We tend to think of Steely Dan as a sophisticated band that played cerebral music, and that’s certainly true. But that didn’t preclude them from being a force on the pop charts in their heyday. Ten ...

On their third album, Steely Dan got a little weirder, funnier, and more obscure. Pretzel Logic, released in 1974, is way out there much of the time, making the moments when Donald Fagen and Walter ...

Steely Dan's 'Barrytown' is named after a small hamlet in New York, that homes just 100 people. But what inspired the band to ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. “Third World Man,” the last song on Steely Dan’s 1980 ...

Building on this first successful deployment, the 16-bit Wendel-II was utilised on Donald Fagen's Nightfly album and, in 1984 ...