Steely Dan – Aja (1977) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2010] {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz}

Features the 2010 DSD mastering. Reissue features the high-fidelity SHM-SACD format (fully compatible with standard SACD player, but it does not play on standard CD players). DSD Transferred by Hitoshi Takiguchi.

Steely Dan hadn’t been a real working band since Pretzel Logic, but with Aja, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen’s obsession with sonic detail and fascination with composition reached new heights. A coolly textured and immaculately produced collection of sophisticated jazz-rock, Aja has none of the overt cynicism or self-consciously challenging music that distinguished previous Steely Dan records. Instead, it’s a measured and textured album, filled with subtle melodies and accomplished, jazzy solos that blend easily into the lush instrumental backdrops. But Aja isn’t just about texture, since Becker and Fagen’s songs are their most complex and musically rich set of songs — even the simplest song, the sunny pop of “Peg,” has layers of jazzy vocal harmonies. In fact, Steely Dan ignores rock on Aja, preferring to fuse cool jazz, blues, and pop together in a seamless, seductive fashion. It’s complex music delivered with ease, and although the duo’s preoccupation with clean sound and self-consciously sophisticated arrangements would eventually lead to a dead end, Aja is a shining example of jazz-rock at its finest.

Tracklist:
01 – Black Cow
02 – Aja
03 – Deacon Blues
04 – Peg
05 – Home At Last
06 – I Got The News
07 – Josie

DSD Transferred from analogue master tapes by Hitoshi Takiguchi (Universal Studio Mastering).

SACD ISO

mqs.link_SteelyDanAja1977Japan2010SHMSACDIS.part1.rar
mqs.link_SteelyDanAja1977Japan2010SHMSACDIS.part2.rar

FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz

mqs.link_SteelyDanAja1977Japan2010FLAC2488.2.rar