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| | Gaucho | | | Music Artist : | | Steely Dan | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Mca | | Release Date : | | 2000-10-10 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $10.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Babylon Sisters
2. Hey Nineteen
3. Glamour Profession
4. Gaucho
5. Time out of Mind
6. My Rival
7. Third World Man
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 Perfect work of art
Submitted on: 2009-11-08 |
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I feel almost silly and kind of lame-o for writing a review for this album. Why should this album need another great review? But somehow, I feel compelled to add my two cents. I am a Steely Dan geek, a fanatic! This is why I can't understand how anyone who is even remotely familiar with this superb band can give this album anything less than the coveted 5-star amazon review. This is not only Steely Dan at their absolute pinnacle, it is one of the greatest works of art of all time. I have to quote another reviewer who summed up my feelings best.........
"Gaucho is filled with songs surrounding the seamy underside of society's high rollers. It reveals a world seen through the haze of drugs and despair. It's a cathartic aural experience. If you haven't heard this album, you haven't experienced the full potential of music and the human imagination."
Damn, I wish I had written that! But this is the most perfect summation of this brilliant album. The main thing I would draw attention to is the absolute beauty and tranquility that this album evokes. It's a desperate and romantic tranquility, that seeps in while you are listening and won't let go. It goes without saying that, being a Steely Dan album, the playing and production are perfect; beyond that, this album exudes an aura of desperate, cool, and sublime peace. Comparing this album to Aja, or to any other Steely Dan album is so silly, and futile. I won't get into the whole "song structure" BS. Again, being a Steely Dan album, the quality of the songs is taken for granted.
You see, this is why I didn't want to write a review. This review sucks because I can't write a review that will adequately do justice to this superb, mind blowing cd. |
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The best
Submitted on: 2009-09-12 |
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| This is without a doubt one of the best produced albums ever. It is sonically perfect. And of course the music is about as good as it gets. If you have DVD Audio, get it. This version is two channel and sounds great, but in 5 channel surround sound of the dvd-audio version... it's probably the best produced album ever made in that medium. |
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Ode to the 70s
Submitted on: 2009-05-26 |
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When it comes to Steely Dan -- from their first album to the last -- there are no disappointments. Their impeccable, absurdly complex style sums up an era like few bands have ever been able to accomplish. I was way too young, and sadly oblivious, to appreciate the vast musical wealth of the 70s, but put on a Steely Dan album, and I'm instantly transported to the Hollywood Hills with a cocktail (or something much stronger) in hand, looking down on the Chateau Marmont and the hazy, seedy under-belly of Sunset Boulevard. With a coy wink and an subtle smurk, their music always hints of an insider's perspective that only those who have lived and partied too hard can appreciate. Case in point, in their own words, in 'The Caves of Altamira (not on the Gaucho album, but The Royal Scam):
"Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall
When there wasn't even any Hollywood
They heard the call
And they wrote it on the wall
For you and me we understood."
Jaded? yes. Decadent? yes. And strangely, it's those qualities and others that make this group and their work, dare I say, endearing. So whatever term can be pinned to them, one thing is certain: Long may Steely Dan reign. |
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This album improves over time!
Submitted on: 2009-02-21 |
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| During the 70s & 80s, friends who were as crazy about music as I was kept me abreast of the Steely Dan albums. Strangely, I never felt compelled to buy any. Twenty-five years later I decided to change that, and purchased the one that surfaced in my consciousness - Gaucho. I could not believe what I heard: music and lyrics so devastatingly sophisticated, complex, disturbing, uplifting, soothing, rewarding... When the album ends, I keep re-playing it and eventually pack it away only to prevent myself from ever running the risk of tiring of it! I could not believe that I had done without it for so long, but then realised that the intervening c25 years of avid music listening would surely have refined my palate too - so the wait was truly worth the while. Viva Gaucho! Every track rates 5 stars in my estimation, and the sum is greater than the total of the parts. The re-mastering has rendered the good music perfect. Get this album now. |
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Brilliant album from start to finish...
Submitted on: 2008-11-29 |
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| Just as with Aja before it, an album that I can listen to all the way through, enjoy every track without skipping through any, and never get tired of it. I've listed to it for a month straight and it just keeps getting better... |
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