The Dean Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/r...ticle347277.ece 4 (out of 5) stars... Here's a short excerpt: "In an age when skilful PR hype and internet downloads have combined to shrink the gap between an artist's first steps and their acclaim as Greatest Thing Ever to little more than a few nanoseconds, the appearance of a new Donald Fagen album serves to provide a little perspective, and pour a little cooling water on pop's fevered brow. So remote is Fagen from the desperate whirl of the modern pop industry that he seems to be operating on an entirely different time-scale. It took him 12 years to produce a follow-up to his solo debut album The Nightfly, and it's been a further 13 years since Kamakiriad. And as before, the results bear no relation to anything happening elsewhere in pop - though there is a continuity with his own oeuvre..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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