11 Tracks of Whack

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11 Tracks of Whack
11 Tracks of Whack(Walter Becker album) coverart.jpg
Studio album by
Released1994
Recorded1993–1994
StudioHyperbolic Sound (Maui, Hawaii)
  • Signet Sound Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre Jazz rock
Length56:46
Label Giant
Producer Donald 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).

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B [3]
The Great Rock Discography 5/10 [4]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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

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

Production

References

  1. 11 Tracks of Whack Walter Becker AllMusic William Ruhlmann
  2. "Walter Becker". Robert Christgau. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  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 January 5, 2023.