| 11 Tracks of Whack | ||||
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| Released | September 27, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993-1994 | |||
| Studio | Hyperbolic Sound (Maui, Hawaii)
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| Genre | Jazz rock | |||
| Length | 56:46 | |||
| Label | Giant | |||
| Producer | Donald Fagen, Walter Becker | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[3] |
| The Great Rock Discography | 5/10[4] |
| The New York Times | (positive)[5] |
| Q |  [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
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).
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.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Medical Science" | 4:30 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Fall Of '92" | 5:26 |
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
- ↑ 11 Tracks of Whack Walter Becker Allmusic.com William Ruhlmann
- ↑ "CG: Walter Becker". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
- ↑ Dimitri Ehrlich. Entertainment Weekly review September 30, 1994
- ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (2002). "Steely Dan". The Great Rock Discography. The National Academies. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.
- ↑ "RECORDINGS VIEW; Steely Dan (Half of It, That Is) Strikes Back (Published 1994)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-01-05.
- ↑ Q January 1995, p.245
- ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Walter Becker". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 58. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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