Pioneering pop/jazz band Steely Dan, formed by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker in the early 70's, had already secured five U.S. Top 40 albums before the release of Aja in 1977. Aja, however, was to prove to be the biggest selling album of Steely Dan's illustrious career, reached Number 3 in the U.S. Billboard chart, spending a year in the top 40 there, and also reaching number 5 in the U.K.It was there first British Top 10 hit.Steely Dan's Aja has proved to be one of the most outstanding jazz-rock albums in the history of popular music. This is a a vivid portrait of a 70's record that is still as fresh and as memorable more than two decades after it's release, a true classic