STEELY DAN "Aja" Rare ‘07 Cisco Records 210gram limited edition Audiophile
STEELY DAN "Aja" This is the heavy weight Cisco reissue from 2007. Spindle wear indicates it has been played twice. There is absolutely no ring wear, no damaged corners or split seams. The cover is glossy like when it was new. The soundstage is deep and wide (I'm listening to it now) with great clarity. It was only ever played on high-end turntable with audiophile cartridge.
Aja (pronounced "") is the sixth by the American band , released by on September 23, 1977. On the album, band leaders and pushed Steely Dan further into experimenting with different combinations of session players, enlisting the services of nearly 40 musicians, while pursuing longer, more sophisticated compositions and arrangements.
The album peaked at number three on the chart, and number five on the , ultimately becoming Steely Dan's most commercially successful release. It spawned the hit singles "", "", and "".
At the , Aja won , and was nominated for and . It has appeared on many retrospective "greatest albums" lists, with critics and applauding the album's high production standards. In 2010, the album was recognized by the as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" and selected for preservation in the .
