Steely Dan

Gaucho

Steely Dan - Gaucho

01/01/1980 | Mca 

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All Music Guide Review

Aja was cool, relaxed, and controlled; it sounded deceptively easy. Its follow-up, Gaucho, while sonically similar, is its polar opposite: a precise and studied record, where all of the seams show. Gaucho essentially replicates the smooth jazz-pop of Aja, but with none of that record's dark, seductive romance or elegant aura. Instead, it's meticulous and exacting; each performance has been rehearsed so many times that it no longer has any emotional resonance. Furthermore, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's songs are generally labored, only occasionally reaching their past heights, like on the suave "Babylon Sisters," "Time Out of Mind," and "Hey Nineteen." Still, those three songs are barely enough to make the remainder of the album's glossy, meandering fusion worthwhile. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Gaucho Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Babylon Sisters
  • 5:50
  • Sound Clip for Babylon Sisters from Gaucho


  • 2
  • Hey Nineteen
  • 5:07
  • Sound Clip for Hey Nineteen from Gaucho


  • 3
  • Glamour Profession
  • 7:29
  • Sound Clip for Glamour Profession from Gaucho


  • 4
  • Gaucho
  • 5:32
  • Sound Clip for Gaucho from Gaucho


  • 5
  • Time out of Mind
  • 4:13
  • Sound Clip for Time out of Mind from Gaucho


  • 6
  • My Rival
  • 4:31
  • Sound Clip for My Rival from Gaucho


  • 7
  • Third World Man
  • 5:13
  • Sound Clip for Third World Man from Gaucho


    • Credits of Gaucho

    • Roger Nichols
    • Special Effects, Overdubs, Executive Producer, Executive Engineer, Sequencing, Engineer
    • Elliot Scheiner
    • Remixing, Surround Mix, Tracking, Mix Down, Mixdown Engineer, Mixing
    • Wendel
    • Special Effects, Sequencing
    • Frank Kafka
    • Liner Notes, Author, Quotes Researched & Compiled
    • Walter Becker
    • Bass, Vocals, Soloist, Group Member, Liner Notes, Lyre, Composer, Guitar
    • Donald Fagen
    • Organ, Synthesizer, Composer, Keyboards, Lyre, Piano (Electric), Vocals, ?, Liner Notes, Group Member
    • Don Grolnick
    • Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Clavinet, Rhythm Arrangements
    • Steve Khan
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Soloist
    • Rob Mounsey
    • Synthesizer, Piano, Horn Arrangements, Rhythm Arrangements
    • Tom Scott
    • Alto, Clarinet, Saxophone, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Clarinet (Alto), Lyricon, Horn Arrangements, Clarinet (Tenor)

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