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The Nightfly
The Nightfly cover
Studio album by Donald Fagen
Released October 1982
Recorded 1982
Genre Jazz-Rock
Length 38:46
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Gary Katz
Professional reviews
Donald Fagen chronology
The Nightfly
(1982)		 Kamakiriad
(1993)

The Nightfly is the first solo album by Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen, released in 1982. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Gary Katz is an American record producer most famous for his work in that capacity on every Steely Dan album recorded during the first run of their career from Can't allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. Kamakiriad is the second solo album by Steely Dan Singer Donald Fagen, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music) An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. See also 1982 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 It was one of the first fully digital recordings of popular music. In digital recording, the analog signal of Video or Sound is converted into a stream of Discrete numbers representing the changes in Air

In the UK the album was certified Platinum in 2004, despite only reaching #44 on the charts following its release. It has also gone platinum in America. This relatively low-key but long-lived popularity led the Wall Street Journal to dub the album "one of pop music's sneakiest masterpieces" upon the release of a 25th anniversary edition of "The Nightfly" in late 2007. [1]

Paul White, Editor-in-chief of Sound On Sound Magazine, said The Nightfly "is always a good reference for checking out monitoring systems and shows what good results could be obtained from those early digital recording systems in the right hands. "[2]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Donald Fagen, except where noted

  1. "I. G. Y. (International Geophysical Year)" – 6:05
  2. "Green Flower Street" – 3:40
  3. "Ruby Baby" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 5:38
  4. "Maxine" – 3:50
  5. "New Frontier" – 6:23
  6. "The Nightfly" – 5:45
  7. "The Goodbye Look" – 4:47
  8. "Walk Between Raindrops" – 2:38

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1982 Black Albums 24
1982 Pop Albums 11

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1982 "I. The International Geophysical Year or IGY was an international scientific effort that lasted from July 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958 " Ruby Baby " is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (born April 25, 1933) and Mike Stoller (born March 13, 1933) are among the most influential Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (born April 25, 1933) and Mike Stoller (born March 13, 1933) are among the most influential Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. An electric piano is an electric Musical instrument. The popularity of the electric piano began to grow in the late 1960s, reaching its greatest height during the Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. Dave Bargeron (born September 6, 1942 in New York City) is an American trombonist and Tuba player from Athol Massachusetts The trombone is a Musical instrument in the brass family Like all brass instruments it is a lip-reed Aerophone: sound is produced when the player’s The euphonium is a conical-bore, Baritone -voiced Brass instrument. Michael Brecker ( March 29, 1949 &ndash January 13, 2007) was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the Saxophone family a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s Randal "Randy" Brecker (b Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, November 27, 1945) is an American Trumpeter and The flugelhorn (also spelled fluegelhorn or flügelhorn) is a Brass instrument resembling a Trumpet but with a wider conical bore Larry Carlton (born 2 March, 1948) is an American Jazz, pop, and rock Guitarist dividing his recording The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The baritone saxophone, often called " bari sax " (to avoid confusion with the Baritone horn, which is often referred to simply as "baritone" is Rick Derringer (born Richard Zehringer, 5 August, 1947, in Fort Recovery Ohio) is an American Guitarist vocalist A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Steve Jordan may refer to Steve Jordan (musician, American multi-instrumentalist songwriter and music producer from New York City Esteban Steve Khan (born April 28, 1947) is an American Jazz Guitarist. A steel-string acoustic guitar, is a modern form of Guitar descended from the Classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter louder sound Abraham Laboriel Sr (born July 17 1947) is a Mexican Bassist who has played on over 4000 recordings and soundtracks Will Lee (born September 8, 1952) is an American musician and Bassist, best known for his work on the CBS Television program Hugh McCracken is a rhythm guitar player and Session musician, arranger and producer based in New York Marcus Miller (born June 14, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Grammy Award-winning Jazz musician composer producer and multi-instrumentalist Rob Mounsey ( December 2, 1952 in Berea Ohio -) is an award-winning Composer, music producer and musician Roger Nichols is a recording engineer best-known for his work with the group Steely Dan. Michael Omartian (born November 26, 1945 in Evanston Illinois) is an Armenian-American songwriter Grammy Award -winning Keyboardist Dean Parks is a leading Studio musician and Guitarist from Los Angeles California, best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan Greg Phillinganes (born Gregory Arthur Phillinganes on May 12, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan) is an active session keyboardist in Los Angeles A Clavinet is an electrophonic Keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company The bass synthesizer (or "bass synth" is an Electronic instrument capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro ( April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was a highly regarded session drummer and a founding member of the Chuck Rainey, born Charles Walter Rainey III in Cleveland Ohio, is a Bass guitar player best known for playing with Steely Dan, Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The alto saxophone is a member of the Saxophone a family of Woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM (born November 28, 1949 in Fort William, now Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian Gary Katz is an American record producer most famous for his work in that capacity on every Steely Dan album recorded during the first run of their career from Can't Elliot Scheiner is a record producer and record engineer Scheiner has received 23 Grammy Award nominations 6 of which he won and he has been awarded two Emmy nominations Elliot Scheiner is a record producer and record engineer Scheiner has received 23 Grammy Award nominations 6 of which he won and he has been awarded two Emmy nominations Bob Ludwig (b Circa 1945 is an American mastering engineer He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry Elliot Scheiner is a record producer and record engineer Scheiner has received 23 Grammy Award nominations 6 of which he won and he has been awarded two Emmy nominations G. Y. (International Geophysical Year)" Adult Contemporary 8
1982 "I. G. Y. (International Geophysical Year)" Black Singles 54
1982 "I. G. Y. (International Geophysical Year)" Mainstream Rock 17
1982 "I. G. Y. (International Geophysical Year)" Pop Singles 26
1983 "New Frontier" Adult Contemporary 34
1983 "New Frontier" Pop Singles 70

References

  1. ^ Wall Street Journal: "'The Nightfly' Still Lives at 25" by Robert J. Toth
  2. ^ BBC: Big George's Business of Sound - Industry Interview: Paul White

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