This new 180g single disc edition of Gaucho is a solid value Sound 8/10 Analogue Planet

Digital Remastered by Bernie Grundman from Hirex file  Tape Copy Originally EQ'd by Bob Ludwig! 

1980's "Gaucho" was Steely Dan's final album before embarking on their 20-year sabbatical from recording together again.

The recording of "Gaucho" was long & laborious, and one particularly treasured song, "The Second Arrangement," was tragically lost, having been accidentally erased by a careless engineer. That Becker & Fagen finally finished the album despite all of the behind-the-scenes problems must be considered a great miracle. Just seven tracks long, "Gaucho" is easily the lightest, most laid-back album in Steely Dan's catalog, but that certainly doesn't make it bad.

It's a wonderful, handsome disc, filled with the fine quality jazz/pop & production skills that the Dan are famous for.

Selections:

1. Babylon Sisters

2. Hey Nineteen

3. Glamour Profession

4. Gaucho

5. Time Out Of Mind

6. My Rival

7. Third World Man