℗ 1980 UMG Recordings; A Geffen Records release
| Released | November 21, 1980 |
| Duration | 37m 48s |
| Record Label | Geffen |
| Genre | Rock |
Gaucho
Steely Dan
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Babylon Sisters
Steely Dan |
5:49 | |||
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1.2
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Hey Nineteen
Steely Dan |
5:06 | |||
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1.3
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Glamour Profession
Steely Dan |
7:28 | |||
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1.4
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Gaucho
Steely Dan |
5:30 | |||
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1.5
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Time Out Of Mind
Steely Dan |
4:11 | |||
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1.6
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My Rival
Steely Dan |
4:30 | |||
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1.7
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Third World Man
Steely Dan |
5:14 |
Billboard 200 - #9, 1981
Billboard Hot 100 - #10, 1981 - Hey Nineteen
Grammy Award - Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical, 1981
"... Gaucho contains the sweetest music Steely Dan has ever made."
- The New York Times
"After years of hibernation in the studio, the metamorphosis that began with The Royal Scam is complete. Steely Dan have perfected the aesthetic of the tease. Their sound is as slippery as their irony. Are those the trumpets of angels near the end of the title tune?"
- Rolling Stone
It took the perfectionists in Steely Dan an entire year to painstakingly record the seven songs contained on Gaucho, released in 1980. Over that year of recording at least 42 musicians and 11 engineers were recruited to make sure they got it right. The hard work paid off: the album sold over a million copies in the US and the single Hey Nineteen climbed to number 10 on the Billboard singles chart while the album peaked at number nine in Billboard. Gaucho was to be Steely Dan's last album until the duo's 1993 reunion.
At long last: the classic Steely Dan catalog has been reissued. The release has been remastered by Bernie Grundman from an analog, non-EQ’d, tape copy.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Geffen Studio Masters
Tracks 1-7 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-7 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.69 -2.84 to -1.03 | -22.62 -23.55 to -21.58 | -19.63 -20.90 to -18.70 | 15 14 to 16 | |
| 1 | Babylon Sisters | -1.17 | -22.52 | -19.6 | 15 |
| 2 | Hey Nineteen | -2.84 | -23.55 | -20.9 | 15 |
| 3 | Glamour Profession | -1.03 | -21.58 | -18.8 | 15 |
| 4 | Gaucho | -1.27 | -21.72 | -18.7 | 14 |
| 5 | Time Out Of Mind | -2.03 | -23.13 | -19.9 | 15 |
| 6 | My Rival | -1.70 | -22.74 | -19.5 | 16 |
| 7 | Third World Man | -1.77 | -23.09 | -20.0 | 15 |