This album stands up to repeated listening very well.  Just like Steely Dan from back in the day.  Musically, this is very much a part of the Steely Dan canon- a logical continuation of their last studio recording 20  years ago.  Given the current popular music climate, this is an extremely  perverse move.  If however, you are looking for "Reelin' in the  Years," this isn't it.  Musically similar to Goucho, it is  nevertheless lyrically sharper.  The Dan sound evolved and became more  polished as the seventies progressed.  Fans seem to select their favorite  moment from an artist's career and then judge all subsequent work to that  moment.  This is a good enough album that it deserves to be judged on its  own merits.  Of course there are killer session musicians here but what's  really encouraging is that Becker and Fagen have improved with age.  "What a Shame" is just perfection in every detail, and unlike  most of the pablum served up by the music industry today, there are lots of  details.