True Crit from BFF.fm

High in the Custerdome is where we find Don and Walt for their 7th album, Gaucho. Vaunted as the peak of recording perfection but plagued by tragedy, lost recordings and car accidents. Jon and Lizzie take you through what is often described as Steely Dan’s most clinical offering, laced with drugs, excess and near impenetrable meaning.

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Best album in the world? Let's find out.

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Few bands ever attain a peerless period. Some only manage one record. With The Royal Scam, Steely Dan began a trilogy of monumental songwriting. From the dystopian vistas of Mizar V, to a funky public service announcement for safe sex. This record has it all. Join us as we dissect genius.

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It’s 1975. Walt and Don are burnt out. They fucking hate LA and they’re determined to show you its dark underbelly in eye-popping detail. Join us as we unveil the Steely Dan flow-chart and discover what Randy Newman has never considered as a song topic.

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In 1974, Don & Walt ensconced to The Village Recorder in West Los Angeles to produce a series of taut ‘n’ tight vignettes in their, now trademarked, style. The original quintet remain, just. Their time as ‘Steely Dan as a band’ is coming to an end. A raft of hot session players including Jeff Pocaro, Chuck Rainey and Jim Gordon flesh out incredibly accelerating, sophisticated songwriting. Come and find out what a Squonk is!

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Episode 2 of True Crit takes the path of enlightenment from Las Vegas to New Orleans. Steely Dan’s second album gives us a glimpse of what’s to come and a hungry young band starts to find its feet.

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Take a midnight cruise with Jon and Lizzie through Steely Dan’s audacious 1972 debut Can’t Buy a Thrill, an album that wowed critics on its release and gave the world Dirty Work, Do it Again and Reelin’ in the Years.

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