2x 12" Vinyl

Countdown to Ecstasy

Album by Steely Dan

Released July 1973

Tracklist

12" Vinyl 1
1
Bodhisattva
5:16
3.8 ★
2
Razor Boy
3:10
3.5 ★
3
The Boston Rag
5:48
2.5 ★
4
Your Gold Teeth
6:58
3.0 ★
12" Vinyl 2
1
Show Biz Kids
5:21
4.0 ★
2
My Old School
5:44
4.2 ★
3
Pearl of the Quarter
3:49
4.0 ★
4
King of the World
5:03
4.5 ★

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
Bernie Grundman
mastering
Bill Perkins
saxophone [2]
David Palmer
background vocals
Denny Dias
guitar, guitar [2.2, 2.4, 1.1], solo [1]
Donald Fagen
electric piano, liner notes, piano, synthesizer, vocal, background vocals [2], lead vocals [2.2, 2.4, 1.1-2], piano [1.1-2, 2.2, 2.4], synthesizer [1]
Dorothy White
design
Ed Caraeff
photography
Ernie Watts
saxophone [2]
Gary Katz
producer
James Rolleston
background vocals
James Wolf
additional
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
guitar, pedal steel guitar, guitar [1.1, 2.2, 2.4], pedal steel guitar [2], solo [1.1, 2.2]
Jim Hodder
drums (drum set), percussion, vocal, drums (drum set) [2.2, 2.4, 1.1-2], percussion [2]
Jimmie Haskell
horn [2]
Johnny Rotella
saxophone [2]
Lanny Morgan
saxophone [2]
Michael Fennelly
background vocals
Miss Natalie
assistant
Myrna Matthews
background vocals, background vocals [2]
Patricia Hall
background vocals, background vocals [2]
Ray Brown
double bass [2]
Rick Derringer
slide guitar [1]
Roger Nichols
engineer
Royce Jones
background vocals
Sherlie Matthews
background vocals, background vocals [2]
Victor Feldman
marimba, percussion, vibraphone, vibraphone [2]
Walter Becker
electric bass guitar, harmonica, vocal, bass [2.2, 2.4, 1.1]