The Nightfly (studio album) by Donald Fagen
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The Nightfly is ranked as the best album by Donald Fagen.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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100/100  | 5 days ago | jbentley3997 | | 100/100 |
85/100 | 06/10/2022 18:06 | MetalMan67 | | 77/100 |
65/100 | 06/08/2022 20:31 |  DommeDamian | | 53/100 |
70/100 | 06/07/2022 23:58 | Aaron98 | | 70/100 |
75/100 | 05/01/2022 23:32 | Btel74 | | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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Crisp as anything.
All Steeley Dan albums sound the same, only completely different. This is the one Becker didn't make... Its good, like all the rest...
Jboy56 01/23/2022 14:49
For your pleasure listen this a high quality album, a lasting mark of quality never goes out of fashion,
fluffy jazz fusion rock
teague 09/07/2021 22:07
Streamlined and funky Steely Dan. Might be better than any Steely Dan album, it's that good.
Sophisty-pop
Lyrics about post war / gold era of mainstream USA (50's) memories
rockinsteve 05/11/2019 04:56
Just picked up the CD of this one at my local Barnes and Noble for under 5 bucks! I've listened to just the first five songs so far, but I love this album already! The cuts "I.G.Y." and "New Frontier" are just fantastic. They're easily as good as the best of any Steely Dan songs. What a nice surprise this disc turned out to be!
planetneutral 03/01/2018 14:12
I might like this album more than it deserves to be liked.
Sandrof1969 02/11/2018 14:02
"IL" disco perfetto: come suono, produzione, arrangiamenti, scaletta, scrittura...
Yann 05/29/2017 17:40
Beautiful Hi Fi sound, nice Beatlesque melodies, clever lyrics (on the theme: the future seen from the 50's).
Arguably better than any Steely Dan album.
Perhaps, the last two songs are not as emotional as the rest. I wish he ended the album with a slower, nostalgic song like the first one.
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