Album
Kamakiriad
1993 · Jazz, Rock
14 collectors on Gatefold own this
Kamakiriad is a Jazz album by Donald Fagen, originally released in 1993. On Gatefold: 42 pressings tracked, owned by 14 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). Fagen and Becker would embark on their first tour as Steely Dan since 1974 to support the album, leading gradually to a permanent reunion.
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Tracklist
Side I
- ITrans-Island Skyway6:30
Side II
- IICountermoon5:05
Side III
- IIISpringtime5:06
Side IV
- IVSnowbound7:08
Side V
- VTomorrow's Girls6:17
Side VI
- VIFlorida Room6:02
Side VII
- VIIOn The Dunes8:07
Side VIII
- VIIITeahouse On The Tracks6:11
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- polished
- cynical
- urban
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Standard jewel case, 5-panel booklet (10 pages), Original jewel case with embossed Warner logo on front, bottom right.
First European issue.
Unlike Kamakiriad (Europe) (opens in a new tab) this release has no Mastering OR Mould SID Codes.
Recorded and Mixed at River Sound, New York
Additional Recording at: Hyperbolic Sound, Hawaii; Clinton Recording and The Hit Factory, New York
Mastering: at Masterfonics, Nashville
Car Photography: AM. n. 39 11/92
Representation: HK Management
Dedicated in memorium [sic] to Dorothy White
Track durations are not printed on the release.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alan RubinTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Amy HelmBACKING VOCALS
- Angela Clemmons-PatrickBACKING VOCALS
- Bashiri JohnsonPERCUSSION
- Birch JohnsonTROMBONE SOLOIST, TROMBONE
- Brenda White KingBACKING VOCALS
- Catherine RussellBACKING VOCALS
- Cornelius BumpusTENOR SAXOPHONE SOLOIST, TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Curtis KingBACKING VOCALS
- Dave TofaniTENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- Dian SorelBACKING VOCALS
- Diane GaristoBACKING VOCALS
- Donald FagenARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY , KEYBOARDS, VOCALS KEYBOARDS, LEAD VOCALS, ARRANGED BY , ARRANGED BY
- Fonzi ThorntonBACKING VOCALS
- Frank FloydBACKING VOCALS
- Georg WadeniusELECTRIC GUITAR GUITAR
- Illinois ElohainuTENOR SAXOPHONE SOLOIST, TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Jenni MuldaurBACKING VOCALS
14 collectors on Gatefold own this · 42 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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