PERFORMER: DONALD FAGEN
ALBUM: KAMAKIRIAD
LABEL: WARNER
THE BOTTOM LINE: On his first album in 11 years, Fagen revives his muse -- and the quirky ghost of Steely Dan.
Back in the synthetic '70s, when disco and watered-down rock ruled the radio, a band called Steely Dan was making some of the most elegantly offbeat, wickedly incisive music ever to sneak onto the pop charts. Hits like Reeling in the Years and Rikki Don't Lose That Number were only the tip of the creative iceberg; beneath the taut tempos, cryptic lyrics and refreshingly unfamiliar melodies lurked an arcane, darkly sardonic intelligence...
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