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| Aja
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| Album by Steely Dan
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| Released
| September, 1977
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| Recorded
| ???
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| Genre
| Rock
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| Length
| 39 min 58 sec
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| Record label
| ABC
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| Producer
| Gary Katz
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| Professional reviews
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| AMG
| 4.5/5
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| Popmatters
| 9.5/10
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| Q
| 5/5
| October 2000
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| Steely Dan Chronology
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The Royal Scam
( 1976)
| Aja
( 1977)
| GauchoGaucho was Steely Dan's last album before the band's 10-year breakup from June 1981 to October 1991. The album, originally released in 1980, was also the band's last studio album until the 2000 release of Two Against Nature''. Despite exceptional difficul
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Aja is an album by the rock band Steely Dan. Originally released in 1977 (see 1977 in musicSee also 1976 in music, other events of 1977, 1978 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events In this year, the St. Magnus Festival was founded in Orkney by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Perhaps most important is the release of several p), it became the group's best-selling album. Topping at #3 on the U.S. charts and #5 in the United Kingdom, it was the band's first platinum album. In JulyJuly is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. July was renamed for Julius Caesar; previously, it was called Quintilis in Latin, since it was the fifth month in the Roman calendar which started in March. Because of its orig 1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet., the album won the Grammy AwardThe Grammy Awards presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in musical recordings, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the Unit for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording.
The album is considered to be the band's most ambitious and sophisticated, and the eight minute-long title track features complex jazz-based changes and a solo by renowned saxophonist Wayne ShorterWayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. In the 1950s and early 1960s he played with Horace Silver, Maynard Ferguson and Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, for whom he eventually became musical director. From 196.
