aja STEELY DAN -30 ANNIVERSARY- ANALOG HQ- Limited Edition #3084
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Aja is the sixth album by the jazz rock band Steely Dan. Originally released in 1977 on ABC Records, it became the group's best-selling album.
In fact, Steely Dan ignores rock on Aja, preferring to fuse cool jazz, blues, and pop together in a seamless, seductive fashion. It's complex music delivered with ease, and although the duo's preoccupation with clean sound and self-consciously sophisticated arrangements would eventually lead to a dead end, Aja is a shining example of jazz-rock at its finest.
Peaking at No. 3 on the U.S. charts and No. 5 in the United Kingdom, Aja was the band's first platinum album, eventually selling over 5 million copies. The record spawned a number of hit singles, including "Peg", "Deacon Blues", and "Josie". In July 1978, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording.
In 2003, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and ranked number 145 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.The album is often cited as one of the best test recordings for audiophiles, due to its high production standards
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