About the band: Steely Dan is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1972 by core members Becker and Fagen. The band enjoyed critical and commercial success until breaking up in 1981. They reunited in 1993, and released in total nine studio albums. Steely Dan currently have one song in my list of about 200 best pop/rock songs of all time.
About the song: I love many of Steely Dan's albums, but if we talk about individual songs, there is one that really sticks out: Do it again. This track from the 1972 debut album Can't buy a thrill shows Steely Dan at their strongest. Their high quality jazz influenced rock is combined on this US hit single with a strong text about a gambler who simply cannot give up. Donald Fagen has never sounded better than on this recording. Run time 5:56.
