Aja (album)
Aja ( /eɪ ʒ ə /, ya furta kamar Asia ) ne na shida studio album da American jazz dutse band Steely Dan . An sake shi a ranar 23 ga Satan  Satumba, shekarar alif ta  1977, ta ABC Records . Rikodi tare da kusan mawaƙa guda arbain 40, shugabannin ƙungiyar Donald Fagen da Walter Becker sun tura Steely Dan zuwa cikin gwaji tare da haɗuwa daban -daban na 'yan wasan zaman yayin da suke bin dogon lokaci, ingantattun kida don kundin.

Kundin ya haura zuwa lamba uku akan jadawalin Amurka da lamba biyar a Burtaniya, daga ƙarshe ya zama Lely mafi nasara a kasuwancin Steely Dan. Ya haifar da yawan mawaƙa, ciki har da " Peg ", " Deacon Blues ", da " Josie ".

A watan Yuli shekarar alif ta 1978, Aja ta lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy don Kyakkyawar Rikodin Injiniya-Ba na gargajiya ba kuma ta karɓi nunin Grammy don Album na Shekara da Mafi Kyawun Ayyukan Pop ta Duo ko Rukuni tare da Muryoyi . Tun daga lokacin ya kasance yana bayyana akai -akai akan martabar ƙwararrun manyan albums, tare da masu suka da audiophiles suna yaba manyan matakan samarwa na kundin. A cikin shekara ta  2010, Laburaren Majalisa ya zaɓi kundin don adanawa a cikin Rikodin Rikodin Ƙasa don kasancewa "mahimmancin al'adu, tarihi, ko fasaha."

Rikodi 
Samfurin da Steely Dan wanda ya daɗe yana samarwa Gary Katz  ƙunshi manyan mawaƙan zaman mawaƙa . Waƙar taken na tsawon mintuna takwas yana nuna ci gaban jazz na tushen jazz da solo na ɗan wasan saxophonist Wayne Shorter .   Becker bai yi waƙoƙi uku ba: "Black Cow", " Aja " da " Peg ".

Title da marufi 
Ana kiran taken album ɗin kamar Asiya .  Donald Fagen ya ce an sanya wa wannan albam din sunan wata ‘yar Koriya da ta auri kanin wani abokinsa na makarantar sakandare.  Hoton murfin Hideki Fujii yana da ƙirar ƙirar Jafananci da 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Sayoko Yamaguchi   kuma Patricia Mitsui da Geoff Westen ne suka tsara ta. Walter Becker da Dorothy A. White ne suka ɗauki hotunan ciki.

Talla da tallace -tallace 
An saki Aja ranar 23 ga gawatan  Satumba, shekarar alif ta 1977,  ta ABC Records .  A cikin tsammanin sakin, Katz ya bukaci Fagen da Becker masu zaman kansu masu zaman kansu da su haɓaka martabar su ta jama'a, gami da haɗuwa da Irving Azoff don ayyukan sa a matsayin manajan su. "A shirye muke mu ci gaba da rayuwa cikin walwala ba tare da manaja ba", in ji Fagen a lokacin. 

Tare da haɗin Azoff tare da kantunan rikodin kuma ana ba da kundin a farashi mai rahusa, Aja ta zama "ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kundin waƙoƙi na kakar kuma mafi saurin sayar da Steely Dan harDisamba , a cewar Cameron Crowe a cikin fitowar Rolling Stone na Disamba shekarar alif ta 1977.  A cikin makwanni uku da aka saki, kundin ya kai saman biyar na jadawalin kundin Amurka,  ƙarshe ya kai lamba uku. Har ila yau, ya kai lamba biyar a kan taswirar kundin waƙoƙin Burtaniya .  Dangane da Billboard, ya zama babban bugun ƙungiyar kuma ɗaya daga cikin kundi na farko da aka tabbatar da platinum . 

Lokacin da DTS yunkurin yin 5.1 version, an gano cewa multitrack Masters duka biyu "Black Cow" da kuma suna waƙa da aka rasa. A saboda wannan dalili, Universal Music ta soke sigar SACD da yawa. Donald Fagen ya ba da tukuici ga maigidan da suka ɓace ko kuma duk wani bayanin da zai kai su ga murmurewa.

Maraba mai mahimmanci da gado 
Da yake yin bita a cikin shekarar alif ta 1977 don Rolling Stone, Michael Duffy ya ce "tsarin tunanin kiɗan [Steely Dan's] ya canza daga tunanin dutsen & mirgine zuwa ga santsi, mai tsafta sosai da lissafin maye gurbi na dutsen daban, pop da jazz". kalmomin su "sun kasance masu ban sha'awa da ban tsoro kamar koyaushe". Duffy ya kara da cewa yayin da “matsanancin hankali na duo” ya fara nuna gazawar sa, na karshen “na iya kasancewa daidai gwargwado wanda ya sa Walter Becker da Donald Fagen su zama cikakkiyar rigakafin kiɗan kiɗa na shekaru saba'in.”  Robert Christgau na Muryar Kauye da farko ya "ƙi" rikodin kafin "ya fahimci cewa, sabanin The Royal Scam, yana ta min wasu", yayin da yake lura cewa yana "godiya don ganin Fagen da Becker na cynicism a cikin raguwa". Koyaya, ya yi imanin fifikon mawakan na tsawon lokaci, waƙoƙin da suka fi dacewa "na iya zama aibi mai muni".  Greg Kot kuma ya kasance mai ɗumi -ɗumi ga ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙungiyar, daga baya ya rubuta a cikin Chicago Tribune : “Ciwon sanyi na asibiti da aka fara gani akan The Royal Scam an kammala shi anan. Tsawon lokaci, karin waƙoƙin da ba su da ƙarfi suna maye gurbin amincin acerbic na da. ”  Barry Walters ya fi karbuwa a cikin bita na baya -baya don Rolling Stone, yana mai cewa "dutsen koyaushe ya yi fice wajen nuna ciwon yaro. Amma ba kasafai yake faruwa ba lokacin da dutsen ya kama rikice -rikicen damuwar manya kusan zalla da sauti. ” 

Masanin tarihin Jazz Ted Gioia ya ambaci Aja a matsayin misali na Steely Dan "yana tabbatar da cewa pop-rock na iya amfana daidai da jazz mai lafiya" a lokacin mulkin su na asali, wanda yayi daidai da lokacin da mawaƙan dutsen sukan yi gwaji da salon jazz da dabaru.  A ra'ayin Pitchfork  s Amanda Petrusich, yana da "rikodin jazz kamar pop",  yayin da Ben Ratliff daga The New York Times ya ce "ya ƙirƙiri sabon ma'auni don alaƙar jazz da dutsen, wanda ba shi da tushe, Steely Dan ko wani dabam ... rikodin jazz mai ci gaba tare da bugun baya, guda sabain  '70s hipster's extension na abin da Gil Evans ya hango shekaru ashirin da suka gabata. "  A cikin jerin Dylan Jones na mafi kyawun kundin jazz na GQ, Aja ta kasance ta sittin da shidda 62. 

'Yan jaridar kiɗa sun ambaci kundin a matsayin ɗayan mafi kyawun rikodin gwaji don audiophiles, saboda manyan matakan samarwa.    Walters ya lura a cikin bitarsa "kammala sonic na son rai na album, kaɗe -kaɗe da rikitarwa - kiɗa don haka yana buƙatar masu kirkirar sa su kira a cikin 'yan wasan zaman A -jerin don gane sautin da suka ji a kawunansu amma ba za su iya yin wasa ba, har ma a kan kayan aikin da suka kware. "  Bita Aja  2007 duk-analog LP reissue, Ken Kessler daga Hi-Fi News &amp; Record Review kyauta saman alamomi zuwa biyu da rikodi da kuma cika halaye, kiran da album "daukaka jazz-rock cewa ya ba shekara a duk - sai ka yi la'akari da 'hankali' ya wuce - shi ne duk abin da kuke tsammanin Becker da Fagen mai zafi/zafi za su bayar. "

Amincewa 
Aja sau da yawa yana fitowa akan martaba na manyan albums na kowane lokaci. A cikin shekarar alif ta 1991, Rock &amp; Folk na Faransa ya haɗa da Aja a cikin jerin mafi kyawun kundi 250 da aka saki yayin wanzuwar mujallar, farawa daga shekarar alif ta 1966. Zuwa shekara ta 1999, shi da aka ranked 59th a kan kasa Isra'ila jaridar Yedioth Ahronoth  "Top 99 Albums na All Time".  A cikin shekara ta 2000 an zaɓi lambar guda 118 a cikin Colin Larkin 's All Time Top 1000 Albums .  A cikin Shekara ta  2003, an shigar da kundin a cikin Grammy Hall of Fame kuma ya kasance lamba ta 145 akan jerin Rolling Stone  Manyan Albums na Duk Lokaci '',  riƙe kimantawa a cikin jerin sake fasalin shekara ta 2012.  A cikin shekara ta  2006, an saka Aja cikin littafin Albums 1001 Dole Ku Ji Kafin Ku Mutu .  A cikin shekara ta  2010, Laburaren Majalisa ya zaɓi Aja don haɗawa a Rijistar Rikodin Ƙasa ta Amurka dangane da mahimmancin al'adu, fasaha ko mahimmancin tarihi.   A cikin shekara ta 2020, Rolling Stone ya ba shi matsayi na 63 a cikin wani sabon bugu na jerin manyan kundin waƙoƙi 500.  Dangane da irin wannan martaba, jimlar gidan yanar gizon Acclaimed Music ya lissafa Aja a matsayin album na 98 mafi yawan yabo na shekarun 1970 da 315th album mafi fa'ida a tarihi. 

Mawaƙin Bilal ya sanya shi a cikin fayafan album ɗinsa guda 25 da ya fi so, yana bayanin hakan, "Babban aiki ne. Da alama an yi tunani tun daga farko har zuwa ƙarshe, kowace waƙa tana da wani yanayi. Rubutun waƙa ga sauti da kallon kundin, duk kunshin an yi tunani sosai. "

Littafin Albums na Classic 
A cikin 1999, an rufe Aja don wani labari na jerin shirye-shiryen fina-finai na Burtaniya Classic Albums, wanda ke nuna nazarin waƙar-waƙa na kundin (kawai tsallake shine "Na Samu Labarin", wanda ake bugawa yayin ƙimar rufewa), tambayoyi tare da Steely Dan co-kafa Walter Becker da Donald Fagen (a tsakanin wasu) ƙari da sabbin waƙoƙin raye-raye a cikin ɗakin studio daga kundin. Becker da Fagen suma suna yin wasa da yawa daga cikin solos ɗin guitar da aka ƙi don " Peg ", waɗanda aka yi rikodin su kafin Jay Graydon ya samar da gamsarwa. Andy Gill, ɗaya daga cikin sauran waɗanda aka yi hira da su, ya ce: "Jazz-rock babban sashi ne na yanayin kide-kide na 70 ... ya kasance ingantaccen ƙarfe na biyu-ba za ku iya raba kiɗan pop da jazz a cikin kiɗan su ba. " Yayin da yake tattauna sautin kundi, mawaƙin Burtaniya Ian Dury ya ce a cikin labarin cewa ya ji abubuwa na mawaƙan jazz kamar Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, da Art Blakey . "To, Aja 's samu wani sauti cewa ta dage your zuciya up, kuma yana da mafi m up-cika, zuciya-Warming ... ko da yake, shi ne mai classic LA kamar sauti", Dury bayyana. "Ba za ku yi tunanin an yi rikodin ko'ina a cikin duniya ba. An sami California ta cikin jininta, duk da cewa su maza ne daga New York… Suna da fasaha da za ta iya yin hotunan da ba yara ba kuma ba sa sa ku yi tunanin kun taɓa jin hakan… ta wata hanya, hoton yana da hasashe sosai, a cikin gani. ”

Yacht rock 

A cikin kimantawa na baya -bayan nan, 'yan jaridar kiɗa sun tattauna Aja a matsayin muhimmin saki a cikin ci gaban jirgin ruwa . Don Spin a cikin shekara ta 2009, Chuck Eddy ya lissafa shi a cikin nau'ikan kundin waƙoƙi guda takwas masu mahimmanci.  Da yake rubutu don uDiscoverMusic a cikin shekara ta  2019, Paul Sexton ya ce tare da faifan, Steely Dan "ya ba da sanarwar binciken su mafi girma na tasirin jazz" wanda zai haifar da "fitaccen jirgin ruwan su" a cikin Gaucho na shekarar alif ta 1980.  Patrick Hosken daga MTV News ya ce duka Aja da Gaucho sun nuna yadda "babban jirgin ruwan yashi kuma ya fi burin kide-kide fiye da yadda ake tsammani, yana daure ruhi mai idanu da jazz zuwa funk da R&B".  An haɗa Aja a cikin Vinyl Me, Don Allah jerin mujallu na mafi kyawun kundin kundin jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa guda goma 10, tare da rubutun da ya biyo baya wanda ya ce: "Muhimmancin Steely Dan ga jirgin ruwa ba zai iya wuce gona da iri ba. ... jajirce da Dan shi ne, bayar da a kan shekarar alif ta  1980 fasa Gaucho, amma Aja sami Walter Becker da Donald Fagen kage bugawa a tsakiya-ƙasa stride ... a matsayin al'ada hit factory yayin da sauran daukaka da kuma yawon buxe ido ".  John Lawler daga Wani Abu! ya ce, "Waƙar da wasan kwaikwayon da suka fi misalta rabin lokacin, funky, shimfida (hanya) baya a cikin bugun shuffle a cikin yanayin jazz-pop na tsakiyar- zuwa ƙarshen- 70s za a iya samu akan 'Gida a Ƙarshe.' Bernard "Kyakkyawa" Purdie yana ciyar da bass din Chuck Rainey tare da tsattsarkan tsattsauran ra'ayi da ƙwaƙƙwaran nasara da cike da farin ciki a cikin wannan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙungiyar da aka fi so. "

Jerin waƙa 
Duk waƙoƙin da Walter Becker da Donald Fagen suka rubuta.

Ma'aikata 

Side A
"Black Cow"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizer
Paul Humphrey – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Victor Feldman – Fender Rhodes
Joe Sample – clavinet
Larry Carlton – guitar
Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields, Rebecca Louis – backing vocals
"Aja"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizer, police whistle, backing vocals
Steve Gadd – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Larry Carlton, Walter Becker, Denny Dias – guitars
Joe Sample – Fender Rhodes
Michael Omartian – piano
Victor Feldman – percussion
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
"Deacon Blues"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizer
Bernard Purdie – drums
Walter Becker – bass guitar
Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour – guitars
Victor Feldman – Fender Rhodes
Pete Christlieb – tenor saxophone
Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields – backing vocals

Side B
"Peg"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals
Rick Marotta – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Paul Griffin – Fender Rhodes, backing vocals
Don Grolnick – clavinet
Steve Khan – guitar
Jay Graydon – guitar solo
Victor Feldman, Gary Coleman – percussion
Tom Scott – Lyricon
Michael McDonald – backing vocals
"Home At Last"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizer, backing vocals
Bernard Purdie – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Larry Carlton – guitar
Walter Becker – guitar solo
Victor Feldman – piano, vibraphone
Tim Schmit – backing vocals
"I Got the News"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizers
Ed Greene – drums
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Victor Feldman – piano, vibraphone, percussion
Dean Parks – guitar
Walter Becker, Larry Carlton – guitar solos
Michael McDonald, Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Rebecca Louis – backing vocals
"Josie"
Donald Fagen – lead vocals, synthesizers, backing vocals
Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Victor Feldman – Fender Rhodes
Larry Carlton, Dean Parks – guitars
Walter Becker – guitar solo
Tim Schmit – backing vocals

 Tom Scott - shirye -shiryen ƙaho
 Jim Horn, Bill Perkins, Plas Johnson, Jackie Kelso - saxophones, sarewa
 Chuck Findley, Lou McCreary, Dick Hyde - tagulla

 Stephen Diener [ABC Records] - mai gabatar da zartarwa
 Gary Katz - furodusa
 Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee - injiniyoyi
 Joe Bellamy, Lenise Bent, Ken Klinger, Ron Pangaliman, Ed Rack, Linda Tyler - mataimakan injiniya
 Bernie Grundman - gwaninta
 Barbara Miller - daidaituwa na samarwa
 Dinky Dawson - mai ba da shawara
 Daniel Levitin - mai ba da shawara
 Oz Studios,  Vartan Reissue - jagorar fasaha
 Patricia Mitsui, Geoff Westen - ƙira
 Hideki Fujii (hoton murfin), Walter Becker, Dorothy A. White - daukar hoto
 Walter Becker, Donald Fagen - bayanin kula

Ayyukan

Kyaututtuka

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Takaddun shaida

Nassoshi

Hanyoyin waje 

 Aja at Discogs (list of releases)
  
  , courtesy of The Museum of Classic Chicago Television
 
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