Steely Dan: Gaucho (Limited Edition) (LP)

"Gaucho" was released in 1980 as the seventh studio album of the jazz-rock band Steely Dan. With it, the perfectionism of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen reached its peak: they wore out no fewer than 42 musicians during their two years of recording in the studio. It goes without saying that this also mercilessly exhausted the financial advance of their record label. The album is more minimalist than its predecessors, songs develop from and around a single rhythm or mood, and they are primarily about extensive drug use. "Gaucho" wants to be conquered; "Babylon Sisters" and "Hey Nineteen" are real Steely Dan gems.