Steely Dan - Everything Must Go (2003) Label: Analogue Productions - CAPP 142 SA Format: SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Reissue, Remastered Country: US Released: 2022 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Jazz-Rock SACD ISO Tracklist 01 - The Last Mall 3:36 Alto Saxophone - Walt Weiskopf / Backing Vocals - Catherine Russell, Cindy Mizelle Baritone Saxophone - Roger Rosenberg / Bass, Guitar, Soloist - Walter Becker Drums - Keith Carlock / Guitar - Hugh McCracken, Jon Herington / Piano - Ted Baker Trombone - Jim Pugh / Trumpet - Tony Kadleck Vocals, Electric Piano [Rhodes, Wurlitzer] - Donald Fagen 02 - Things I Miss The Most 3:59 Backing Vocals - Carolyn Leonhart / Bass, Guitar, Soloist - Walter Becker Drums - Keith Carlock / Guitar - Hugh McCracken, Jon Herington Percussion - Gordon Gottlieb / Piano - Ted Baker / Tenor Saxophone - Walt Weiskopf Trumpet - Michael Leonhart / Vocals, Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Donald Fagen 03 - Blues Beach 4:29 Backing Vocals - Carolyn Leonhart / Bass, Guitar, Soloist - Walter Becker Drums - Keith Carlock / Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Ted Baker Guitar - Hugh McCracken, Jon Herington / Percussion - Gordon Gottlieb Vocals, Piano, Organ - Donald Fagen 04 - Godwhacker 4:57 Backing Vocals - Catherine Russell, Tawatha Agee / Bass, Guitar, Soloist - Walter Becker Drums - Keith Carlock / Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Bill Charlap Guitar - Hugh McCracken, Jon Herington Vocals, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Synthesizer, Soloist, Percussion - Donald Fagen 05 - Slang Of Ages 4:15 Backing Vocals - Ada Dyer, Carolyn Leonhart, Catherine Russell, Michael Harvey, Tawatha Agee Drums - Keith Carlock / Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ, Synthesizer - Donald Fagen Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] - Ted Baker / Guitar - Hugh McCracken, Jon Herington Percussion - Gordon Gottlieb / Tenor Saxophone - Walt Weiskopf / Trumpet - Michael Leonhart Vocals, Bass - Walter Becker 06 - Green Book 5:55 Backing Vocals - Carolyn Leonhart, Catherine Russell, Cindy Mizelle Bass, Guitar, Soloist - Walter Becker / Drums - Keith Carlock Guitar - Hugh McCracken, Jon Herington / Piano - Ted Baker Vocals, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ, Percussion, Synthesizer, Soloist - Donald Fagen 07 - Pixeleen 4:01 Backing Vocals - Michael Harvey / Backing Vocals [Featured] - Carolyn Leonhart Baritone Saxophone - Roger Rosenberg / Bass - Walter Becker / Clarinet - Ken Hitchcock Drums - Keith Carlock / Guitar - Hugh McCracken, Jon Herington / Percussion - Gordon Gottlieb Piano - Bill Charlap / Tenor Saxophone - Walt Weiskopf / Trombone - Jim Pugh Trumpet - Michael Leonhart / Vocals, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ - Donald Fagen 08 - Lunch With Gina 4:27 Backing Vocals - Michael Harvey / Bass - Walter Becker / Drums - Keith Carlock Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Ted Baker / Guitar - Hugh McCracken, Jon Herington Percussion - Gordon Gottlieb / Tenor Saxophone - Chris Potte / Trumpet - Michael Leonhart Vocals, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Synthesizer, Soloist - Donald Fagen 09 - Everything Must Go 6:45 Backing Vocals - Brenda White-King, Tawatha Agee / Bass, Percussion - Walter Becker Drums - Keith Carlock / Guitar - Hugh McCracken, Jon Herington / Piano - Ted Baker Tenor Saxophone, Soloist - Walt Weiskopf Vocals, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Clavinet, Percussion - Donald Fagen Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ - Reprise Records Copyright © - Reprise Records Manufactured By - Analogue Productions Recorded At - Sear Sound Recorded At - Skyline Studios Recorded At - River Sound Recorded At - Hyperbolic Sound Recorded At - Bearsville Studios Mixed At - Presence Studios Mastered At - Sony Music Studios, New York City Credits Arranged By [Horns] - Donald Fagen Composed By, Arranged By - Donald Fagen, Walter Becker Edited By [Additional] - Larry Alexander Engineer - Dave Russell, Elliot Scheiner, Roger Nichols, TJ Doherty Engineer [Assistant] - Keith Nelson, Matt Scheiner, Steve Mazur, Suzy Barrows, TJ Doherty, Todd Parker Mastered By - Darcy Proper Mixed By - Elliot Scheiner Mixed By [Assistant] - Joe Peccerillo Producer - Donald Fagen, Walter Becker Remastered By - Bernie Grundman Notes This Hybrid SACD was released in a Super Audio rounded corners jewel case with an 8 sided sleeve and a Compact Disc Digital Audio insert. Golden layer matrix. Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode (Text): 7 53088 01426 0 Matrix / Runout: A0103415233-A911 2000 foobar2000 1.5 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1 log date: 2023-01-29 21:10:25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed: Steely Dan / Everything Must Go -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR15 -5.89 dB -23.03 dB 3:37 ?-The Last Mall DR15 -6.63 dB -23.70 dB 3:59 ?-Things I Miss The Most DR14 -6.24 dB -23.10 dB 4:33 ?-Blues Beach DR13 -7.22 dB -22.81 dB 4:57 ?-Godwhacker DR13 -8.74 dB -24.06 dB 4:16 ?-Slang Of Ages DR15 -6.86 dB -24.01 dB 5:55 ?-Green Book DR13 -7.55 dB -22.11 dB 4:01 ?-Pixeleen DR15 -5.65 dB -22.73 dB 4:28 ?-Lunch With Gina DR15 -5.60 dB -23.17 dB 6:50 ?-Everything Must Go -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 9 Official DR value: DR14 Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 44100 Hz Channels: 2 Bits per sample: 1 Bitrate: 5645 kbps Codec: DSD64 ================================================================================ The brilliance of Steely Dan on Hybrid SACD from Analogue Productions - newly remastered from the original analog tape by Bernie Grundman direct to DSD Everything Must Go is the ninth studio album by American rock group Steely Dan. It was released on June 10, 2003, by Reprise Records, and was the band’s second album following their 20-year studio hiatus spanning 1980 through 2000, when they released Two Against Nature. Allmusic Review: When Steely Dan released Two Against Nature in 2000, their first album in 20 years, it was an unexpected gift, since all odds seemed against Donald Fagen and Walter Becker reteaming for nothing more than the occasional project, let alone a full album. As it turned out, the duo was able to pick up where they left off, with Two Against Nature seamlessly fitting next to Gaucho and earning the band surprise success, including a Grammy for Album of the Year, but the bigger surprise is that the reunion wasn’t a one-off — they released another record, Everything Must Go, a mere three years later. Given the (relatively) short turnaround time between the two records, it comes as little surprise that Everything Must Go is a companion piece to Two Against Nature, and sounds very much like that album’s laid-back, catchy jazz-funk, only with an elastic, loose feel — loose enough to have Walter Becker take the first lead vocal in Steely Dan history, in fact, which sums up the Dan’s attitude in a nutshell. This time, they’re comfortable and confident enough to let anything happen, and while that doesn’t really affect the sound of the record, it does affect the feel. Though it as expertly produced as always, there’s less emphasis on production and a focus on the feel, often breathing as much as a live performance, another new wrinkle for Steely Dan. Sometimes, it also sounds as if Becker and Fagen have written the songs quickly; there’s nothing that betrays their high standards of craft, but, on a whole, the songs are neither as hooky nor as resonant as the ones unveiled on its predecessor. While it might have been nice to have a song as immediate as, say, “Cousin Dupree,” there are no bad songs here and many cuts grow as nicely as those on Two Against Nature. But the real selling point of Everything Must Go is that relaxed, comfortable, live feel. It signals that Steely Dan has indeed entered a new phase, one less fussy and a bit funkier (albeit lite funk). If they can keep turning out a record this solid every three years, we’d all be better off. — allmusic.com Everything Must Go was Steely Dan’s second album after their 20-year studio hiatus spanning 1980 through 2000, when they released Two Against Nature. Everything Must Go is the last studio album with founding member Walter Becker before his death in 2017 and their most recent album to date. Acoustic Sounds is honored to reissue the Steely Dan album catalog in a way that best shares the group’s unmistakable sound with decades of devoted fans. Each Hybrid SACD reissue in the Analogue Productions Steely Dan Series is newly remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original master tape direct to DSD. The result is more sonic punch and more expression captured from the tape. Founded by core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan’s popularity rose throughout the late 1970s on, and their seven albums over that period of time blended elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop. Steely Dan created a sophisticated, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the recording studio. Becker and Fagen, with producer Gary Katz, gradually changed Steely Dan from a performing band to a studio project, hiring session musicians to record their compositions. The duo didn’t perform live between 1974 and 1993. But their popularity nevertheless grew throughout the ’70s as their albums became critical favorites and their singles became staples of Adult Oriented Radio and pop radio stations. Becker (bass) and Fagen (vocals, keyboards) were the core members of Steely Dan throughout its incarnations. Since reuniting in 1993, Steely Dan has toured steadily and released two albums of new material, the first of which, Two Against Nature (2000) earned a Grammy Award for Album of the Year They followed up with Everything Must Go (2003). The album drew a 71 favorable review score on the review compilation site Metacritic.com, with Launch.com summing up their findings: “‘Everything Must Go‘ is another great Steely Dan album, a hardy inclusion to their splendid canon.” Blender said: “Though their restraint can be alienating, Steely Dan sound hungry, relevant and full of ideas.” After a brief battle with esophageal cancer, Walter Becker died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 67. Steely Dan has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001. VH1 ranked Steely Dan at No. 82 on their list of the 100 Greatest Musical Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone ranked them No. 15 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time. — acousticsounds.com Track Listing 01. The Last Mall 02. Things I Miss The Most 03. Blues Beach 04. Godwhacker 05. Slang Of Ages 06. Green Book 07. Pixeleen 08. Lunch With Gina 09. Everything Must Go Transfer Notes Transferred from SACD with love by Darkivist, 2022-11-26. Pick your preferred format(s): Enjoy the warm, “idealized vinyl” sound of the SACD analog outs captured from the Oppo BDP-105D If you don’t have a DSD-capable DAC, grab the digital DSD to PCM conversions If you’ve already got a good DSD-capable DAC and/or can play back SACD ISOs burned to a DVD-R, grab the DSF files or the SACD ISO. Technical info: SACD ISO and DSF files were created directly from the physical discs using Sonore’s ISO2DSD software and the Oppo BDP-105D as a disc transport.