Album

Kamakiriad

Donald Fagen

1993 · Jazz, Rock

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Kamakiriad by Donald Fagen

Kamakiriad is a Jazz album by Donald Fagen, originally released in 1993. On Gatefold: 42 pressings tracked, owned by 13 collectors.

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 as fantasies of Fagen's youth and 2006's Morph the Cat ruminations of old age and death). Music videos were produced for "Tomorrow's Girls" (starring Rick Moranis) and "Snowbound" (using stop motion animation). .

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Tracklist

Side I

  1. ITrans-Island Skyway6:30

Side II

  1. IICountermoon5:05

Side III

  1. IIISpringtime5:06

Side IV

  1. IVSnowbound7:08

Side V

  1. VTomorrow's Girls6:17

Side VI

  1. VIFlorida Room6:02

Side VII

  1. VIIOn The Dunes8:07

Side VIII

  1. VIIITeahouse On The Tracks6:11

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Jazz Fusion
  • polished
  • cynical
  • urban

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