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Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) {1998, Remastered}

Posted By: popsakov

Date: 2 Feb 2023 11:41:59

Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) {1998, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 318 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 143 Mb
Full Scans | 00:41:12 | RAR 5% Recovery
Jazz Rock, Soft Rock | MCA Records #111887-2 / MCD 111887 | EU

Countdown to Ecstasy is the second studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released in July 1973 by ABC Records. It was recorded at Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado and at The Village Recorder in West Los Angeles, California. After the departure of vocalist David Palmer, the group recorded the album with Donald Fagen singing lead on all the songs. Although it was a critical success, the album failed to generate a hit single, and consequently charted at only number 35 on the Billboard 200. It was eventually certified gold. Well-received upon its release, Countdown to Ecstasy received perfect scores from music critics in retrospective reviews.

Can't Buy a Thrill became an unexpected hit, and as a response, Donald Fagen became the group's full-time lead vocalist, and he and Walter Becker acted like Steely Dan was a rock & roll band for the group's second album, Countdown to Ecstasy. The loud guitars and pronounced backbeat of "Bodhisattva," "Show Biz Kids," and "My Old School" camouflage the fact that Countdown is a riskier album, musically speaking, than its predecessor. Each of its eight songs have sophisticated, jazz-inflected interludes, and apart from the bluesy vamps "Bodhisattva" and "Show Biz Kids," which sound like they were written for the stage, the songs are subtly textured. "Razor Boy," with its murmuring vibes, and the hard bop tribute "Your Gold Teeth" reveal Becker and Fagen's jazz roots, while the country-flavored "Pearl of the Quarter" and the ominous, skittering "King of the World" are both overlooked gems. Countdown to Ecstasy is the only time Steely Dan played it relatively straight, and its eight songs are rich with either musical or lyrical detail that their album rock or art rock contemporaries couldn't hope to match.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music

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Track List:

01. Bodhisattva [0:05:18.27]
02. Razor Boy [0:03:11.28]
03. The Boston Rag [0:05:40.00]
04. Your Gold Teeth [0:06:59.22]
05. Show Biz Kids [0:05:26.10]
06. My Old School [0:05:46.33]
07. Pearl of the Quarter [0:03:51.02]
08. King of the World [0:05:00.15]

Personnel:
Donald Fagen – acoustic and electric pianos, synthesizer, lead vocals
Walter Becker – electric bass, harmonica, background vocals
Denny Dias – electric guitar, mixing
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – electric and pedal steel guitars
Jim Hodder – drums, percussion, background vocals

Additional musicians:
Ray Brown – string bass on "Razor Boy"
Ben Benay – acoustic guitar
Rick Derringer – slide guitar on "Show Biz Kids" (recorded at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado, courtesy of Columbia Records)
Victor Feldman – vibraphone, marimba, percussion
Ernie Watts, Johnny Rotella, Lanny Morgan, Bill Perkins – saxophones (6)
Sherlie Matthews (6), Myrna Matthews (6), Patricia Hall (6), David Palmer, James Rolleston, Michael Fennelly – background vocals

EAC Log

Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 21. October 2017, 13:28

Steely Dan / Countdown to Ecstasy

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7 | 32:21.45 | 3:51.02 | 145620 | 162946
8 | 36:12.47 | 5:00.15 | 162947 | 185461

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