Countdown to Ecstasy

Countdown to Ecstasy
Studio album by
Steely Dan
ReleasedJuly 7, 1973
Studio
Genre
Length41:10
LabelABC
ProducerGary Katz
Steely Dan chronology
Can't Buy a Thrill
(1972)		 Countdown to Ecstasy
(1973)		 Pretzel Logic
(1974)
Singles from Countdown to Ecstasy
  1. "Show Biz Kids"
    Released: July 1973
  2. "My Old School"
    Released: October 1973

Countdown to Ecstasy is the second studio album by Steely Dan. Steely Dan was an American rock band. ABC Records released the album on July 7, 1973. Donald Fagen sang for every song on the album. This is different from the band's first album, Can't Buy a Thrill (1972), because the band's singer, David Palmer, left the band.

Many music critics liked the album, but it did not do as well on music charts as other Steely Dan albums. Countdown to Ecstasy was number 35 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) gave it a gold certification in 1978.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Bodhisattva"5:18
2."Razor Boy"3:12
3."The Boston Rag"5:40
4."Your Gold Teeth"6:59
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Show Biz Kids"5:26
6."My Old School"5:46
7."Pearl of the Quarter"3:51
8."King of the World"5:00
Total length:41:10

References

  1. ↑ "Steely Dan Sunday: "Pearl of the Quarter" (1973)". July 10, 2011. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ Sweet, Brian (April 27, 2007). Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years. Omnibus. ISBN 9781846098819 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Steely Dan – Show Biz Kids". hitparade.ch.
  4. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Steely Dan – My Old School". hitparade.ch.
  5. ↑ Hay, Carla (January 15, 2000). "Flipping Through the Catalog". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 3. p. 71. Retrieved April 8, 2013.