Even TIYR agrees: Toto's self-titled debut album is the best! #hotyachtrocktakes #yatchrock #toto #rockmaker

youtube.com/watch?v=VFMy1a… This video of Bobby Caldwell performing "What You Won't Do for Love" in 1978 is the epitome of the #yachtrock vibe. Who doesn't want to live in this moment forever? RIP Bobby Caldwell.

Hot Take --"Everything Must Go" is better than "Two Against Nature". "Green Book" is a top five track. Steely Dan went out on a high note.

Steely Dan's Walter Becker performing at Madison Square Garden, NYC on their 1993 U.S. tour

Been on a big #steelydan kick lately, but hoping I can get to see #georgebenson sometime this summer. #hotyachtrocktakes

Of Donald Fagen's four solo records -- #hotyachtrocktake 'Kamakiriad' is the best. Consistent, indulgent, majestic, funky, full of melody. I keep coming back for more.

With all the awful stuff going on in the world, let's take a moment to look back and celebrate something wonderful that arrived on this date thirty years ago. You guess it, friends. Talking about Donald Fagen's 1993 sophomore solo release "Kamakiriad". youtu.be/EDmmUstCbtM

This isn't #yachtrock. It's Ringo Starr in full disco mode. But, it has Steve Gadd on drums, John Tropea on guitar and Tony Levin on bass. It's fucking great. youtu.be/hjmV0bKzUz4

Hot #steelydan take -- Third World Man is still a better track than Second Arrangement and the running order of Gaucho is perfect the way it is. Trust in D&W. That is all.

#hotyachtrocktakes Today in Yacht Rock Boz Scaggs

Maybe Dane Donohue can settle this question in my mind -- the liner notes say that Larry Carlton played guitar on "Casablanca", but the outro guitar solo after Victor Feldman's mindbending vibraphone solo sounds like Steve Lukather to my ears. #hotyatchrocktakes #yachtrock

With all the awful things in this world -- why not celebrate something wonderful that came to life 45 years ago today? Yes, Friends -- I'm talking about Steely Dan's "Aja". Steely Dan’s sixth studio album, “Aja”, was released on this day in 1977.

Ned Doheny's "Get It Up For Love" got a #yachtski score of 72.5 which is WAY TOO LOW. This track is an absolute jam that bounces, swerves and weaves just like essential #yachtrock should. 92 on my scale. #hotyachtrocktakes youtu.be/XwouzFuEMKI?si…

Hey, if you're having a bad day maybe listen to this and maybe you'll feel a little better. #steviewonder #ramseylewis youtu.be/6rAFUTaCa3k?si…

vulture.com/article/steve-… Lukather is the coolest. #hotyachtrocktakes

This song needs a re-score: youtube.com/watch?v=37DqNV… Easily ESSENTIAL. 90+ #hotyachtrocktakes #buzzfeiten #neillarsen #yachtornyact #yachtrock