This album in its tone and subject matter is a sort of dedication to the time period between the 1950s and '60s in which a Nightfly, a late night jazz DJ spins tales through music. It's brilliant.

Wait till you hear Maxine and Walk between the Raindrops. I never tire of this album

It helps if your old enough to remember the early '60s which was the era that the lyrics are about.

The last album I bought on vinyl and the first on CD. Still fresh half a century later. Some of the best musicians ever. Larry Carlton, Anthony Jackson, Michael Omartian etc

This track is so funny. They take the new frontier which John F Kennedy spoke about the United States having a challenge in front of it. But this young man has a different challenge and a different new frontier. He's got a girl down in the fallout shelter that is dad built and he's got to figure out how to get to his new frontier if you know what I mean! It's such a double meaning to the song. Peace!

the genius of Donald Fagen

I could listen to the fadeout all day, just the way the instruments drop out, dreamy.

Finally got to it! You guys are too young to remember Tuesday Weld (a blonde movie hottie in the 60’s….Ambush was a perfume in the day). A lot of regular people actually built fallout shelters….in case the Reds decide to push the button down! This tune follows..

YESSS!! Glad to see you back to The Nightfly. Fagen actually did a video to this song which got a lot of play on the then fairly new MTV. The song was a fairly big radio hit.

I love you guys. So much fun watching you go down the SD/Fagen rabbit hole. Maxine is my favourite track on Nightfly. The Michael Brecker tenor sax solo is perfection IMHO. Coming 11 yrs later in 1993, the more optimistic Kamakiriad is quite solid too (nominated for Album Of The Year), and is produced by Walter Becker! Florida Room is particularly groovy, but the album is a linear journey from start to finish. The 3rd in the trilogy, Morph The Cat came in 2006, with H Gang the standout single, won a Grammy for Best Sound.

"Introduce me to that big blonde...she's got a touch of Tuesday Weld." Nobody writes lyrics like Fagen does...

I love this tune. The lyrics paint such a vivid picture. "Confess your passion, your secret fear - Prepare to meet the challenge of the new frontier". I have always thought that had a double meaning......

My favorite Donald Fagen song. This whole album has a late 50s, early 60s post-war America flavor to it. Love it!

I am a 64 year old Army Vet, with classic rock being my wheelhouse, and I must say I thoroughly enjoy your channel, and especially the respect you give to this music, Fagan, Floyd, Steely Dan, et al...thank you for a great channel...Rock On!!

The Nightfly is such a polished, classy record. Never dates.

The video to this is amazing

That’s Hugh McCracken on the harmonica and legend Larry Carlton providing that tasteful guitar throughout. Classic Fagen. 🔥

What a Groove!!! What a song!!!! What a Masterpiece album!!! Great reaction!!!!

This whole album is just so smooth! Thanks guys. Peace!

Great choice, great reaction. Thanks guys.