# An album where Song A is the most famous, but Song B is better

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 17, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-album-where-song-a-is-the-most-famous-but-song-b-is-better/915589 "2020-07-17T16:06:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-album-where-song-a-is-the-most-famous-but-song-b-is-better/915589/61 "2020-08-25T21:14:36Z")

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Don’t get me wrong: I love the whole album and think that “Aja” is Steely Dan’s best album, saying that as a big fan with a choice from several fantastic albums, and I absolutely agree that “Peg” is pop perfection. Just thinking of Michael McDonald’s backing vocals gives me goosebumps. It’s an almost perfect album.

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**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-album-where-song-a-is-the-most-famous-but-song-b-is-better/915589/62 "2020-08-25T23:25:44Z")

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Search Youtube for  
“Steely Dan - Aja (Classic Albums documentary)”

There’s a good one on there, it ran on AXS TV. It’s 1 hr.

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**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-album-where-song-a-is-the-most-famous-but-song-b-is-better/915589/63 "2020-08-26T00:50:40Z")

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Talk about no credibility. You sound like some who says “I’m the biggest Jethro Tull fan in the world despite that shitty Thick As A Brick album”. You seriously expect me to believe the majority of ELP fans love the band in spite of Greg’s insipid ballads, then I salute you and the doctor who wrote you that potent medical marijuana prescription. I’ll wager I’m just as big a fan, including sheet music, rarities, met them several times, etc and I certainly know numerous fans of the band. You are an outlier. Now we’re done.

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