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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: New Donald Fagen Sol |
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"Morph The Cat" is out. I listened to it today, and frankly, I was disappointed on first listen, and I'm a big fan of Fagen/Steely Dan. Maybe it'll grow on me. Here's a hunk of a review:
(Press bio from WB/Reprise Records)
Donald Fagen?s Morph The Cat is just your average soulful and sexy masterpiece about love, death and homeland defense. ?There?s nothing sexier than the Apocalypse,? Fagen explains helpfully. ?I suppose you could call this album Apocalypse Wow." The darkly beautiful third solo effort from Fagen ? the longtime co-leader of Steely Dan ? follows 1981?s classic The Nightfly and 1993?s acclaimed Kamakiriad, and represents the latest installment in what now appears to be a powerful and at times deeply personal trilogy. ?The Nightfly is sort of looking from the standpoint of youth, ?Fagen explains. ?Kamakiriad would be more about midlife. This new one is about endings really. So in a way this really has become a sort of trilogy. In fact, there are plans to put all three albums out in a box where they belong.?
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If I was scoring this album, 3 stars out of 5 max. Maybe 2?. |
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