic run. Remember there was a 20-year break in there that slowed them down a bit. Nonetheless, their batting average was exceedingly high in ...

This is FRESH AIR. Rock critic Ken Tucker has noticed that there are a number of significant albums that are celebrating their 50th anniversary. And he's decided to devote a summer series to ...

Much of “Two Against Nature” was recorded in ʻUlupalakua at Hyperbolic Sound, the private studio of Steely Dan co-founder ...

Steely Dan became unlikely hitmakers with their debut album, Can't Buy a Thrill, but they refused to retread familiar ground on their sophomore LP, Countdown to Ecstasy, released in July 1973.

In pop music, Steely Dan’s hybrid of pop, jazz and R&B represents an artistic standard few can match. Steely Dan — the musical enterprise of songwriting team Walter Becker and Donald Fagen — hit its ...

You could fill a book with all the shady characters you meet in Steely Dan songs. Quantum Criminals is that book. Journalist Alex Pappademas and artist Joan LeMay take a deep dive into the genius of ...

Steely Dan’s Gaucho turned 40 last week. Forty is the perfect anniversary for a Steely Dan album, since so many of their narrators, on that album in particular but throughout their catalog, seem to be ...

During our recent Drums Week here at MusicRadar we were reminded of the fits and starts history of the drum machine. One particularly fascinating and pioneering device we felt was worth exploring a ...