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Aja
Studio album by Steely Dan
This LP edition: Cisco CLP-1006 (2007)
Released September 1977
Recorded January-July 1977 at Village Recorders, West LA; Producer's Workshop, Hollywood; Warner Bros. North Hollywood Recording Studios; ABC Recording Studios; Sound Labs, Hollywood; A & R Studios, New York
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 39:58
Label ABC
Producer Gary Katz
Professional reviews
* Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
* Robert Christgau (B+)
* Rolling Stone 5/5 stars
Aja (pronounced like "Asia") is the sixth album by the rock band Steely Dan. Originally released in 1977, it became the group's best-selling album. Topping at #3 on the U.S. charts and #5 in the United Kingdom, it was the band's first platinum album, eventually selling over 5 million copies.[citation needed] In July 1978, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording. In 2003, the album was ranked number 145 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The album is ambitious and sophisticated, and features several leading session musicians. The eight-minute-long title track features complex jazz-based changes and a solo by renowned saxophonist Wayne Shorter, as well as dextrous drumming by Steve Gadd - most notably at the end of the track.
Aja is also the subject of one of the Classic Albums series of documentaries about the making of famous albums. The documentary includes 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, and the opportunity to hear some of the rejected (and uncredited) guitar solos for "Peg," before Jay Graydon produced the satisfactory take.
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. For this same reason, a multichannel SACD version was cancelled by Universal Music. Donald Fagen has offered a $600 reward for the missing masters or any information that leads to their recovery.
Track listing
All songs written by Becker and Fagen.
Side one
Side two
Personnel
* Donald Fagen - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, background vocals, whistle
* Walter Becker - bass, guitar, electric guitar, vocals
* Chuck Rainey - bass
* Timothy B. Schmit - vocals
* Paul Griffin - keyboards, electric piano, vocals, background vocals
* Don Grolnick - keyboards, clavinet
* Michael Omartian - piano, keyboards
* Joe Sample - keyboards, electric piano, clavinet
* Larry Carlton - guitar, electric guitar
* Denny Dias - guitar
* Jay Graydon - guitar, electric guitar
* Steve Khan - guitar
* Dean Parks - guitar
* Lee Ritenour - guitar
* Pete Christlieb - flute, tenor saxophone
* Chuck Findley - horn, brass
* Jim Horn - flute, saxophone
* Richard "Slyde" Hyde - trombone
* Plas Johnson - flute, saxophone
* Jackie Kelso - flute, horn, saxophone
* Lou McCreary - brass
* Bill Perkins - flute, horn, saxophone
* Tom Scott - conductor, flute, tenor saxophone, lyricon
* Wayne Shorter - flute, tenor saxophone
* Bernard Purdie - drums ("Home at Last", "Deacon Blues")
* Steve Gadd - drums ("Aja")
* Ed Greene - drums ("I Got the News")
* Paul Humphrey - drums ("Black Cow")
* Jim Keltner - percussion, drums ("Josie")
* Rick Marotta - drums ("Peg")
* Gary Coleman - percussion
* Victor Feldman - percussion, piano, keyboards, electric piano, vibraphone
* Venetta Fields - vocals, background vocals
* Clydie King - vocals, background vocals
* Rebecca Louis - vocals, background vocals
* Sherlie Matthews - vocals, background vocals
* Michael McDonald - vocals, background vocals
Production
* Producer: Gary Katz
* Engineers: Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee
* Assistant engineers: Joe Bellamy, Lenise Bent, Ken Klinger, Ron Pangaliman, Ed Rack, Linda Tyler
* Mastering: Bernie Grundman
* Production coordination: Barbara Miller
* Sound consultant: Dinky Dawson
* Consultant: Daniel Levitin
* Horn arrangements: Tom Scott
* Art direction: Vartan Reissue
* Design: Geoff Westen
* Photography: Walter Becker
* Liner notes: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
* Reissue coordination: Beth Stempel
Charts
Album
Year Chart Position
1977 Pop Albums 3
Pop Singles
Year Single Label & number Position
1978 "Peg" (B-side: "I Got the News") ABC 12320 11
1978 "Deacon Blues" (B-side: "Home at Last") ABC 12355 19
1978 "Josie" (B-side: "Black Cow") ABC 12404 26
Awards
Grammy Awards
Year Winner Category
1977 Aja Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical
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