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11 Tracks of Whack
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 11 Tracks of Whack |
| type | Album |
| artist | Walter Becker |
| cover | 11 Tracks of Whack(Walter Becker album) coverart.jpg |
| released | 1994 |
| recorded | 1993–1994 |
| studio | Hyperbolic Sound (Maui, Hawaii) |
| genre | Jazz rock |
| length | 56:46 |
| label | Giant |
| producer | Donald Fagen, Walter Becker |
| next_title | Circus Money |
| next_year | 2008 |
- Signet Sound (Los Angeles, California) 11 Tracks of Whack is the first solo album by Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker, released in 1994. It was his third collaboration since 1980 with Steely Dan partner Donald Fagen, who produced the album, after Becker produced Fagen's Kamakiriad (1993), and Becker and Fagen played on Rosie Vela's debut album Zazu (1986).
Critical reception
The New York Times concluded that "11 Tracks of Whack, like Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years, applies singular musical ingenuity to visions of shrinking horizons and squandered opportunities... Steely Dan's snide intelligence has been fused with a sense of mortality."
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Walter Becker except "Cringemaker" which was co-written by Dean Parks. Horn and rhythm arrangements were written by Donald Fagen.
Personnel
- Walter Becker – vocals, guitar solos, ukulele, bass
- John Beasley – keyboards
- Donald Fagen – keyboards
- Dean Parks – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, first guitar solo (5)
- Adam Rogers – electric guitars (3, 5, 11), second guitar solo (5)
- Fima Ephron – bass (3, 5, 11)
- Ben Perowsky – drums (3, 5, 11)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Bob Sheppard – saxophones, woodwind solos
- Bruce Paulson – trombone
- John Papenbrook – trumpet
- Catherine Russell – backing vocals
- Brenda White-King – backing vocals
Production
- Walter Becker – producer
- Donald Fagen – producer
- Roger Nichols – engineer, mixing
- David Russell – engineer, mixing
- Tom Hardisty – second engineer
- Earl Martin – second engineer
- John Neff – third engineer
- Craig Siegel – MIDI engineer, technical support
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Linda Starr – project coordinator
- Mick Haggerty – art direction, type design, punch photography
- Kathleen Philpott – type design
- Annalisa – photography
References
References
- [http://www.allmusic.com/album/r204011 11 Tracks of Whack Walter Becker] AllMusic William Ruhlmann
- "Walter Becker".
- Dimitri Ehrlich. [https://ew.com/article/1994/09/30/11-tracks-whack/ Entertainment Weekly review] September 30, 1994
- Strong, Martin Charles. (2002). "The Great Rock Discography". [[National Academies Press.
- [[Q (magazine). Q]] January 1995, p.245
- Sheffield, Rob. (2004). "[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide". [[Simon & Schuster]].
- "Recordings View: Steely Dan (Half of It, That Is) Strikes Back".
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