Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
MCA  (1973)
Progressive Rock, Fusion

In Verzameling
#50

0*
CD    8 tracks  (41:21) 
   01   Bodhisattva             05:19
   02   Razor Boy             03:11
   03   The Boston Rag             05:40
   04   Your Gold Teeth             07:02
   05   Show Biz Kids             05:25
   06   My Old School             05:47
   07   Pearl Of The Quater             03:50
   08   King Of The World             05:07
Persoonlijke Gegevens
Koppelingen Amazon UK
Details
Cat. nummer MCAD-31156
UPC (streepjescode) 008811188726
Verpakking Jewel Case
SPARS DDD
Geluid Stereo
Medewerkers
Tekstschrijver Donald Fagen; Walter Becker
Opmerkingen
All Music : ***** Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine 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 marimbas, 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.