The Nightfly Poll

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With all these Steely Dan polls floating around, we need to do this one too. IMO even better than any Steely Dan album

Poll Results

Option	Votes
I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year)	14
The Nightfly	10
New Frontier	6
The Goodbye Look	5
Green Flower Street	1
Ruby Baby	1
Maxine	1
Walk Between Raindrops	1

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 14 July 2008 19:55 (eighteen years ago)

And my vote for "New Frontier"

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 14 July 2008 19:56 (eighteen years ago)

still "I.G.Y.," but the bass, horns, and overdubbed backing Fagens on "Ruby Baby" rock.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 14 July 2008 20:08 (eighteen years ago)

I am torn between Maxine and The Goodbye Look.

― derrrick, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 04:09 (eighteen years ago)

title track

― Frogman Henry, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 05:32 (eighteen years ago)

I am going to have to give this a closer listen before I vote, but I'm leaning towards "The Goodbye Look."

― ablaeser, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 15:13 (eighteen years ago)

Yup, I went for Goodbye Look.

― ablaeser, Saturday, 19 July 2008 04:54 (eighteen years ago)

Every song here except Green Flower Street is classic

Voted Maxine

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 19 July 2008 14:25 (eighteen years ago)

I.G.Y...one of the most bittersweet songs ever written...

― sonnyboy, Saturday, 19 July 2008 15:30 (eighteen years ago)

"Green Flower Street" is also great, this album is unbelievable

will probably end up going with "Goodbye Look" though, so condensed

― J0hn D., Saturday, 19 July 2008 17:16 (eighteen years ago)

I'm with Geir, New Frontier...
Hey that rhymes! Or does it..?

― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, 19 July 2008 17:20 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Friday, 25 July 2008 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

Tough to choose between "IGY", "Maxine" and "The Goodbye Look".

― o. nate, Saturday, 26 July 2008 02:07 (eighteen years ago)

goodbye look

― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 26 July 2008 02:45 (eighteen years ago)

also voted "goodbye look" but it was harder than I thought to cast the vote. I.G.Y. is really beautiful, and "walk between raindrops" is such a pretty love song.

― J0hn D., Saturday, 26 July 2008 04:05 (eighteen years ago)

gotta go with 'I.G.Y.'

― Michael B, Saturday, 26 July 2008 12:39 (eighteen years ago)

new frontier

― piscesx, Saturday, 26 July 2008 14:34 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Saturday, 26 July 2008 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

The Nightfly 10

ah thank goodness. why did no one else speak up for this on the thread? absoute genius.

― Frogman Henry, Saturday, 26 July 2008 23:09 (eighteen years ago)

i should have voted for MAXINE. geez.

― derrrick, Sunday, 27 July 2008 09:50 (eighteen years ago)

Didn't get a chance to vote. Would've gone with "The Goodbye Look". Classic Fagen composition. Classic songwriting. So beautiful.

― myndbloom, Monday, 28 July 2008 03:36 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

The Nightfly. The chorus-that-is-station-theme-song edges it just past the worthy rivals.

― moley, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 03:08 (fifteen years ago)

I think igy is the best song donald fagen's ever written

― iatee, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 03:11 (fifteen years ago)

My copy was stolen many moons ago but two thoughts:

1) New Frontier was embedded in my brain from all the radio play it got, and
2) Never really cared for the drum sound on this record.

― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 03:14 (fifteen years ago)

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