The studio clock displays the time 04.09 as he puffs on another Chesterfield King. The front cover depicts the usually reclusive Fagen as a late night DJ hosting a phone-in programme taking calls from numerous insomniacs. Fagen didn’t take to the humdrum of the quiet life and yearned to go back to city life, evidenced in lyrics taken from the New Frontier track: "I can’t wait til I move to the city where I can finally make up my mind, learn design and study overseas." He developed this interest having resettled in New Jersey suburbia with his parents as a child. Here, it would most certainly come alive and be the perfect driving accompaniment!.Īn autobiographical offering by Steely Dan’s front man was inspired by the musician’s love of late-night radio. This highly acclaimed jazz-themed work does not arguably carry the same ‘gusto’ in the UK’s bleak midwinter than it would if finding yourself motoring along the US interstate network in the warm Florida sun. A personal favourite go-to album that often rears its sleeve from my collection is Donald Fagen’s 1982 debut solo album ‘The Nightfly’.
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