Flaunt The Imperfection was released in 1985, roughly the middle point of Steely Dan’s decade-plus hiatus after the release of Gaucho five years earlier. Becker’s attachment to a group like China Crisis — who existed on the “brainier/artier” side of the British synth-pop spectrum, separate from the far more popular Duran Duran— might seem strange up until the moment you press play. At that point, the vibe of Flaunt The Imperfection (icy, melancholic, very technically proficient, imbued with a “sophisticated” air marked by jazzy guitars and soft-focus saxophone wails) immediately feels like an extension of Steely Dan’s most recent (at the time) LP.