11 Tracks of Whack

11 Tracks of Whack
11 Tracks of Whack
Studio album by Walter Becker
Released	September 27, 1994
Recorded	1993-1994
Genre	Jazz rock
Length	56:46
Label	Giant
Producer	Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
Walter Becker chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[3]
The Great Rock Discography	5/10^[4]
The New York Times	(positive)^[5]
Q	^[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]

11 Tracks of Whack is the first solo album by Steely Dan Co-founder Walter Becker, released in 1994. It was his third collaboration since 1980 with Steely Dan partner Donald Fagen, who produced the album, after Becker produced Fagen's Kamakiriad (1993), and Becker and Fagen played on Rosie Vela's debut album Zazu (1986).

Track listing[]

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.

No.	Title	Length
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"	2:44

Japan Bonus Track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Medical Science"

Personnel[]

Walter Becker – bass, guitar, ukulele, vocals
Dean Parks – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Adam Rogers – electric guitar
John Beasley – keyboards
Donald Fagen – keyboards
Fima Ephron – bass
Ben Perowsky – drums
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
Bob Sheppard – saxophone, woodwinds
Bruce Paulson – trombone
Jon Papenbrook – horns/brass
Catherine Russell – background vocals
Brenda White-King – background vocals

Production[]

Producer: Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
Engineers: Tom Hardisty, Earl Martin, John Neff, Roger Nichols, David Russell
Mixing: Roger Nichols, David Russell
Mastering: Glenn Meadows
Tech support: Craig Siegel
Project coordinator: Linda Starr
Art direction: Mick Haggerty
Type design: Mick Haggerty, Kathleen Philpott
Photography: Annalisa

References[]

^ 11 Tracks of Whack Walter Becker Allmusic.com William Ruhlmann
^ "CG: Walter Becker". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
^ Dimitri Ehrlich. Entertainment Weekly review September 30, 1994
^ Strong, Martin Charles (2002). "Steely Dan". The Great Rock Discography. The National Academies. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.
^ New York Times review
^ Q January 1995, p.245
^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Walter Becker". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 58. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[1] 11 Tracks of Whack Walter Becker Allmusic.com William Ruhlmann

[2] "CG: Walter Becker". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-08-16.

[3] Dimitri Ehrlich. Entertainment Weekly review September 30, 1994

[4] Strong, Martin Charles (2002). "Steely Dan". The Great Rock Discography. The National Academies. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.

[5] New York Times review

[6] Q January 1995, p.245

[7] Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Walter Becker". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 58. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

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