12" Vinyl (quadraphonic)

Countdown to Ecstasy

Album by Steely Dan

Released July 1973

Tracklist

1
Bodhisattva
5:20
2
Razor Boy
3:17
3
The Boston Rag
6:03
4
Your Gold Teeth
6:45
5
Show Biz Kids
5:32
6
My Old School
5:36
7
Pearl of the Quarter
3:42
8
King of the World
5:05

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.

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Release credits

Ben Benay
acoustic guitar
Bill Perkins
saxophone [6]
David Palmer
additional, background vocals
Denny Dias
guitar, guitar [1, 6], solo [1]
Donald Fagen
electric piano, piano, synthesizer, vocal, background vocals [2], lead vocals [1-2, 6], piano [1-2, 6], synthesizer [1]
Dorothy White
design
Ed Caraeff
photography
Ernie Watts
saxophone [6]
Gary Katz
producer
James Rolleston
additional, background vocals
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
guitar, pedal steel guitar, guitar [1, 6], pedal steel guitar [2], solo [1, 6]
Jim Hodder
drums (drum set), percussion, vocal, drums (drum set) [1-2, 6], percussion [2]
Jimmie Haskell
horn [6]
Johnny Rotella
saxophone [6]
Lanny Morgan
saxophone [6]
Michael Fennelly
additional, background vocals
Miss Natalie
assistant
Myrna Matthews
additional, background vocals, background vocals [6]
Patricia Hall
additional, background vocals, background vocals [6]
Ray Brown
double bass [2]
Rick Derringer
slide guitar [5]
Roger Nichols
engineer
Royce Jones
additional, background vocals
Sherlie Matthews
additional, background vocals, background vocals [6]
Victor Feldman
marimba, percussion, vibraphone, vibraphone [2]
Walter Becker
electric bass guitar, harmonica, vocal, bass [1, 6]