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Quality will win out. There was no need to put a great big Steely Dan sticker on this smooth little number, the radio programmers took care of that. No tracks jar, each has a big-smile middle eight and although it may be just too slick for some people's taste, mostly it is a tremendous solo album. 'I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year)', 'New Frontier' and the title track are gloriously easy on the ear. The cover version of Leiber and Stoller's 'Ruby Baby' is so good it sounds like a Fagen original.
With Steely Dan leader Donald Fagen's first solo album, THE NIGHTFLY, he showed that he could stand on his own, albeit in a way that bore strong echoes of his previous work. None of the tracks jar the ear in an untoward manner, each has a big-smile middle eight, and although some might find it slick, it is a tremendous record. "I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year)," "New Frontier," and the title track are gloriously easy on the ear. The cover version of Leiber & Stoller's "Ruby Baby" (originally sung by the Drifters and Dion) is so good it sounds like a Fagen original, and while certainly not a "jazz" album, the influence of jazz (Brubeck, Monk) runs throughout.
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Recorded at Soundworks Digital Audio/Video Recording Studios and Automated Sound, New York, New York; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California.
Personnel includes: Donald Fagen (vocals, acoustic & electric pianos, organ, synthesizer); Steve Khan (acoustic guitar); Hugh McCracken (guitar, harmonica); Larry Carlton, Dean Parks, Rick Derringer (guitar); Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone); Ronnie Cuber (baritone saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet, flugelhorn); Greg Phillinganes (acoustic & electric pianos, clavinet, synthesizer); Michael Omartian (acoustic & electric pianos); Will Lee, Anthony Jackson, Chuck Rainey, Marcus Miller, Abraham Laboriel (bass); Jeff Porcaro, Steve Jordan (drums); Starz Vanderlocket (percussion, background vocals); Valerie Simpson, Zack Sanders, Frank Floyd, Gordon Grody, Daniel Lazerus, Leslie Miller (background vocals).
NME (Magazine) (9/25/93, p.19) - Ranked #30 in NME's list of The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s. Donald Fagen Nightfly Songs Nightfly Music Review Average Rating: (4.9 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Beautiful
This album is a beauty. Its so innocent, so musical, do damn good that it fits exactly in Donald's concept. I have heard this album several times now and i can conclude that its a right mix of rock, jazz and pop of the early 80s. Donald has a fantastic voice and i can easily say that one can never go wrong with this album. Also, the recording is excellant and is very different from usual studio albums as it lacks bass.
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If you're a Steely Dan van, then this is a must for your collection
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This one is great but I need more of his stuff to search thru.
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Fagen takes us back to the future...
Donald Fagen's audio time travelogue to the late 50s and early 60s is the work of a true visionary, as he's been rightly called. Beautifully conceived and executed, the first of three concept albums is a phenomenal start to a great trilogy (with Kamakiriad and Morph the Cat equally as wonderful).
The mastering could use a brush up with the newer technology available, but in the early 80s, when it was recorded, all-digital recordings were still being pioneered and this was one of the better efforts, along with Joe Jackson's Body & Soul being another.
Pick up "Nightfly," turn down your lights and let Donald Fagen transport you to another time and place, where Chesterfield Kings, the space race and visions of a "streamlined" world with "spandex jackets for everyone" were part of the culture of the time.
Submitted by lisfan (Mammoth Lakes, CA)
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Donald Fagen's 1982 offering is a detached yet heartfelt, slick, concise, sonically clean, expertly executed, sophisticate jazz pop affair. Possibly the most accomplished collection of this musical song style ever assembled.
A memorable, classy masterpiece of cool - dripping with irony and subtlety. Pure focused genius. How could you not have this in your cd collection? Please...
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