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duga · 08-02-2010, 01:59 PM

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Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy

OctaneHugo sent me this one. I've kind of always avoided Steely Dan just because of their name. They sounded like an old guy's band. To a certain degree, their music is exactly as I imagined, but much more enjoyable than I had considered. When I was much younger, I would have hated this. Looking through my current music collection, I see plenty of bands that would have been considered old guy bands and I really like them so I figured it could be possible to like this album. The opener "Bodhisattva" is pretty energetic and typical classic rock fair. Plenty of decent jamming and catchy riffwork, but it didn't impress. It was the next song "Razor Boy" that first clicked with me. Classic rock fused with lounge is really damn good when done correctly. "The Boston Rag" is very CSNY inspired in the vocal harmonizing (well, in the whole song actually), but it pulls it off well enough to keep me going. The rest of the album is enjoyable, but nothing stuck out as much that second track. The closer "King of the World", however, ends things really well. This is one of the best songs on the album. I love the fluttering guitarwork. I'll probably give the album a few more listens since I liked it enough to warrant that, but I'm not sure I can be counted as a die hard Steely Dan fan just yet. I give it a solid 7/10.

08-02-2010, 01:59 PM	#1485 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	Moderator cut: image removed Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy OctaneHugo sent me this one. I've kind of always avoided Steely Dan just because of their name. They sounded like an old guy's band. To a certain degree, their music is exactly as I imagined, but much more enjoyable than I had considered. When I was much younger, I would have hated this. Looking through my current music collection, I see plenty of bands that would have been considered old guy bands and I really like them so I figured it could be possible to like this album. The opener "Bodhisattva" is pretty energetic and typical classic rock fair. Plenty of decent jamming and catchy riffwork, but it didn't impress. It was the next song "Razor Boy" that first clicked with me. Classic rock fused with lounge is really damn good when done correctly. "The Boston Rag" is very CSNY inspired in the vocal harmonizing (well, in the whole song actually), but it pulls it off well enough to keep me going. The rest of the album is enjoyable, but nothing stuck out as much that second track. The closer "King of the World", however, ends things really well. This is one of the best songs on the album. I love the fluttering guitarwork. I'll probably give the album a few more listens since I liked it enough to warrant that, but I'm not sure I can be counted as a die hard Steely Dan fan just yet. I give it a solid 7/10. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...