Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The final album from the classic period of Steely Dan’s immeasurable contribution to music has come to pass just a couple of weeks after it celebrated its 49th anniversary.
Critically undervalued at the time of its release, it didn’t need time to be appreciated, it just required ears that were not focused on the sea change in musical atmosphere as the expression of the short hand Punk descended on the world and the shifting attitudes of society aligned itself with change, a bloodless revolution which saw old favourites led to the scaffold and presented with a choice, adapt or no longer be relevant.