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DescriptionAll tracks are Properly tagged with art embedded in tag. Steely Dan – 1973 - Countdown To Ecstasy (2014 Japanese Limited SHM-SACD) [FLAC@88.2khz24bit]  Steely Dan  Wikipedia: Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band whose music also blends elements of funk, R&B, and pop. Founded by core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen in 1972, the band enjoyed great critical and commercial success starting from the early 1970s until breaking up in 1981. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies". Steely Dan reunited in 1993 and has toured steadily ever since. Recorded with a revolving cast of session musicians, Steely Dan's music is characterized by complex jazz-influenced structures and harmonies. Becker and Fagen are whimsical, often sarcastic lyricists, having written "cerebral, wry and eccentric" songs about drugs, love affairs, gambling, and crime. The pair is also known for their near-obsessive perfectionism in the recording studio: Over the year they took to record Gaucho (1980), an album of just seven songs, Becker and Fagen hired at least 42 studio musicians and 11 engineers. Steely Dan toured from 1972 to 1974 before retiring from live performances, becoming a studio-only band. After the group disbanded in 1981, Becker and Fagen were less active throughout most of the next decade, though a cult following remained devoted to the group. Since reuniting in 1993 Steely Dan has released two albums of new material, the first of which, Two Against Nature, earned a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. They have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001. In a VH1 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, Steely Dan were listed at #82. Countdown To Ecstasy (2014 Japanese Limited SHM-SACD)  Artist: Steely Dan Title: Countdown To Ecstasy Format: SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered Producer: Gary Katz Release Date: July 1973, (Japanese Limited SHM-SACD August 12, 2014) Recorded: Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado; The Village Recorder, West Los Angeles, California Label: Geffen Records, Universal Records Japan Catalog: UIGY-9566 ASIN: B00KBAT4YC Genre: Rock, Jazz Rock, Classic Rock, Soft Rock Duration: 41:14 Wikipedia: 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 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 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having shipped 500,000 copies in the United States. Well received upon its release, Countdown to Ecstasy received perfect scores from music critics in retrospective reviews. AllMusic 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 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.  01. Bodhisattva - 5:20 02. Razor Boy - 3:11 03. The Boston Rag - 5:41 04. Your Gold Teeth - 7:02 05. Show Biz Kids - 5:26 06. My Old School - 5:47 07. Pearl Of The Quarter - 3:50 08. King Of The World - 5:05 Personnel: Steely Dan: Donald Fagen – acoustic and electric pianos, synthesizer, lead vocals Walter Becker – electric bass, harmonica, background vocals Denny Dias – electric guitar, Stereo Mixmaster General 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" 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 Note: This is not my rip My thanks to the original uploader    ♪♬♫ ENJOY! ♪♬♫ Related Torrents
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