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Aja (Album) | align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Aja | | lign="center" colspan="3"| | | lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Album by Steely Dan | | lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|September, 1977 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|??? | | lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Rock | | lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|39 min 58 sec | | lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|ABC | | lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Gary Katz | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3" align="center"|Professional reviews | | lign="left" valign="top"|AMG | valign="top"|4.5/5 | valign="top"|link | | lign="left" valign="top"|Popmatters | valign="top"|9.5/10 | valign="top"|link | | lign="left" valign="top"|Q | valign="top"|5/5 | valign="top"|October 2000 | | gcolor="orange" colspan="3" align="center"|Steely Dan Chronology | align="top"|The Royal Scam
(1976) | valign="top"|Aja
(1977) | valign="top"|Gaucho
(1980) | Aja is an album by the rock band Steely Dan. Originally released in 1977 (see 1977 in music), it became the group's best-selling album. Topping at #3 on the U.S. charts and #5 in the United Kingdom, it was the band's first platinum album. In July 1978, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording. The album is considered to be the band's most ambitious and sophisticated, and the eight minute-long title track features complex jazz-based changes and a solo by renowned saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Track listing all songs by Becker and Fagen - "Black Cow" - 5:10
- "Aja" - 8:00
- "Deacon Blues" - 7:36
- "Peg" - 4:00
- "Home at Last" - 5:35
- "I Got the News" - 5:07
- "Josie" - 4:30
Personnel - Walter Becker - bass, guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Donald Fagen - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals, background vocals, whistle
- Larry Carlton - guitar, electric guitar
- Pete Christlieb - flute, tenor saxophone
- Gary Coleman - percussion
- Denny Dias - guitar
- Victor Feldman - percussion, piano, keyboards, electric piano, vibraphone
- Venetta Field - vocals, background vocals
- Chuck Findley - horn, brass
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Jay Graydon - guitar, electric guitar
- Ed Greene - drums
- Paul Griffin - keyboards, electric piano, vocals, background vocals
- Don Grolnick - keyboards, clavinet
- Jim Horn - flute, saxophone
- Paul Humphrey - drums
- Richard Hyde - trombone
- Slyde Hyde - brass
- Plas Johnson - flute, saxophone
- Jackie Kelso - flute, horn, saxophone
- Jim Keltner - percussion, drums
- Steve Khan - guitar
- Clydie King - vocals, background vocals
- Rebecca Louis - vocals, background vocals
- Rick Marotta - drums
- Shirley Matthews - vocals, background vocals
- Lou McCreary - brass
- Michael McDonald - vocals, background vocals
- Michael Omartian - piano, keyboards
- Dean Parks - guitar
- Bill Perkins - flute, horn, saxophone
- Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - drums
- Chuck Rainey - bass
- Lee Ritenour - guitar
- Joe Sample - keyboards, electric piano, clavinet
- Timothy B. Schmit - bass, vocals
- Tom Scott - conductor, flute, tenor saxophone, lyricon
- Wayne Shorter - flute, tenor saxophone
Production - Producer: Gary Katz
- Engineers: Roger Nichols, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee
- Assistant engineers: Joe Bellamy, Lenise Bent, Ken Klinger, Ron Pangaliman, Ed Rack, Linda Tyler
- Mastering: Bernie Grundman
- Production coordination: Barbara Miller
- Sound consultant: Dinky Dawson
- Consultant: Daniel Levitin
- Horn arrangements: Tom Scott
- Art direction: Vartan Reissue
- Design: Geoff Westen
- Photography: Walter Becker
- Liner notes: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
- Reissue coordination: Beth Stempel
Charts Album | lign="left"|Chart | align="left"|Position | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|Pop Albums | align="left"|3 | Singles | lign="left"|Single | align="left"|Chart | align="left"|Position | | lign="left"|1978 | align="left"|"Deacon Blues" | align="left"|Pop Singles | align="left"|19 | | lign="left"|1978 | align="left"|"Josie" | align="left"|Pop Singles | align="left"|26 | | lign="left"|1978 | align="left"|"Peg" | align="left"|Pop Singles | align="left"|11 | Awards Grammy Awards | lign="left"|Winner | align="left"|Category | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|Aja | align="left"|Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical | External link
Aja is the title of a documentary about the making of the Steely Dan album of the same name.
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