[IonInsights]

IMHO, EMG is one of their best. An equal of Aja and The Royal Scam in its consistency and mission.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Ping!!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Man, I love this album. Hard to say what my favorite tune is - might be "Green Book", but the title cut is cool, too - "Lunch With Gina" is a cool groove.

(And if you get the version with the "Steely Dan Confessions" DVD, you won't be sorry.)

[frmrda]

Amen to that brother. EMG is second only behind "Aja", the greatest album of all time. These guys are so good they make things like assassinating God, the end of the world and incest ("Cousin Dupree" from 'TvN') sound upbeat.

I've listened to EMG about 30 times since I got it and it gets better every time. You really have to listen a whole lot of times to pick up on everything and get what they're saying. But when you do, it's like being in on a joke only a few people are in on.

If you don't like SD, you just don't like music.

[TLBSHOW]

Steely Dan Confirms First Tour In Three Years

Steely Dan has unveiled details for its first tour since the summer of 2000, kicking off July 23 in Costa Mesa, Calif., and wrapping Aug. 31 in Syracuse, N.Y. The veteran jazz/rock outfit will be touring in support of its upcoming Reprise album, "Everything Must Go," which has been bumped to June 10 from its original May 6 release date. As the band explained in its online newsletter, "the reason, we understand, has to do with something called 'a schedule' for some entity called 'the record company.'" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/888371/posts

[Ferret Fawcet]

Thanks for posting this, I'm really looking forward to hearing EMG. We're going to try and catch SD when they come to play here in August. I've never seen them live.

[Aquinasfan]

An equal of Aja and The Royal Scam in its consistency and mission.

Whoa! Must get new album. Must Get new album. Must get new album...

[MadelineZapeezda]

All time favorite band bump!

[Jhensy]

"Everything Must Go"? Sorry, but that's the name of the Manic Street Preachers finest album, released in '96. Although relatively unknown in America, that LP is a very well-known classic in England, a huge #1 seller. I'm sure every reviewer and music fan over there is going "huh?"

[Cboldt]

Holy Cow. I must have been really asleep at the switch.

Steely Dan -BUMPUS-

Sweet start. Glad to see them still at it. Steely Dan is my favorite.

Called the record store, they have it. RUN down, pick it off the rack, it's even on sale. Life is good, today.

[IonInsights]

This review now posted on Steely Dan's website.