![]() I mean, seven perfect-or near-perfect-albums released in succession? It’s hard to argue against it. No band has ever come out the gates like that. No matter how you feel about that record-or whether or not you think it should have won Album of the Year over Kid A-it marked a triumphant, admirable return for Fagen and Becker.īut Everything Must Go would mark a (fittingly titled) end for the duo, who’d set rock ‘n’ roll ablaze with one of the best seven-album runs you’ll ever see: Can’t Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied, The Royal Scam, Aja and Gaucho. Eventually, they would release the Grammy-winning LP Two Against Nature. They each let out some solo roars before reuniting for gigs in 1993. ![]() After putting out Gaucho in 1980, the boys went their separate ways for a brief time. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker had enjoyed an off-and-on 30-year career, producing some of the greatest records of all-time. ![]() 20 years ago today, Steely Dan-the godfathers of yacht rock and ancestors of sleaze-released Everything Must Go, a project that would become their ninth and final album.
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