ALL these years, because Steely Dan has barely lost any of the charm it had in its heyday. Its a comeback on the order of the Grateful Dead's "In The Dark" or Jethro Tull's "Crest Of A Knave", or heck, even Aerosmith's "Permanent Vacation". I mention these three because they were monstrously succesful and very good when the bands weren't expected to do anything at all except flog a dead horse. About every other song on this record is worthy to stand next to any of their greatest material. All the songs average about 5 to 6 minutes, so when they misfire, it's torturous, but what a beautiful world it is that we have the remote and the CD player, just like Fagen said about twenty years ago in "IGY". I love that these guys could wake up from a long sleep like theirs and whoop the pants off of any other rock band without even trying..