I mean, seven perfect-or near-perfect-albums released in succession? It’s hard to argue against it. No band has ever come out the gates like that. No matter how you feel about that record-or whether or not you think it should have won Album of the Year over Kid A-it marked a triumphant, admirable return for Fagen and Becker.īut Everything Must Go would mark a (fittingly titled) end for the duo, who’d set rock ‘n’ roll ablaze with one of the best seven-album runs you’ll ever see: Can’t Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied, The Royal Scam, Aja and Gaucho. Eventually, they would release the Grammy-winning LP Two Against Nature. They each let out some solo roars before reuniting for gigs in 1993. After putting out Gaucho in 1980, the boys went their separate ways for a brief time. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker had enjoyed an off-and-on 30-year career, producing some of the greatest records of all-time. 20 years ago today, Steely Dan-the godfathers of yacht rock and ancestors of sleaze-released Everything Must Go, a project that would become their ninth and final album.
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