A bit of a letdown after the quality of Can’t Buy a Thrill to me. It started off super weird and the lyrics and songwriting all brought it down heaps for me. They felt super awkward and pointlesss. I did like some of the instrumentals tho which is why it’s rated a 6. I feel like the songwriting didn’t actually get decent until the last 3 songs. My favourite song is My Old School and least favourite is probably Show Biz Kids or Bodhisattvha. It’s pretty rare that I don’t like the opening track but here we are lol.
Countdown to Ecstasy
Album by Steely Dan
Released July 1973
Tracklist
- 1Bodhisattva5:163.8 ★
- 2Razor Boy3:103.5 ★
- 3The Boston Rag5:402.5 ★
- 4Your Gold Teeth6:583.0 ★
- 5Show Biz Kids5:244.0 ★
- 6My Old School5:394.2 ★
- 7Pearl of the Quarter3:434.0 ★
- 8King of the World4:564.5 ★
More by Steely Dan
Release credits
- saxophone [6]
- guitar [1, 6, 8], solo [1]
- background vocals [2], lead vocals [1-2, 6, 8], piano [1-2, 6, 8], synthesizer [1]
- saxophone [6]
- producer
- guitar [1, 6, 8], pedal steel guitar [2], solo [1, 6]
- drums (drum set) [1-2, 6, 8], percussion [2]
- horn [6]
- saxophone [6]
- saxophone [6]
- assistant
- background vocals [6]
- background vocals [6]
- double bass [2]
- slide guitar [5]
- engineer
- background vocals [6]
- vibraphone [2]
- bass [1, 6, 8]
Issues
C12" VinylJuly 1973- C12" Vinyl (quadraphonic)1973
C12" Vinyl1976- C1985
CCD (reissue)1988
C17 November 1998
C1998
C13 July 1999
CSHM-CD25 June 2008
CSHM-SACD (2 channels)30 July 2014
CSHM-CD30 July 2014
C2x 12" Vinyl16 December 2022
C12" Vinyl26 May 2023
CDigital Media (reissue)26 May 2023
CHybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels)9 June 2023
C- C
CDigital Media
CCD (special price, made in Germany)