Steely Dan - Aja (1977) {1999, Remastered}

Posted By: popsakov
Date: Nov. 21, 2024

Steely Dan - Aja (1977) {1999, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 349 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 186 Mb
Full Scans | 00:40:01 | RAR 5% Recovery
Jazz Rock, Fusion, Soft Rock, Classic Rock | MCA Records #811 745-2

Steely Dan hadn't been a real working band since Pretzel Logic, but with Aja, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's obsession with sonic detail and fascination with composition reached new heights. A coolly textured and immaculately produced collection of sophisticated jazz-rock, Aja has none of the overt cynicism or self-consciously challenging music that distinguished previous Steely Dan records. Instead, it's a measured and textured album, filled with subtle melodies and accomplished, jazzy solos that blend easily into the lush instrumental backdrops. But Aja isn't just about texture, since Becker and Fagen's songs are their most complex and musically rich set of songs – even the simplest song, the sunny pop of "Peg," has layers of jazzy vocal harmonies. In fact, Steely Dan ignores rock on Aja, preferring to fuse cool jazz, blues, and pop together in a seamless, seductive fashion. It's complex music delivered with ease, and although the duo's preoccupation with clean sound and self-consciously sophisticated arrangements would eventually lead to a dead end, Aja is a shining example of jazz-rock at its finest.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music
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Track List:

01. Black Cow [0:05:10.17]
02. Aja [0:08:00.35]
03. Deacon Blues [0:07:36.48]
04. Peg [0:04:00.25]
05. Home at Last [0:05:35.47]
06. I Got the News [0:05:07.08]
07. Josie [0:04:30.57]

Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 3. December 2017, 14:00

Steely Dan / Aja

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Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface

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Selected bitrate : 320 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%


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1 | 0:00.00 | 5:10.17 | 0 | 23266
2 | 5:10.17 | 8:00.35 | 23267 | 59301
3 | 13:10.52 | 7:36.48 | 59302 | 93549
4 | 20:47.25 | 4:00.25 | 93550 | 111574
5 | 24:47.50 | 5:35.47 | 111575 | 136746
6 | 30:23.22 | 5:07.08 | 136747 | 159779
7 | 35:30.30 | 4:30.57 | 159780 | 180086


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Filename D:\EAC\Steely Dan - Aja.wav

Peak level 94.3 %
Extraction speed 4.0 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 97B4B7E5
Copy CRC 97B4B7E5
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AccurateRip summary

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log date: 2017-12-03 20:02:34

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Analyzed: Steely Dan / Aja
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR15 -0.55 dB -18.05 dB 5:10 01-Black Cow
DR13 -0.51 dB -17.10 dB 8:00 02-Aja
DR13 -0.51 dB -15.59 dB 7:37 03-Deacon Blues
DR11 -0.51 dB -14.42 dB 4:00 04-Peg
DR12 -0.51 dB -14.58 dB 5:36 05-Home at Last
DR15 -0.51 dB -17.53 dB 5:07 06-I Got the News
DR14 -0.51 dB -16.79 dB 4:31 07-Josie
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 861 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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