Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan

BUY THIS ITEM

  • $9.99 List price
    $7.99 Online price
    (Save 20%)
    $7.19 Member price
    Join Now
    • skip to cart
  • Add To List uiAction=GetAllLists&page=List&pageType=list&ean=008811188726&productCode=MU&maxCount=100&threshold=3

GET FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OF $25 OR MORE

DELIVERY & GIFT DETAILS:

Usually ships within 24 hours

Delivery Time and Shipping Rates

Eligible for gift wrap & gift message.

Enter a zip code

CD - Remastered

  • Release Date: 11/17/1998
  • Original Release: 1973
  • Sales Rank: 10,220
  • Label: MCA
  • UPC: 008811188726

Listener Rating: (2 ratings)

Detailed Rating: "Essential" See All

More Formats 
CD$52.99
 
  • Overview
  • Tracks
  • Editorial Reviews
  • Customer Reviews
  • Details & Credits
Track List
Click on LISTEN or link to hear an audio clip.
To listen to samples you'll need a Windows Media Player

Countdown to Ecstasy

1LISTENBodhisattva 5:18
2LISTENRazor Boy 3:11
3LISTENThe Boston Rag 5:39
4LISTENYour Gold Teeth 6:59
5LISTENShow Biz Kids 5:26
6LISTENMy Old School 5:46
7LISTENPearl Of The Quarter 3:51
8LISTENKing Of The World 5:00

About this Artist

Editorial Reviews

Can't Buy a Thrill became an unexpected hit, and as a response, Donald Fagen became the group's full-time lead vocalist, and he and Walter Becker acted like Steely Dan was a rock & roll band for the group's second album, Countdown to Ecstasy. The loud guitars and pronounced backbeat of "Bodhisattva," "Show Biz Kids," and "My Old School" camouflage the fact that Countdown is a riskier album, musically speaking, than its predecessor. Each of its eight songs have sophisticated, jazz-inflected interludes, and apart from the bluesy vamps "Bodhisattva" and "Show Biz Kids," which sound like they were written for the stage, the songs are subtly textured. "Razor Boy," with its murmuring marimbas, and the hard bop tribute "Your Gold Teeth" reveal Becker and Fagen's jazz roots, while the country-flavored "Pearl of the Quarter" and the ominous, skittering "King of the World" are both overlooked gems. Countdown to Ecstasy is the only time Steely Dan played it relatively straight, and its eight songs are rich with either musical or lyrical detail that their album rock or art rock contemporaries couldn't hope to match. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

  • Listener Rating:
  • Ratings: 2Reviews: 2

Steely Dan, Count Down to Ectasyby Anonymous

Reader Rating:
See Detailed Ratings

March 30, 2009: This CD is great, just like their other CDs. I have only heard one Cd of Steely Dan's that I did not like. Unlike most CDs, every song on a Steely Dan CD is good and could have been a hit. Their jazzy rock is imcomparable.

One Great Albumby Anonymous

Reader Rating:
See Detailed Ratings

March 11, 2006: This is one of those albums that you pull out every few years and listen to from start to finish about a 100 times. It's that good.