11 Tracks of Whack

1994 studio album by Walter Becker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

11 Tracks of Whack

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).

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11 Tracks of Whack
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Released1994
Recorded1993–1994
StudioHyperbolic Sound (Maui, Hawaii)
  • Signet Sound Studios (Los Angeles, California)
GenreJazz rock
Length56:46
LabelGiant
ProducerDonald Fagen, Walter Becker
Walter Becker chronology
11 Tracks of Whack
(1994)
Circus Money
(2008)
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Critical reception

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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."[7]

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.

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1."Down in the Bottom"4:16
2."Junkie Girl"4:07
3."Surf and/or Die"6:15
4."Book of Liars"4:09
5."Lucky Henry"4:39
6."Hard Up Case"4:56
7."Cringemaker"5:11
8."Girlfriend"5:43
9."My Waterloo"4:02
10."This Moody Bastard"5:18
11."Hat Too Flat"5:26
12."Little Kawai"2:44
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Japan Bonus Track
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13."Medical Science"4:30
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14."Fall Of '92"5:26
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Personnel

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

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