Everything Must Go - Steely Dan
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71 out of 100

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9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 45 Ratings

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  • Summary: What sounds like a Steely Dan clearance sale is actually the veteran duo's first album of new material since their 2000 comeback effort 'Two Against Nature.'

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Dot Music
    90
    It's a record to get lost in, one that constantly surprises with its apparently infinite number of hidden harmonies and wry asides.
  2. Launch.com
    80
    Everything Must Go is another great Steely Dan album, a hardy inclusion to their splendid canon.
  3. All Music Guide
    60
    There's nothing that betrays their high standards of craft, but, on a whole, the songs are neither as hooky nor as resonant as the ones unveiled on its predecessor.
  4. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    30
    Everything Must Go is a profound disappointment.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 37
  3. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. Gord
    10
    Brilliant album. How something so rich and textured can also sound so effortless is what makes these guys geniuses.
  2. LarryC
    10
    Was difficult for me to get used to, after having their older stuff so imbedded in me. This is not the same as their old stuff. Yet . . . . as I began listening, sure enough, one by one the songs started growing on me. "Green Book" is incredibly complex. "Everything Must Go", the title track, is my favorite. Great humor!… Expand
  3. Shamus
    8
    Fagan and Becker "Do It Again". Nothing earth-shaking. If you were never a fan this won't draw you in, but it's as addictive and seductive and groove filled as a Dan lover would expect.… Expand
  4. JohnL
    7
    This should be a 6, but what I like here I love...it's just there there is more filler than ever before for these guys. It's rare that they've sounded so pedestrian...never as a duo before in fact (the comeback, Two Against Nature was great), but Fagen's 2nd solo was like this, and though it was suprisingly good, so was Becker's only solo effort for the most part...all fine, this is fine too, but measured against their past and peaks...a 7 at best.… Expand

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