Steely Dan"Countdown To Ecstasy"usedSteely Dan - "Countdown To Ecstasy" ABC WL Promo ABCX-779 W/promo sticker on Rear coverSteely Dan "Countdown To Ecstasy" ABC WL Promo ABCX-779 W/promo sticker on Rear cover. AMG 5 Stars Countdown to Ecstasy is the second studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released in...37.00

Steely Dan - "Countdown To Ecstasy" ABC WL Promo ABCX-779 W/promo sticker on Rear cover

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Ships fromEscondido, CA, 92029
Ships toUnited States
Package dimensions13.0" × 13.0" × 1.0" (2.0 lbs.)
Shipping carrierUSPS
Shipping cost$6.00
FormatVinyl - LP

Steely Dan "Countdown To Ecstasy" ABC WL Promo ABCX-779 W/promo sticker on Rear cover.
AMG 5 Stars

Countdown to Ecstasy is the second studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released in July 1973 by ABC Records. It was recorded at Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado and at The Village Recorder in West Los Angeles, California. After the departure of vocalist David Palmer, the group recorded the album with Donald Fagen singing lead on all the songs.

Although it was a critical success, the album failed to generate a hit single, and consequently charted at only number 35 on the Billboard 200. It was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having shipped 500,000 copies in the United States. Well-received upon its release, Countdown to Ecstasy received perfect scores from music critics in retrospective reviews.
Like their 1972 debut album Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy has a rock sound that exhibits a strong influence from jazz. It comprises uptempo, four-to-five-minute rock songs, which, apart from the bluesy vamps of "Bodhisattva" and "Show Biz Kids", are subtly textured and feature jazz-inspired interludes. Countdown to Ecstasy was the only album written by Steely Dan for a live band. "My Old School", a song about a drug bust involving Walter Becker and Donald Fagen at Bard College, features reverent horns and aggressive piano riffs and guitar solos. "The Boston Rag" develops from a jazzy song to unrefined playing by the band, including a distorted guitar solo by Jeff "Skunk" Baxter.Jim Hodder's drumming eschews rock music for pop and jazz grooves. Bop-style jazz soloing is set in the context of a pop song on "Bodhisattva".

Countdown to Ecstasy also has themes similar to Can't Buy a Thrill. It explores topics such as drug abuse, class envy, and West Coast excess. "King of the World" follows the sole survivor of a nuclear explosion, and "Show Biz Kids" evaluates the Los Angeles lifestyle. "Your Gold Teeth" follows a jaded female grifter who uses her attractiveness and cunning. Music journalist Rob Sheffield said that Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's lyrics on the album portray America as "one big Las Vegas, with gangsters and gurus hustling for souls to steal." He viewed it as the first in Steely Dan's trilogy of albums that, along with Pretzel Logic (1974) and Katy Lied (1975), showcased "a film noir tour of L.A.'s decadent losers, showbiz kids, and razor boys." Erik Adams of The A.V. Club wrote that the album has a "dossier of literate lowlifes, the type of character studies that say, 'Why yes, the name Steely Dan is an allusion to a dildo described in Naked Lunch.' These characters hang around the corners of the entire Steely Dan discography, but they come into their own on Countdown to Ecstasy".

From a nice big batch of all types of music that I recently acquired from an audiophile.All discs in this collection have been closely inspected! All my albums are stored in a humidity/temperature controlled room. Will combine shipping.

Please click ☞ more from this seller I have several hundred albums for sale!

Buy multiple records and I will ship for discounted rates to Cont'l. US only or Worldwide. Typical Media rates are $6 for 1 LP and Priority rates are $8 for 1 LP. To all my International friends,please shoot me a list of LP's you want and I will weigh/get actual shipping charges for you. No charge for PayPal. Thanks for looking!

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