Editing Steely Dan (section)

===Hiatus (1981–1993)===
Steely Dan disbanded in June 1981.<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Anderson | first=Stacey | title=When Jimmy Page Debuted With the Yardbirds and Steely Dan Broke Up | magazine=Rolling Stone | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/when-jimmy-page-debuted-with-the-yardbirds-and-steely-dan-broke-up-20110621 | date=June 21, 2011 | access-date=October 25, 2011}}</ref> Becker moved to [[Maui]], where he became an "[[avocado]] rancher and self-styled critic of the contemporary scene."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.steelydan.com/timelinebio.html|title=Timeline Bio {{!}} Official Steely Dan|last=Fagen|first=Donald|website=www.steelydan.com|access-date=August 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316064606/http://www.steelydan.com/timelinebio.html|archive-date=March 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He stopped using drugs, which he had used for most of his career.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://archive.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/03/14/steely/|title= Salon.com: Sophisticated skank|access-date= June 19, 2008|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080521130328/http://archive.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/03/14/steely/|archive-date= May 21, 2008|df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.granatino.com/sdresource/18crom.htm|title= LA Times Interview with Steely Dan: Return of the Nightfly|access-date= June 19, 2008|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080320095009/http://www.granatino.com/sdresource/18crom.htm|archive-date= March 20, 2008|df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/steely-dan-gaucho.htm|title= Stylus Magazine review: Steely Dan – Gaucho – On Second Thought|access-date= June 19, 2008|archive-date= August 7, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200807211143/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/steely-dan-gaucho.htm|url-status= dead}}</ref> Meanwhile, Fagen released a solo album, ''[[The Nightfly]] ''(1982), which went platinum in both the US and the UK and yielded the Top-20 hit "[[I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)]]". In 1988, Fagen wrote the score of ''[[Bright Lights, Big City (film)|Bright Lights, Big City]]'' and a song for its soundtrack, but otherwise recorded little. He occasionally did production work for other artists, as did Becker. The most prominent of these were two albums Becker produced for the British [[sophisti-pop]] group [[China Crisis]], who were strongly influenced by Steely Dan.<ref name="AMGcc">{{cite web |last=Bush |first=John |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/china-crisis-mn0000773392/biography |title=China Crisis &#124; Biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 26, 2014}}</ref> Becker is listed as an official member of China Crisis on the first of these albums, 1985's ''[[Flaunt the Imperfection]]''. For the second of the two albums, 1989's ''[[Diary of a Hollow Horse]]'', Becker is only listed as a producer and not as a band member.

In 1986 Becker and Fagen performed on ''[[Zazu (album)|Zazu]]'', an album by former model [[Rosie Vela]] produced by Gary Katz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.granatino.com/sdresource/24rosie.htm|title=Rosie Vela: Facing The Music|work=Metal Leg – The Steely Dan Magazine|date=May 1994|issue=24|access-date=March 22, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217041606/http://www.granatino.com/sdresource/24rosie.htm|archive-date=February 17, 2012}}</ref>  The two rekindled their friendship and held songwriting sessions between 1986 and 1987, leaving the results unfinished.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://granatino.com/sdresource/000229%20jam.htm|title=The Steely Dan Q & A|work=Jam!|first=John|last=Sakamoto|author-link=John Sakamoto|date=February 29, 2000|access-date=May 27, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512162931/http://www.granatino.com/sdresource/000229%20jam.htm|archive-date=May 12, 2013}}</ref>  On October 23, 1991, Becker attended a concert by [[New York Rock and Soul Revue]], co-founded by Fagen and producer/singer [[Libby Titus]] (who was for many years the partner of [[Levon Helm]] of [[The Band]] and would later become Fagen's wife), and spontaneously performed with the group.

Becker produced Fagen's second solo album, ''[[Kamakiriad]]'', in 1993. Fagen conceived the album as a sequel to ''The Nightfly''.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}