Black Cow (song)
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| Studio album by Steely Dan | ||||
| Released | September 23, 1977 | |||
| Recorded | January to July 1977; at the Village Recorder, West Los Angeles, California; Producer's Workshop, Hollywood; Warner Bros studios, Burbank; ABC recording studios, N.Y.C.; Sound Labs, Hollywood; A&R studios, Manhattan |
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| Genre | Jazz rock | |||
| Length | 39:58 | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Producer | Gary Katz | |||
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"Home at Last"
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| BBC Music | (positive) |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| Drowned in Sound | 10/10 |
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| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
| Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  |
Aja (/ˈeɪʒə/, pronounced like Asia) is the sixth album by the jazz rock band Steely Dan. Originally released in 1977 on ABC Records, it became the group's best-selling album. Peaking at No. 3 on the U.S. charts and No. 5 in the United Kingdom, it was the band's first platinum album, eventually selling over 5 million copies. In July 1978, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording. In 2003, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and ranked number 145 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. It is widely regarded as a good test recording for audiophiles because of its high production standards.
Donald Fagen has said the album was named for a Korean woman who married the brother of one of his high-school friends. The cover photo by Hideki Fujii features Japanese model and actress Sayoko Yamaguchi.
The album features several leading session musicians. The eight-minute-long title track features jazz-based changes and a solo by saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
When DTS attempted to make a 5.1 version, it was discovered that the multitrack masters for both "Black Cow" and the title track were missing. For this same reason, a multichannel SACD version was cancelled by Universal Music. Donald Fagen has offered a $600 reward for the missing masters or any information that leads to their recovery.
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