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Countdown to Ecstasy [Remaster] by Steely Dan (CD, Nov-1998, MCA Records USA) 
Countdown to Ecstasy [Remaster] by Steely Dan (CD, Nov-1998, MCA Records USA)

 
Countdown to Ecstasy [Remaster] by Steely Dan (CD, Nov-1998, MCA Records USA)

Artist: Steely Dan
Release Date: Nov 1998
Format: CD
Record Label: MCA Records (USA)
Genre: Rock & Pop
UPC: 008811188726
Product ID: EPID3144184
Description: Steely Dan: Walter Becker (vocals, harmonica, bass instrument); Donald Fagen (vocals, piano, electric piano, synthesizer); Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (guitar, pedal steel guitar); Denny Dias (guitar); Jim Hodder (drums, percussion, background v...
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Track Listing
1. Bodhisattva
2. Razor Boy
3. Boston Rag, The
4. Your Gold Teeth
5. Show Biz Kids
6. My Old School
7. Pearl of the Quarter
8. King of the World

Details
Playing Time:41 min.
Contributing Artists:Ernie Watts, Rick Derringer, Victor Feldman
Producer:Gary Katz
Distributor:Universal Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:ADD

Album Notes
Steely Dan: Walter Becker (vocals, harmonica, bass instrument); Donald Fagen (vocals, piano, electric piano, synthesizer); Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (guitar, pedal steel guitar); Denny Dias (guitar); Jim Hodder (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Ben Benay (acoustic guitar); Rick Derringer (slide guitar); Ernie Watts, Johnny Rotella, Lanny Morgan, Bill Perkins (saxophone); Victor Feldman (vibraphone, marimba, percussion); Ray Brown (12-string bass).
Liner Note Authors: Walter Becker; Donald Fagen.
Recording information: Village Recorder, Santa Monica, California.
Riding high on the success of their debut CAN'T BUY A THRILL, Steely Dan put together what was, on the surface, their most commercial and straightforward album. "Bodhisattva," for example, which opens the album, works a driving, jump-blues groove that seems at odds with the band's laid-back, jazz inclinations. The heavy, bluesy stomp of "The Boston Rag" and the slinky, edgy boogie of "Show Biz Kids" may make it seem as though Steely Dan was vying for favor with their more roots-oriented pop-rock contemporaries.
Nothing could be further from the truth, however. COUNTDOWN TO ECSTACY is more ambitious, complex, and layered than its predecessor, with a heavier dose of jazz fusion, more subtle and textured arrangements, and an even higher level of studio craftsmanship. Both "Razor Boy" and "Your Gold Teeth" demonstrate flashes of Latin flavor-- marimba-driven bop in the former, and salsa-c**-lounge jazz in the latter. The presence of session musicians--drummer Jim Hodder and guitarists Jeff Baxter and Denny Diaz--fleshes out Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's superb songwriting and playing, making for an excellent and overlooked addition to the band's catalogue.

Editorial Reviews
Ranked #13 in Rolling Stone's 50 Coolest Records.Rolling Stone (8/16/73, p.54) - ...[their] ability to play four-to-five minute rock songs in a jaunty, up-tempo fashion without becoming redundant or superfluous...may well make Steely Dan the American dance-band alternative to Slade...
Rolling Stone (04/11/2002)

...[their] ability to play four-to-five minute rock songs in a jaunty, up-tempo fashion without becoming redundant or superfluous...may well make Steely Dan the American dance-band alternative to Slade...
Rolling Stone (08/16/1973)

Ranked #13 in Rolling Stone's 50 Coolest Records.
Rolling Stone (04/11/2002)

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