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11 Tracks of Whack

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11 Tracks of Whack
Studio album by
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)

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).

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
The Great Rock Discography5/10[4]
Q[5]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

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

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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.TitleLength
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
Japan Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
13."Medical Science"4:30
US Promo CD Single Track
No.TitleLength
14."Fall Of '92"5:26

Personnel

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Production

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  • 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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  1. ^ 11 Tracks of Whack Walter Becker AllMusic William Ruhlmann
  2. ^ "Walter Becker". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
  3. ^ Dimitri Ehrlich. Entertainment Weekly review September 30, 1994
  4. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (2002). "Steely Dan". The Great Rock Discography. The National Academies. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.
  5. ^ Q January 1995, p.245
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Recordings View: Steely Dan (Half of It, That Is) Strikes Back". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-01-05.