[audiobook] Philoctetes (Hackett Classics) by Sophocles at Arts-Photography

Description

Aja was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac; the Eagles and Chicago. A double-platinum; Grammy-winning bestseller; it lingered on the Billboard charts for more than a year and spawned three hit singles. Odd; then; that its creators saw it as an "ambitious; extended" work; the apotheosis of their anti-rock; anti-band; anti-glamour aesthetic. Populated by thirty-fi ve mostly jazz session players; Aja served up prewar song forms; mixed meters and extended solos to a generation whose idea of pop daring was Paul letting Linda sing lead once in a while. And; impossibly; it sold. Including an in-depth interview with Donald Fagen; this book paints a detailed picture of the making of a masterpiece.