AOTY 2023
Steely Dan - Aja
Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
1977 Ratings: #8 / 124
User Score
1977 Ratings: #9
Liked by 258 people
September 23, 1977 / Release Date
LP / Format
ABC / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Drowned in Sound

To defy Aja’s majesty would be to commit an act of snobbishness equal to any that its creators may be guilty of. Nearly 25 years on, it remains a benchmark for complex, polished, intelligent music.

100
Rolling Stone

That's Aja: frustration and failure at the heart of the party.

90
AllMusic

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.

100

About a million times better than Radiohead and Pink Floyd, and especially those fuckers King Crimson.

Andrei
91

Probably the best album I've ever heard in terms of the production.

ChanMart
90

Dads have good taste sometimes.

Standout Tracks: Aja, Peg, Deacon Blues, Black Cow

Kuchy
85

Catching up on albums before I forcefully join the Israeli Army - #78

Cool music for cool people am I right

Favourite songs: Black Cow, Peg, Deacon Blues

OddFodder
100

Actual banger 100

LukewarmLuca
95

Best Dan album. Loved this for years and it has only ever grown on me.
Fav tracks: Black cow, Aja, Deacon Blues, Peg, Home at last
Least Fav: I got the news

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Track List

1Black Cow
5:10
95
2Aja
8:00
95
3Deacon Blues
7:36
95
4Peg
4:00
94
5Home at Last
5:35
93
6I Got the News
5:07
89
7Josie
4:30
92
Total Length: 40 minutes

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Added on: August 20, 2013