Steely Dan – Gaucho (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1980

Gaucho is an LP by Steely Dan from 1980 released on the MCA Records label.

About this album

Gaucho is Steely Dan at their most exacting and sardonic, turning slick pop-rock into a cool, late-night study of excess, dislocation and performance. Issued in 1980, it followed the pair’s painstaking studio evolution and became their final album before a long hiatus, with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker shaping every detail into a dense, immaculate sound world. Tracks such as “Hey Nineteen”, “Babylon Sisters” and the title song show the band’s trademark blend of jazz harmony, immaculate session playing and acid wit. Widely regarded as one of their most polished records, Gaucho helped define the sophisticated end of 1970s rock.