A portrait of the artist as a young man, The Nightfly is a wonderfully evocative reminiscence of Kennedy-era American life; in the liner notes, Donald Fagen describes the songs as representative of the kinds of fantasies he entertained as an adolescent during the late '50s/early '60s, and he conveys the tenor of the times with some of his most personal and least obtuse material to date.
Continuing in the smooth pop-jazz mode favored on the final Steely Dan records, The Nightfly is lush and shimmering, produced with cinematic flair by Gary Katz; romanticized but never sentimental, the songs are slices of suburbanite soap opera, tales of space-age hopes (the hit "I.G.Y.") and Cold War fears (the wonderful "The New Frontier," a memoir of fallout-shelter love) crafted with impeccable style and sophistication.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I.G.Y.Donald Fagen | Donald Fagen | Play | 06:03 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Ruby BabyJerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | Donald Fagen | Play | 05:39 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | MaxineDonald Fagen | Donald Fagen | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | New FrontierDonald Fagen | Donald Fagen | Play | 06:21 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | The NightflyDonald Fagen | Donald Fagen | Play | 05:47 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | The Goodbye LookDonald Fagen | Donald Fagen | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Walk Between RaindropsDonald Fagen | Donald Fagen | Play | 02:38 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 35 mins | 80 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Allen | Art Direction, Design |
| 2 | Dave Bargeron | Euphonium, Horn, Trombone, Vocals (Background) |
| 3 | Daniel Bazerus | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Michael Brecker | Guest Artist, Horn, Sax (Tenor), Saxophone |
| 5 | Randy Brecker | Flugelhorn, Guest Artist, Horn, Trumpet |
| 6 | Larry Carlton | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 7 | Spencer Christu | Authoring |
| 8 | Ronnie Cuber | Horn, Sax (Baritone), Saxophone |
| 9 | George Delmerico | Art Direction |
| 10 | Rick Derringer | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 11 | Ginger Dettman | Project Assistant |
| 12 | David Dieckmann | Authoring |
| 13 | Donald Fagen | Arranger, Composer, Harmonica, Horn, Horn Arrangements, Keyboards, Liner Notes, Organ, Piano (Electric), Primary Artist, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Harp, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 14 | Frank Floyd | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 15 | Cory Frye | Editorial Supervision |
| 16 | James Gadson | Drums |
| 17 | Ed Greene | Drums |
| 18 | Gordon Grody | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 19 | James Hamilton | Photography |
| 20 | Robin Hurley | Producer |
| 21 | Anthony Jackson | Bass |
| 22 | Steve Jordan | Drums |
| 23 | Gary Katz | Producer |
| 24 | Steve Khan | Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 25 | Abraham Laboriel, Sr. | Bass |
| 26 | Robin Lane | Assistant Engineer |
| 27 | Robin Lane & The Chartbusters | Assistant Engineer |
| 28 | Daniel Lazerus | Engineer, Overdub Engineer, Vocals (Background) |
| 29 | Will Lee | Bass |
| 30 | Jerry Leiber | Composer |
| 31 | Bob Ludwig | Mastering |
| 32 | George Lydecker | Authoring |
| 33 | Hugh McCracken | Guitar, Harmonica |
| 34 | Leslie Miller | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 35 | Marcus Miller | Bass, Guest Artist |
| 36 | Mike Morongell | Assistant Engineer, Digital Editing Assistant |
| 37 | Rob Mounsey | Horn, Horn Arrangements, Keyboards, Synthesizer |
| 38 | Roger Nichols | Engineer, Percussion, Sequencing, Special Effects |
| 39 | Michael Omartian | Keyboards, Piano, Piano (Electric) |
| 40 | Dean Parks | Guitar |
| 41 | Greg Phillinganes | Clavinet, Guest Artist, Keyboards, Piano, Piano (Electric), Soloist, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Bass |
| 42 | Steve Pokorny | Project Assistant |
| 43 | Jeff Porcaro | Drums, Guest Artist |
| 44 | Chuck Rainey | Bass |
| 45 | Zachary Sanders | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 46 | Elliot Scheiner | Engineer, Mix Down, Mixing, Producer, Tracking |
| 47 | Valerie Simpson | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 48 | Cheryl Smith | Assistant Engineer |
| 49 | Mike Stoller | Composer |
| 50 | Andrew Thomas | Screen Design |
| 51 | David Tofani | Horn, Sax (Alto), Saxophone |
| 52 | Starz Vander Lockett | Percussion, Vocals (Background) |
| 53 | Steve Woolard | Project Assistant |
| 54 | Wayne Yurgelun | Assistant Engineer, Digital Editing Assistant |
Donald Fagen
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |