Kamakiriad is a Jazz album by Donald Fagen, originally released in 1993. On Gatefold: 41 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- polished
- cynical
- urban
About
Kamakiriad is the second solo album by Steely Dan singer Donald Fagen, released in May 25, 1993 by Release. It was his first collaboration since 1980 with Steely Dan partner Walter Becker, who produced the album. The album is a futuristic, optimistic eight-song cycle about the journey of the narrator in his high-tech car, the Kamakiri (Japanese for praying mantis). It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1993. The album follows a lengthy writer's block for Fagen; the songs are based on personal observations about middle age (as 1982's The Nightfly is lyrically described .
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Tracklist
Side I
- ITrans-Island Skyway
Side II
- IICountermoon
Side III
- IIISpringtime
Side IV
- IVSnowbound
Side V
- VTomorrow's Girls
Side VI
- VIFlorida Room
Side VII
- VIIOn The Dunes
Side VIII
- VIIITeahouse On The Tracks
Credits
Performers
- Lou MariniALTO SAXOPHONE FLUTE CLARINET
- Donald FagenARRANGED BY KEYBOARDS VOCALS
- Amy HelmBACKING VOCALS
- Angela Clemmons-PatrickBACKING VOCALS
- Brenda White KingBACKING VOCALS
- Catherine RussellBACKING VOCALS
- Curtis KingBACKING VOCALS
- Dian SorelBACKING VOCALS
- Diane GaristoBACKING VOCALS
- Fonzi ThorntonBACKING VOCALS
- Frank FloydBACKING VOCALS
- Jenni MuldaurBACKING VOCALS
- Mindy JostynBACKING VOCALS
- Roger RosenbergBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Ronnie CuberBARITONE SAXOPHONE
- Walter BeckerBASS LEAD GUITAR BASS GUITAR
- Chris ParkerDRUMS
- Dennis McDermottDRUMS
9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 41 pressings tracked on Gatefold