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Gaucho

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The attached is arguably the best CD Steely Dan completed prior to their breakup or since.

This is the Mobile Fidelity 24Karat Gold Version in the orignial shrink wrap.

A truly outstanding piece of jazz inflected rock/pop that is simply hard to beat if you are a fan. The sound is superb thanks to MFSL technology and remastering and ranks right up there with the Super Audio Version on the SACD Layer.

This item is a collectible and you may find it periodically on Ebay for significantly more money and in U.S. $'s.

Gaucho is a spectacular work. The musicianship is phenomenal, the melodies and arrangements are spellbinding -- almost heartbreakingly wonderful -- and the recording itself is rich, bright and a technical triumph. Steely Dan fans won't be disappointed by the lyrics, most of which are typically arcane. If you don't like it the first couple of times (I didn't!), keep playing it. You'll come around.

For those who thought it impossible, this CD is the cherry on top of Aja. Each cut is a tasty little world unto itself; each compelling in its own flavor; each tied to the rest by its pungent reflection of the times in which we live. The guitar in particular, both rhythm and solo, are so pristine (we're able to hear picks across strings especially well on Glamour Profession and My Rival) and well conceived as to be fascinating. None but Donald Fagen's voice would fit so perfectly. Gaucho is Steely Dan at its zenith. Sublime! This is the pop CD I'd put in a time capsule as a gift to future listeners.

Don't get me wrong, this is a great Dan album, but unlike the excellent "Aja", this CD can drag a little (especially on Babylon Sisters). If you are new to the cult of Steely Dan, then purchase either "Pretzel Logic" or "Aja" first then get this CD.

I bought the Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs Gold Ultradisc of Steely Dan's 'Gaucho' CD.

This version sounds incredible. And considering it is a re-master of the original master recording, there is no doubt as to why they just sound better than conventional store bought aluminum CD's.

Crystal clearness and sometimes rough like a flawless diamant, thats the Becker and Fagan sound. In my opinion never matched again.

Having most of steely dan's collection, this album, that was supposedly thrown together in a protest to MCA, is a classic. (Donald) Fagen and (Walter) Becker REALLY outdid themselves on this effort....4 thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!sorry siskel & ebert

This is the greatest pop-jazz fusion album ever made. At first I thought that songs like "Glamour Profession" and "Hey, Nineteen" were too long and insipid. But after listening again (not just to the music but also the lyrics) they couldn't have been more perfect. The best cuts are "Gaucho"--which seems to be about irreconcilable differences between two friends (or lovers) concerning a "third party" and "Time Out of Mind"--which can be so playfully and wildly misinterpreted that it's beyond discussion at this point. Cryptic and ingenious with meticulously engineered songs. That's part of the Steely Dan charm.

Goucho is the last and finest work of Steely Dan. This work encompasses all that which made SD the huge musical entity that they were. Goucho is truly a song-writing and lyrical masterpiece.

Although recorded flawlessly, and with another top notch stable of rock and jazz musicians, the only flaw in this disc is that it failed to break new ground for Fagen and Becker. Also, conside the fact that it was their follow up to Aja. That is a tough act to follow.