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2012 studio album by Donald Fagen
Sunken Condos is the fourth and most recent solo album from
Steely Dan co-founder
Donald Fagen , released in October 2012 through
Reprise Records .
[1] It contains eight new songs and a cover of
Isaac Hayes ' "Out of the Ghetto".
[2] Fagen began recording the album in 2010 and described it as having a lighter feel than his earlier work, rather than being a continuation of his
Nightfly trilogy.
[3]
On September 17,
Rolling Stone posted a full-length preview of the song "I'm Not the Same Without You".
[4] The song charted at number 28 on the
Billboard
Japan Hot 100 in October 2012.
[5] The album reached number 23 on the official UK album chart on October 21 and number 12 on the
Billboard 200 , becoming his highest charting solo album since 1993.
[6]
[7]
Critical response
The album was listed at No. 25 on
Rolling Stone ' s list of the top 50 albums of 2012. The magazine stated that "the music is deceitfully lush, a snazzy cascade of rock, R&B and swing, with production as costly as a Santa Monica beach house."
[20] They also named the song "Weather in My Head" the 21st best song of 2012.
[21]
Fagen appeared on
Late Show with David Letterman and performed "Weather in My Head" to promote the album.
[22]
Track listing
All songs written by Donald Fagen, except where noted
Title 1. "
Slinky Thing " 5:12 2. "I'm Not the Same Without You" 4:31 3. "Memorabilia" 4:14 4. "Weather in My Head" 5:29 5. "The New Breed" 4:35 6. "Out of the Ghetto" (
Isaac Hayes ) 4:54 7. "Miss Marlene" 4:43 8. "Good Stuff" 4:54 9. "Planet D'Rhonda" 5:35
Personnel
Musicians
[23]
Donald Fagen – lead vocals (1-9) , piano (1, 2, 8) ,
Prophet 5 (1, 5, 7) ,
Wurlitzer (4, 8, 9) ,
B3 organ (5, 6) ,
clavinet (4, 7, 9) ,
Fender Rhodes (7, 8) ,
melodica (8) , background vocals (1, 2, 5-9)
Harlan Post (alias Donald Fagen)
[24] – synth bass (2, 5, 7, 8)
Michael Leonhart – percussion,
trumpet (1-5, 8) ,
flugelhorn (3, 7, 8) ,
mellophone (2) , mellophonium (3, 5) , Fender Rhodes (2) ,
minimoog (2, 6, 8) ,
clavinet (1, 6) , L100 organ (3) , M100 organ (7) , Prophet 5 (2, 4, 5, 7-9) , Wurlitzer (5, 6, 9) ,
mellotron (5) , B3 organ (5, 6) ,
Juno 6 (8) , accordion (6) ,
vibraphone (1, 6, 8, 9) ,
glockenspiel (1) , background vocals (1-3, 5-7, 9) , scream (6)
Earl Cooke Jr (alias Michael Leonhart)
[25] – drums
Jon Herington – guitar (1, 2, 4-8) ,
twelve-string guitar (2) , rhythm guitar (9) , solo guitar (4)
Walt Weiskopf –
alto saxophone (1-5, 7) ,
tenor saxophone (3, 5) ,
clarinet (7)
Charlie Pillow – tenor saxophone (1, 2) , clarinet (2, 6, 7) , bass clarinet (6) , bass flute (7)
Roger Rosenberg –
baritone saxophone (1, 2, 4) , bass clarinet (7)
Jim Pugh –
trombone (1, 2, 4)
Carolyn Leonhart – background vocals (1, 2, 4, 7-9) , ad-lib vocals (1)
Jamie Leonhart – background vocals (1, 9)
Catherine Russell – background vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 8)
Cindy Mizelle – background vocals (4, 7)
Joe Martin – acoustic bass (1)
William Galison – harmonica (2, 5) , bass harmonica (5)
Lincoln Schleifer – bass (3, 4, 9)
Gary Sieger – guitar (3)
Larry Campbell – rhythm guitar (4)
Jay Leonhart – acoustic bass (5)
Freddie Washington – bass (6)
Antoine Silverman – violin (6)
Aaron Heicke – bass flute (7)
Kurt Rosenwinkel – solo guitar (9)
Production
[23]
Donald Fagen – rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements, horn arrangements, mixing
Michael Leonhart – vocal and horn arrangements, engineer, mixing
Charles Martinez – engineer
Normyn – assistant engineer
David Schoenwetter – assistant engineer
Ted Tuthill – assistant engineer
Pat Dillett – mixing, additional engineering
Elliot Scheiner – additional engineering
Amanda Hirsch – additional Pro Tools engineering
Jon Silverman – assistant mix engineer
Scott Hull – mastering
Charts
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