Gaucho (album)

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Gaucho
Gaucho cover
Studio album by Steely Dan
Released March 21, 1980
Recorded 1979-1980
Genre Rock
Length 37:58
Label MCA Records
Producer Gary Katz
Professional reviews
Steely Dan chronology
Aja
(1977)		 Gaucho
(1980)		 Alive in America
(1995)

Gaucho was Steely Dan's last album before the band's 10-year breakup from June 1981 to October 1991. The album, originally released in 1980, was also the band's last studio album until the 2000 release of Two Against Nature. Despite exceptional difficulties in the album's production (e.g., Walter Becker getting hit by a car, a dispute over what company had the rights to the album, attempts to get the record company to lower the price from $9.98 to the original $8.98 and the accidental erasing of an entire track - "The Second Arrangement" - by a recording engineer), the album reached #9 on the charts and went platinum twice. "Hey Nineteen" reached #10 on the singles charts.

The title track was originally intended as a tribute to Keith Jarrett, and was originally credited only to Fagen and Becker. However, after hearing the album, Jarrett insisted that the track uses a part of his composition "Long As You Know You're Living Yours," and threatened Steely Dan with legal action. Becker and Fagen were then forced to add his name to the credits and to include him in future royalties.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Becker and Fagen, except where noted

  1. "Babylon Sisters" – 5:49
  2. "Hey Nineteen" – 5:06
  3. "Glamour Profession" – 7:28
  4. "Gaucho" (Becker, Fagen, Keith Jarrett) – 5:30
  5. "Time Out of Mind" – 4:11
  6. "My Rival" – 4:30
  7. "Third World Man" – 5:18

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Producers: Gary Katz
  • Executive producers: Paul Bishow, Roger Nichols
  • Executive engineer: Roger Nichols
  • Assistant engineers: John "Doc" Daugherty, Gerry Gabinelli, Craig Goetsch, Tom Greto, Barbara Isaak, Georgia Offrell, John Potoker, Linda Randazzo, Marti Robertson, Carla Bandini
  • Production coordination: Jeff Fura, Margaret Goldfarb, Shannon Steckloff
  • Mixing: Elliot Scheiner
  • Mix down: Elliot Scheiner
  • Coordination: Michael Etchart
  • Sequencing: Roger Nichols, Wendel
  • Tracking: Elliot Scheiner, Bill Schnee
  • Mastering: Bob Ludwig
  • Overdubs: Jerry Garszva, Roger Nichols
  • Surround mix: Elliot Scheiner
  • Rhythm arrangements: Paul Griffin, Don Grolnick, Rob Mounsey, Steely Dan
  • Horn arrangements: Rob Mounsey, Tom Scott
  • Piano technician: Don Farrar
  • Special effects: Roger Nichols, Wendel
  • Consultant: Daniel Levitin
  • Art direction: Vartan, Suzanne Walsh
  • Design: Michael Diehl, Suzanne Walsh
  • Design assistant: John Tom Cohoe
  • Photography: Rene Burri
  • Photo research: Ryan Null
  • Liner notes: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, Frank Kafka
  • Liner note translation: Victor Di Suvero

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1981 Black Albums 19
1981 Pop Albums 9

Singles

Year Single Label & number Chart Position
1981 "Hey Nineteen" (B-side: "Bodhisattva" (live)) MCA 51036 Black Singles 68
1981 "Hey Nineteen" MCA 51036 Pop Singles 10
1981 "Time Out Of Mind" (B-side: "Bodhisattva" (live)) MCA 51082 Mainstream Rock 13
1981 "Time Out Of Mind" MCA 51082 Pop Singles 22

[edit] Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1981 Gaucho Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical

[edit] Miscellanea

  • The band approached Mark Knopfler to play the solo on "Time Out Of Mind" after hearing him play on his hit single "Sultans of Swing".
  • Bernard Purdie plays his famous "Purdie Shuffle" on the "Babylon Sisters" track.

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