11 Tracks of Whack

Infobox Album |
Name = 11 Tracks of Whack
Type = Album
Artist = Walter Becker


Released = September 27, 1994
Recorded = 1993-1994
Genre = Jazz-Rock
Length = 56:46
Label = Giant Records
Producer = Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nxfm967ofep5 link]
Last album =
This album = "11 Tracks of Whack"
(1994)
Next album = "Circus Money" (2008)

"11 Tracks of Whack" is the first solo album by Steely Dan guitarist Walter Becker, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). It was his second collaboration with Steely Dan partner Donald Fagen, who produced the album, since 1980, after Becker produced Fagen's Kamakiriad (1993).

Track listing

#"Down in the Bottom" (Becker) – 4:16
#"Junkie Girl" (Becker) – 4:07
#"Surf and/or Die" (Becker) – 6:15
#"Book of Liars" (Becker) – 4:09
#"Lucky Henry" (Becker) – 4:39
#"Hard Up Case" (Becker) – 4:56
#"Cringemaker" (Becker, Parks) – 5:11
#"Girlfriend" (Becker) – 5:43
#"My Waterloo" (Becker) – 4:02
#"This Moody Bastard" (Becker) – 5:18
#"Hat Too Flat" (Becker) – 5:26
#"Little Kawai" (Becker) – 2:44
#"Medical Science"(Becker)-only available on Japan release of this cd

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
*Katherine 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
*Mastering: Glenn Meadows
*Mixing: Roger Nichols, David Russell
*Horn arrangements: Donald Fagen
*Rhythm arrangements: Donald Fagen
*Type design: Mick Haggerty, Kathleen Philpott
*Art direction: Mick Haggerty
*Project coordinator: Linda Starr
*Tech support: Craig Siegel
*Photography: Annalisa