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06-10-2003, 02:24 PM
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Anyone pick up the new Steely Dan yet?
Was wondering what the initial reactions to this new release were. Regardless, I will be picking this up after work today.
Phil
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06-10-2003, 03:40 PM
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I was also wondering about this. I think it is 24/192 and recorded live to 2 track, mastered by Elliott Scheiner.
Sort of the trifecta for great sonics. 
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06-10-2003, 04:08 PM
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I picked up the CD with bonus DVD today. I plan on listening to it next. I hope to get the DVD-A soon.
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06-10-2003, 04:14 PM
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The album was recorded to analog multitrack.
DVD-A details:
24/192 MLP PPCM Stereo
24/96 MLP PPCM Surround
DD 5.1 surround
DTS 5.1 surround
DD 2.0 stereo
13 minute edited video
No LPCM stereo playable on all players, sadly. But I'll be buying.
The bonus DVD with the CD has the full 22 minute video. Kind of irritating.
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06-10-2003, 04:17 PM
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See my next post - as my post got duplicated somehow. So I edited this one.
If a moderator can - delete this post.
Thanks.
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06-10-2003, 04:20 PM
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I got the DVD-A yesterday and listened to both the surround mix (96/24) and the stereo mix (192/24 - even though the package states 96/24) and it is typical Steely Dan.
To me it is a very enjoyable 41 minutes - but it doesn't really sound that much different from the last few studio albums "The Dan" has released. In fact to my ears it has a very similiar sound and groove as "Two Against Nature".
Nothing to jump for joy over (although any Steely Dan album these days might be something to delight in), but a good album nonetheless. Oh - Sound Quality - up there with the best DVD-Audio discs I have heard (and I have about 80+).
I also watched the bonus video (which on the DVD-A is 13 minutes long) which is similiar to the bonus DVD that comes with the special edition redbook release - and it is somewhat amusing - a nice extra feature to have.
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06-10-2003, 06:35 PM
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Oh - Sound Quality - up there with the best DVD-Audio discs I have heard (and I have about 80+).
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Super! I gotta have this one. I plan on having the whole Steely Dan collection in hirez some day. 
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Michael, I'm fairly sure that several of the tracks were recorded live to 2 track analog. The lack of mixing down always results in a cleaner sound, although that is less of an issue with Fagen and Becker at the console than most other bands. Even with a mixing board, their recent albums (IGY and later) seem very clean.
no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway
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06-10-2003, 06:36 PM
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By the way, I have never heard Becker's solo album "11 tracks of whack"
Does anyone have a review on that? Fagen produced I believe.
I need to complete my Dan collection.
no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud
~skateaway
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06-10-2003, 07:01 PM
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I bought the CD today, and the DVD-Audio disc came in the mail today too. Thus far, I've only listened to the CD, and my feelings are mixed. It's not a bad album, but none of the songs grab me. It's just sort of there. I really like Two Against Nature, and I feel that Everything Must Go is too steady by comparison. Two Against Nature is more varied in style and is more catchy. None of the songs on Everything Must Go get my "toes tapping" like "What A Shame About Me" on Two Against Nature. Overall, it's a solid effort, but not great. Perhaps it will grow on me.
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06-10-2003, 07:04 PM
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I guess I'm having just the opposite reaction from you, Keith.
I love it. After only one listen, it has me humming the melodies and reading the lyrics. It is less ambitious then 2AN, but I think that's the point. On the bonus DVD, Becker calls it "a party record," and it feels like one.
The biggest criticism I've read about it is that it sounds like "more of the same ol' Dan." But, IMO, that's great, because no one else does what they do, so the more the better.
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06-10-2003, 07:40 PM
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Listening through it for the third time and I'm loving it more each time. Tracks like "Pixeleen", "Green Book", and "Godwhacker" will become great additions to the Dan canon. TO me, it sounds more retro than 2AN, which I felt had more in common with Kamakiriad (sonically) than older SD. Here, I'm hearing more "Gaucho" and "Green Earrings"-type Dan than on the previous album. Lyrically, of course, it's sardonic, sad and hilarious. In any case, I think it's brilliant and highly recommend it.  |
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