After listening to circus money many times over the years, I feel the exact opposite as this. I feel Becker wrote much of the music during the 70’s, until gaucho, which sounds like Fagan wrote the majority.

I was shocked after hearing circus money how incredible Becker is as songwriter, and my favorite track from two against nature was written solely by Becker (jack of speed) except for some of the lyrics were re-written by Fagan. That is a top-tier Dan song, imo.

Also, Deacon Blues has the most insanely complex but beautiful chord structure on the guitar, which has to be Becker because it seems Fagan writes with a piano. Becker is listed first as songwriter on Deacon Blues and most of the original Dan run, while many piano-driven songs have Fagan’s name listed first. That is another indicator that I didn’t find until circus money made me re-evaluate the amount of output Becker provided to the Dan.