During the two-year span in which the album was recorded, the band was plagued by a number of creative, personal and professional problems. MCA, Warner Bros. and Steely Dan had a three-way legal battle over the rights to release the album. After it was released, jazz musician Keith Jarrett threatened the band with legal action for writing credit on the title song “Gaucho”.

Gaucho marked a significant stylistic change for Steely Dan, introducing a more minimal, groove and atmosphere-based format. The harmonically complex chord changes that were a distinctive mark of earlier Steely Dan songs are less prominent on Gaucho, with the record’s songs tending to revolve around a single rhythm or mood. Gaucho proved to be Steely Dan’s final studio album before a 20-year absence from the recording industry.

Tracks

1  Babylon Sisters (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) 5:55
2  Hey Nineteen (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) 5:10
3  Glamour Profession (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) 7:30
4  Gaucho (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, Keith Jarrett) 5:33
5  Time Out Of Mind (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) 4:15
6  My Rival (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) 4:35
7  Third World Man (Walter Becker, Donald Fagen) 5:16Biography
Steely Dan

Musicians

1 Babylon Sisters
Bass - Chuck Rainey
Drums - Bernard Purdie
Guitar - Steve Khan
Clavinet - Don Grolnick
Piano - Don Grolnick
Clarinet - Tom Scott
Clarinet - George Marge
Clarinet - Walter Kane
Flugelhorn - Randy Brecker
Sax - Tom Scott
Trumpet - Randy Brecker
Percussion - Errol Bennett
Background Vocals - Diva Gray
Background Vocals - Gordon Grody
Background Vocals - Lani Groves
Background Vocals - Leslie Miller
Background Vocals - Patti Austin
Background Vocals - Toni Wine

2 Hey Nineteen
Bass - Walter Becker
Drums - Rick Marotta
Guitar - Hugh McCracken
Guitar - Walter Becker
Piano - Donald Fagen
Synthesizer - Donald Fagen
Percussion - Steve Gadd
Percussion - Victor Feldman
Background Vocals - Frank Floyd
Background Vocals - Zack Sanders

3 Glamour Profession
Bass - Anthony Jackson
Drums - Steve Gadd
Guitar - Steve Khan
Piano - Donald Fagen
Piano - Rob Mounsey
Synthesizer - Donald Fagen
Lyricon - Tom Scott
Sax - Tom Scott
Sax - Michael Brecker
Background Vocals - Frank Floyd
Background Vocals - Leslie Miller
Background Vocals - Valerie Simpson
Background Vocals - Zack Sanders

4 Gaucho
Bass - Walter Becker
Drums - Jeffrey Porcaro
Guitar - Walter Becker
Guitar - Steve Khan
Piano - Donald Fagen
Piano - Rob Mounsey
Synthesizer - Donald Fagen
Sax - Tom Scott
Trumpet - Randy Brecker
Percussion - Errol Bennett
Background Vocals - Leslie Miller
Background Vocals - Patti Austin
Background Vocals - Valerie Simpson

5 Time Out Of Mind
Bass - Walter Becker
Drums - Rick Marotta
Guitar - Mark Knopfler
Guitar - Hugh McCracken
Guitar - Walter Becker
Piano - Rob Mounsey
Piano - Donald Fagen
Synthesizer - Donald Fagen
Sax - Dave Tofani
Sax - Michael Brecker
Trumpet - Randy Brecker
Background Vocals - Leslie Miller
Background Vocals - Michael McDonald
Background Vocals - Patti Austin
Background Vocals - Valerie Simpson

6 My Rival
Bass - Anthony Jackson
Drums - Steve Gadd
Guitar - Steve Khan
Guitar - Hiram Bullock
Guitar - Rick Derringer
Organ - Donald Fagen
Piano - Patrick Rebillot
Synthesizer - Donald Fagen
Sax - Michael Brecker
Sax - Tom Scott
Trombone - Wayne Andre
Percussion - Nicholas Marrero
Percussion - Ralph McDonald
Background Vocals - Frank Floyd
Background Vocals - Valerie Simpson
Background Vocals - Zack Sanders

7 Third World Man
Bass - Chuck Rainey
Drums - Steve Gadd
Guitar - Larry Carlton
Guitar - Steve Khan
Acoustic Guitar - Steve Khan
Piano - Joe Sample
Synthesizer - Rob Mounsey

Liner Notes

Producer – Gary Katz
Arranged By (Horns) – Rob Mounsey (Tracks 1, 5)
Arranged By (Horns) – Tom Scott (Tracks 3, 4, 6)
Arranged By (Rhythm) – Don Grolnick, Paul Griffin, Rob Mounsey, Steely Dan
Engineer (Assistant) – Barbara Issak, Carla Bandini, Craig Goetsch, Georgie Offrell, Gerry Gabinelli, John Dougherty, John Potoker, Linda Randazzo, Marti Jane Robertson, Rosa Howell, Tom Greto
Engineer (Executive) – Roger Nichols
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Elliot Scheiner
Sequenced By (Wendal), Effects (Wendal) – Roger Nichols
Technician (Piano) – Don Farrar
Tracking By – Bill Schnee, Elliot Scheiner
Tracking By (Overdub) – Jerry Garszva, Roger NicholsArt Direction, Desing – Susanne Walsh
Design (Assistant) – John Tom Cohoe
Photography – René BurriPhonographic Copyright MCA Records Inc
Copyright MCA Records Inc

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Steely Dan / Gaucho 1. Babylon Sisters 2. Hey Nineteen 3. Glamour Profession 4. Gaucho 5. Time Out Of Mind 6. My Rival 7. Third World Man 8. Donald Fagen – lead vocals, backing vocals, synthesizer (2–6), electric piano (2–5), organ (6) Walter Becker – bass (2, 4, 5), guitar (2, 5), guitar solo (4) Randy Brecker – trumpet (1, 4, 5), flugelhorn (1, 6) Wayne Andre – trombone (6) Tom Scott – alto saxophone, clarinet (1); tenor saxophone (1, 3, 4, 6); Lyricon (3, 6), horn arrangement (3, 4, 6) David Sanborn – alto saxophone (5) Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (3, 5, 6) Dave Tofani – tenor saxophone (5) Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone (5) Walter Kane – clarinet (1) George Marge – clarinet Rob Mounsey – piano (3–5), synthesizer (7), horn arrangement (1, 5) Don Grolnick – electric piano, Clavinet (1) Bill Tobin – electric piano (3) Pat Rebillot – electric piano (6) Joe Sample – electric piano (7) Hiram Bullock – guitar (6) Larry Carlton – lead guitar (7) Rick Derringer – guitar (6) Steve Khan – guitar (1, 3, 4, 7), lead guitar (6) Mark Knopfler – lead guitar (5) Hugh McCracken – guitars (2, 5) Chuck Rainey – bass (1, 7) Steve Gadd – drums (3, 6, 7), percussion (2) Anthony Jackson – bass (3, 6) Rick Marotta – drums (2, 5) Jeff Porcaro – drums (4) Bernard Purdie – drums (1) Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (1, 4) Victor Feldman – percussion (2) Ralph MacDonald – percussion (3, 6) Nicholas Marrero – percussion (6) Michael McDonald (5), Patti Austin (1,4,5), Valerie Simpson (3–6), Frank Floyd (2,3,6), Diva Gray (1), Gordon Grody (1), Lani Groves (1), Lesley Miller (1,3–5), Zachary Sanders (2,3,6), Toni Wine (1) – backing vocals