AOR is an album that not just presents a modern-day love letter to this music but does the virtual impossible and actually presents songs that could easily have fit in Aja (minus the lyrics). Should we be surprised that a musician genius like Motta is the guy who actually can competently create such complex music? Yes, Steely Dan is being imitated by talents like Daft Punk and Mayer Hawthorne, but AOR is truly a full absorption of the west coast sound. And oh so very well.
A1 Playthings Of Luv
A2 Simple Guy
A3 Lost In The Night
A4 Dondi
B1 Smile
B2 1978 (Leave The Radio On)
B3 Dried Flowers
B4 Aor
B5 Farmer’s Wife