If you've come along this far in life and have NOT heard or for that matter do NOT own Steely Dan's legendary album Aja in some medium or another, do yourself a huge favor and just break down and buy this in some form, preferable CD for now. Although if you want to download from iTunes or something similar, fine, just do it.
Now why do I make such a fuss over this album? Well, simply put this could be one of the most perfect albums ever made and a landmark record in many aspects, especially one of the most amazingly produced albums ever and you won't find a tighter, more creative, more energetic, vibrant, and all-out Jazz rock fusion album out there that even compares to just how brilliant, masterful, articulate, and downright genius as this. The work here between Donald Fagan and Walter Becker is just magnificent. This is an album you can spin non-stop and never get tired of it's brilliance or it's seemingly playful nature, yet below that mellowness is some intricate and complex writing in both lyric and melody alike. I am not really a big fan of Steely Dan in general and perhaps some of that is due to the fact that I can't get into their other material after being completely blown away by this album, everything else pales in comparison.
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