Aja by Steely Dan — album cover
№ 52 of 100

Aja

Steely Dan · 1977 · Rock

Aja by Steely Dan (1977), № 52 in The Lead-In’s 100 greatest albums. Forty-one session players. Roger Nichols engineering to a millimeter. The most-overproduced record in pop and the proof that overproduction can be its own argument.

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