Title: What the heck is Becker doing?
Product review: I am a bass player who used to play in a Steely Dan cover band. The SD's older work offered me and the rest of the band quite a challenge. Their sound, quirky harmonies, rythmical changes and their general sophistication were very hard to copy. They also had quite a great line-up of guitar and bass playersNot so on this album. Becker's bass and guitar chores are bland. The guitar is repetitive and lacks depth and refinement. Becker's bass work is better, but also here there is too much repetition and lack of inspiration. I found it very disappointing that I could actually play most of the songs on this album in one go, whereas on previous albums the songs often offered me quite a puzzle.Furthermore, this is a Fagen album... and not even his best. The Nightfly and Kamakiriad were much better. So yes, I am disappointed. There is no material on here that I would like to cover.
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