Fans like us who watch the skies . . .
. . . know that Morph the Cat floated over Manhattan--and the rest of the US--15 years ago today, on March 7th, 2006. (Some sources say March 14th; Wikipedia says the 7th. Dandom says that while the scheduled release date was pushed back to the 14th, Fagen still kicked off the Morph tour at the Beacon on the 7th. Anyway: finally, the anniversary of a classic album that's younger than my own offspring!)
At least one more time before I meet the fella in the Brite Nitegown, I want to fly through La Guardia and see if I can find Security Joan. (“Search me now!”)
I never actually voted on this one, though. It's got another peerless Scheiner mix (Grammy for Best Surround Album, 2007), that slick late-period Steely Dan sound (with lots of bass--I don't mind), and a great selection of slinky, groovy songs. It's not my favorite Fagen album;"Great Pagoda" and "The Night Belongs to Mona" are weak spots for me. But not weak enough to bump this as low as a 9. So: 10.
. . . know that Morph the Cat floated over Manhattan--and the rest of the US--15 years ago today, on March 7th, 2006. (Some sources say March 14th; Wikipedia says the 7th. Dandom says that while the scheduled release date was pushed back to the 14th, Fagen still kicked off the Morph tour at the Beacon on the 7th. Anyway: finally, the anniversary of a classic album that's younger than my own offspring!)
At least one more time before I meet the fella in the Brite Nitegown, I want to fly through La Guardia and see if I can find Security Joan. (“Search me now!”)
I never actually voted on this one, though. It's got another peerless Scheiner mix (Grammy for Best Surround Album, 2007), that slick late-period Steely Dan sound (with lots of bass--I don't mind), and a great selection of slinky, groovy songs. It's not my favorite Fagen album;"Great Pagoda" and "The Night Belongs to Mona" are weak spots for me. But not weak enough to bump this as low as a 9. So: 10.
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