Aja - 33 1/3

Aja was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and Chicago. A double-platinum, Grammy-winning bestseller, it lingered on the Billboard charts for more than a year and spawned three hit singles. Odd, then, that its creators saw it as an "ambitious, extended" work, the apotheosis of their anti-rock, anti-band, anti-glamour aesthetic. Populated by thirty-fi ve mostly jazz session players, Aja served up prewar song forms, mixed meters and extended solos to a generation whose idea of pop daring was Paul letting Linda sing lead once in a while. And, impossibly, it sold. Including an in-depth interview with Donald Fagen, this book paints a detailed picture of the making of a masterpiece.

ISBN:	9780826427830
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint:	Bloomsbury Continuum
Published date:	15 Jul 2007
DEWEY:	782.421660922
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	130
Weight:	140g
Height:	168mm
Width:	121mm
Spine width:	8mm

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