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Steely Dan, Countdown To Ecstasy
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1634251
Disk length: 41m 24s (8 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1998
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Bodhisattva | 5:19 |
| 2. Razor Boy | 3:11 |
| 3. The Boston Rag | 5:40 |
| 4. Your Gold Teeth | 7:02 |
| 5. Show Biz Kids | 5:25 |
| 6. My Old School | 5:47 |
| 7. Pearl of the Quarter | 3:50 |
| 8. King Of The World | 5:03 |
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Review
The only element of sophomore slump in Steely Dan's second album was the disappointing sales response upon its initial release in 1974. Musically, Countdown to Ecstasy is even stronger than the Dan's terrific debut, pushing the musical envelope with more complex jazz harmonies and intricate time signatures, and carrying their lyrics into even more shadowy realms peppered with sci-fi imagery and street-level slang. The songs are stunning, from the opening blast of "Boddhisattva," a Zen boogie fueled by Denny Dias's and Jeff Baxter's angular, bopping guitars, to the postnuclear apocalypse of "King of the World." In between, they deliver the one-two punch of "Show Biz Kids," with its perfect snapshot of affluent decadence, and "My Old School," in which college daze is remembered through a collision of staccato guitar and blazing horns. --Sam Sutherland
Other Versions
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