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  • Performer Walter Becker
  • Title 11 Tracks Of Whack
  • Date of release 1994
  • Country Japan
  • Style Jazz-Rock
  • Other formats AAC AIFF TTA AU MP1 AA MP2
  • Genre Jazz / Rock
  • Size MP3 1242 mb
  • Size FLAC 1670 mb
  • Rating: 4.6
  • Votes: 410

But today, in honor and tribute to Walter Becker, here are some demos and outtakes from the recording sessions for Walter's first solo album, 11 Tracks of Whack, from 1994 (which was co-produced by Fagen and Becker, and featured Fagen on keyboards on some tracks). Here are several demos of songs that are on the albujm, as well as some outtakes of tracks that did not make the album, and were never released.

11 Tracks of Whack is the first solo album by Steely Dan guitarist Walter Becker, released in 1994. It was his second collaboration since 1980 with Steely Dan partner Donald Fagen, who produced the album, after Becker produced Fagen's Kamakiriad (1993). 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.

Album · 1994 · 12 Songs. 11 Tracks of Whack Walter Becker. Listen on Apple Music.

Becker released two solo albums 11 Tracks of Whack (1994) and Circus Money (2008). Following a brief battle with esophageal cancer, he died on September 3, 2017. 1 Early life and career (1950–1971). 2 With Steely Dan (1971–1981). 3 Work in record production (1981–1993). 4 Steely Dan reformation (1993–2017).

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Tracklist

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 2:45

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
  • Recorded At – Hyperbolic Sound
  • Recorded At – Signet Sound Studios
  • Mastered At – Masterfonics
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Giant Records
  • Copyright (c) – Giant Records
  • Published By – Zeon Music
  • Published By – Runaway Inflation Music

Credits

  • Acoustic Guitar, Guitar – Dean Parks
  • Art Direction – Mick Haggerty
  • Bass – Fima Ephron (tracks: 3, 5, 11)
  • Coordinator [Project Coordinator] – Lisa Starr
  • Drums – Ben Perowsky (tracks: 3, 5, 11)
  • Electric Guitar – Adam Rogers (tracks: 3, 5, 11)
  • Engineer [2nd] – Earl Martin, Tom Hardisty
  • Engineer [3rd] – John Neff
  • Engineer, Mixed By – David Russell*, Roger Nichols
  • Keyboards – Donald Fagen, John Beasley
  • Management – Craig Fruin, HK Management
  • Mastered By – Glenn Meadows
  • Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
  • Photography By – Annalisa
  • Producer – Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
  • Saxophone – Bob Sheppard
  • Trombone – Bruce Paulson
  • Typography [Type Design] – Kathleen Philpott, Mick Haggerty
  • Vocals, Guitar [Solo], Ukulele, Bass – Walter Becker
  • Written-By – D. Parks*, Walter Becker

Notes

Recorded at Hyperbolic Sound USA and Signet Sound, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered at Masterfonics, Nashville TN

© ℗ 1994 Giant Records
All song published by Zeon Music ASCAP except:
"Cringemaker" published by Zeon Music ASCAP/Runaway Inflation BMI

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 7599-24579-2 7
  • Matrix / Runout: 124579-2 SRC##01 M2S2
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
BVCG-631, 74321 22609 2 Walter Becker 11 Tracks Of Whack ‎(CD) Giant Records, Giant Records BVCG-631, 74321 22609 2 Japan 1994
74321 22609 4 Walter Becker 11 Tracks Of Whack ‎(Cass, Album) Giant Records 74321 22609 4 Europe 1994
74321 22609 2 Walter Becker 11 Tracks Of Whack ‎(Cass, Album) Giant Records 74321 22609 2 US 1994
74321 22609 2 Walter Becker 11 Tracks Of Whack ‎(CD, Album) BMG, Giant Records 74321 22609 2 Europe 1994
74321 22609 2 Walter Becker 11 Tracks Of Whack ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial) BMG, Giant Records 74321 22609 2 Russia 2011


Talk about Walter Becker - 11 Tracks Of Whack


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By no means am I going to try and tell you that Walter Becker had a difficult life … he drove headlong down the road he chose, often with the headlights off, pouring everything he saw along the way into his music, both here and with his life long foil Donald Fagen, where these two eternal hipsters not only danced the light fantastic, but set fires across the world with their penchant for jazz infused masterpieces, made up of Becker’s love of blues and rock that was balanced by Fagen’s relentless reworking of classic soul.A timeline of sorts: Sometime around 1981 Steely Dan slipped into darkness, and like some pulp novel, Becker caught a midnight flight to Hawaii to lay low from the long arm of the law, drugs and other rumored reasons. While little is known of his time there, he did do some work with Rickie Lee Jones, Michael Franks and China Crisis. While still not back in each others arms, in 1992 he produced Fagen’s brilliant album Nightfly, even providing some guitar work. Fagan would then release the second of his four solo albums Kamakiriad in 1993 with Becker co-writing the stand out track “Snowbound,” which opened the door for their acclaimed reunion with Two Against Nature some seven years or so later.It seemed odd that Becker should have released 11 Tracks Of Whack, as the man wasn’t really noted for his vocal range. What he was known for, and what comes across here, is his wordplay, his love of the blues, and his wise ass dime-store banter. That being said, this is certainly not the classically constructed mainstream rock album one might have expected, nor in the same breath is it so far off the wall that it’s unlistenable. If anything, 11 Tracks Of Whack is constructed around a strange encompassing sophistication, one complete with medieval incantations, bass clarinet solos, lyrics that are so obscure and cryptic that it takes a driven and astute listener to be able to pocket the stories he’s laying down … songs that were about cheating lovers, a suicidal couch potato, a space alien, a spoiled son, the constant reincarnation of a hobo, depressed emotionally crippled loners, middle age, shrinking horizons, and squandered squared off opportunities that no longer fit comfortably into a round hole. Most notable is that while Steely Dan kept their cast of characters at arms length, Becker embraces them fully, owns them, and bestows a sense of empathy. While far from lifting the styles of other artists, Becker does flick on notable light switches, theres “Surf And/Go Die” where he nearly recites the lyrics in a David Byrne ah-la Talking Heads manner, then he turns a corner with the sparse and folkish “Junkie Girl” bringing out shades of Neil Young, though most surprising is when Hall & Oates step out of the shadows on “Girlfriend,” making it more than obvious that Becker is reaching deeply into all that Steely Dan where in order to find his own voice and take on his private personal experiences, yet retaining that gamesmanship Steely Dan was most known for.There are those who would call this risk taking, while others would suggest that he’s gambling with his reputation, though I would suggest that Becker was very much in and of the moment here. No, he wasn’t attempting to create an album that would stand the test of time, after all there are many aspects such as the synth sounds on several songs that come off, dare I say, sounding cheesy and worn, while on a whole, the compression of these early compact discs does cause the album to suffer entirely as a whole.Most strange of all is that I never considered that Steely Dan were attempting to be hipster cool, I always thought that they just were, that the attitude and persona were invented around them, but here Becker sheds that skin, and while still smart clever and witty, comes off as being totally uncool, or at least not worrying about how he’s envisioned by others.While 11 Tracks Of Whack isn’t something I’ve listened to in a very long time, I am happy, but wishing that there was a vinyl copy sitting comfortably in my collection, waiting on the spirit of Walter Becker to move me.*** The Fun Facts: Becker substitutes the word ‘wax’ for ‘whack’, with ‘whack’ having several meanings, the first being to strike forcefully with a sharp blow, though here, Walter is using the the translation of an attempt, or to try.And of course there are twelve tracks found on this album, not the eleven on would have expected from the title.Review by Jenell Kesler