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Universal acclaim- based on 45 Ratings
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Positive: 37 out of 45
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Mixed: 2 out of 45
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Negative: 6 out of 45
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May 28, 2017
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Jan 2, 2012
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JasonKJul 9, 2007
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stevenjApr 13, 2007
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ChrisLApr 5, 2007
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DougCOct 23, 2006Very Manhattan sound and subject matter. Great little humorous touches, too. Superb arranging, spare on solos, but tuneful and catchy throughout.
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NeilDAug 13, 2006
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JohnLJul 24, 2006This isn't "The Nightfly", but it's far better than his second solo outing, and much better than the last Steely Dan actually(though probably not up their with Two Against Nature). About half a great album, and the half that's not great, it certainly very good.
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JeffHJul 21, 2006I read all of the reviews and found no mention of the DTS 5.1 version of this album. I will say that this is an audiofiles dream. The sound alone is EAR CANDY and the music grows on you fast and steady. The people giving this a 2 rating are without a real understanding of music.
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JamesAJun 29, 2006It is what it, and it gonna do what it do, baby! Can't deny the style, virtuosity, and truth in Morph. You have no soul if you can't see the light. The bullshit takes a backseat. Don has the groove hands down. He actually has a personal point of view. It ain't mainstream commercial drivel, thank god! Thanks Don.
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PaulEReeserJun 25, 2006
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JanJun 24, 2006Brilliant ! Lifts me up !
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JustinRMay 6, 2006
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MarkJApr 27, 2006
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smithsgirlApr 26, 2006
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MackApr 23, 2006
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BradyHApr 17, 2006Great groove throughout. Solid LP.
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glennwApr 17, 2006Those who rated under 60, you missed this gem. Keep em' comin' Donald! Saw him perform in L.A. 4/06, still awesome after all these year. Heard 2-3 of the new cuts live. Superb! "Brite Nitegown", "Mary...." rocked.
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EricSApr 15, 2006At a first listening you think: nice, 2nd listening: ok! Further listening: It's in your soul feorever and won't leave you anymore. Like any Steely Dan album since Aya, it has to grow steadily while listening. This is Donald Fagen's best solo album. Great album. Eric / The Netherlands
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JohnNApr 9, 2006Simply fantastic music with great lyrics!
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JackCMar 26, 2006Magnificent in every regard - on par and perhaps surpassing Nightfly, Gaucho and Aja. Donald Fagen is a wonderful, masterful musician - so generous, and the Claude Debussy of our time.
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VinceT.Mar 23, 2006Life and love in the post 9/11 era - a magnificent album by Donald Fagen, and well worth the wait. Give the album multiple listens and let it sink in - you'll dig it...
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FrankKMar 21, 2006Just like Dan, Fagen is at his best as a three and a half minute pop song performer. H-Gang, What I Do and the title tracks highlight an effort that otherwise embodies the overindulgent aspects of Aja & Goucho. Aside from these four songs, the rest is merely background music.
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davidgMar 20, 2006Well worth the 12 year wait. Mary, Shut The Garden Door .... Wow ! Fagen doesn't pretend to be someone he's not ... completely genuine
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BrandonCMar 18, 2006The return of Donald Fagen is welcome, after so long an absence. This album is best played in the dark, on noice-canceling heaphpones via the iPod. The rhythms bounce, and there is a funky, heavy bass laid throughout. Fagen's voice and lyricism is in high gear as he comments about "terrorism" and "lattes". Welcome back Mr. Fagen!
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SteveMMar 18, 2006This will suffice until the next Steely Dan album. It misses the lyrical cynicism Walter Becker provides but the music is in the groove. Its been a great decade so far for the Dan.
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RickMar 18, 2006It took 3 listens before I realized the genius of it. I subtracted a couple o' points for letting Brite Nitegown go on way too long, but the rest of this is a pure ten. Highly recommended if you like Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Rock or Jazz.
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pds6Mar 18, 2006I would rate the album a 8.5 (solid "B"). I don't understand how your E! Online Rating (C+) tranlates to a "58" in your rating system? A "C+" is a "78" when I was in school! The album has more guitar work than Fegan's other solo albums. A number of songs have an old Steely Dan feel to them. Wiorth a buy and more than one listen!
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CDumlerMar 18, 2006The best album that Steely Dan/Becker/Fagen have put out since the Nightfly. Topical lyrics, masterful musicianship, and one hell of a groove. Here's to more of the same!
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RHMar 17, 2006Most of these reviews are from runofthemill publications.......hence why the rating is so high. Maybe if you are only listening to mainstream filth, you'll find this refreshing. Otherwise, ignore it like you would Steely Dan.
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RobertDMar 16, 2006
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SMar 15, 2006A Groove Supreme.
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Awards & Rankings
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Los Angeles TimesAt his best he spins these tales with a mix of literary craft and jazzman's cool, animating his narratives with vivid and colorful language. [5 Mar 2006]
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The album is imbued with a post-9/11 dread, which deters Fagen from recycling the nostalgia and Lynchian fantasy of his previous albums.
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Entertainment WeeklyWith its precisely calibrated funk grooves, exquisitely tasteful playing, and general air of blissed-out languor, Morph is firmly in the smoothed-out tradition of latter-day Dan discs like Gaucho. [17 Mar 2006, p.111]