Kamakiriad
1993 studio album by Donald Fagen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kamakiriad is the second solo album by Steely Dan artist Donald Fagen, released in 1993. It was his first collaboration with Steely Dan partner Walter Becker since 1986, on Rosie Vela's album Zazu. Becker played guitar and bass and produced the album. The album is a futuristic, optimistic eight-song cycle about the journey of the narrator in his high-tech car, the Kamakiri (Japanese for praying mantis). It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1994.
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Kamakiriad | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 25, 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1990–93 | |||
Studio | River Sound, Clinton Recording Studios and The Hit Factory (New York City, New York) Hyperbolic Sound (Maui, Hawaii) | |||
Genre | Jazz-rock | |||
Length | 50:31 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Walter Becker | |||
Donald Fagen chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | [2] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[4] |
The Great Rock Discography | 7/10[5] |
Los Angeles Times | [6] |
NME | [7] |
Q | [8] |
Rolling Stone | [9] |
Uncut | 8/10[10] |
Music videos were produced for "Tomorrow's Girls" (starring Rick Moranis) and "Snowbound" (using stop motion animation).[citation needed]
Fagen and Becker embarked on their first tour as Steely Dan since 1974 to support the album.