Donald Fagen's Nightfly - Love it or Hate it?


I am intrigued by this album. The first time i I heard it I was immediately hooked - I love it's laidback sound with puchy lines and funky beat...

What do you like (or hate) about it?

Fav tracks: New Frontier, Maxine & Nightfly - Your's?

Dewald Visser
dewald_visser
Whoa! What a buzzkill.
Sorry about that. I don't dislike the album. It's just a little too perfect a puzzle for my tastes.
Sorry, but it is kind of tough to like Tom Waits and Donald Fagen at the same time...I stick with Tom for perfect albums.Kind of agree with Boa2:

I don't dislike the album. It's just a little too perfect a puzzle for my tastes.

Even Steely Dan always sounded a bit too perfect for me. Not really on the "love it" side...
I bought the LP when this it was first released and thought it was a great recording, sonically and musically.

Now I still like the music but do not like the very digital sound. One of the earliest digital albums.

Love the optimism of IGY
Love it! Great songs and great sound, except the bass should have been brought up a little more in the mix.