• Source: Kamakiriad

Kamakiriad is the second solo album by Steely Dan artist Donald Fagen, released in 1993. It was his first collaboration with Steely Dan partner Walter Becker since 1986, on Rosie Vela's album Zazu. Becker played guitar and bass and 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 1994.
Music videos were produced for "Tomorrow's Girls" (starring Rick Moranis) and "Snowbound" (using stop motion animation).
Fagen and Becker embarked on their first tour as Steely Dan since 1974 to support the album.




Track listing






= Bonus tracks, from The Nightfly Trilogy MVI boxed set

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Personnel


Donald Fagen – vocals, keyboards, horn and rhythm arrangements
Paul Griffin – Hammond B3 organ
Craig Siegal – sampling, digital delay acquisition
Walter Becker – lead guitars, guitar solos, bass guitar
Georg Wadenius – guitars
Chris Parker – drums (1, 2, 6, 7)
Dennis McDermott – drums (4)
Leroy Clouden – percussion, drums (3, 5, 8)
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
Lou Marini – alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
Roger Rosenberg – baritone saxophone
Cornelius Bumpus – tenor saxophone, tenor sax solo (6, 7)
Illinois Elohainu – tenor saxophone (a fictive musician, actually Fagen himself plays a saxophone sample on the keyboard), tenor sax solo (2)
Lawrence Feldman – flute, tenor saxophone
David Tofani – flute, tenor saxophone
Birch Johnson – trombone, trombone solo (8)
Jim Pugh – trombone
Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn
Alan Rubin – trumpet, flugelhorn
Angela Clemmons-Patrick – backing vocals
Frank Floyd – backing vocals
Diane Garisto – backing vocals
Amy Helm – backing vocals
Mindy Jostyn – backing vocals
Brenda King – backing vocals
Curtis King – backing vocals
Jenni Muldaur – backing vocals
Catherine Russell – backing vocals
Dian Sorel – backing vocals
Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals




Production


Walter Becker – producer
Roger Nichols – chief engineer
Wayne Yurgelun – house engineer
David Michael Dill – engineer
Tom Fritze – engineer
Dave Russell – engineer
Tony Volante – engineer
Phil Burnett – second engineer, digital technician
Andy Grassi – second engineer
Troy Halderson – second engineer
Bob Mitchell – second engineer
John Neff – second engineer
Jay Ryan – second engineer
Craig Siegal – sample editing
Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Lisa Starr – production coordinator
Carol Bobolts – design
James Hamilton – photography
Marinella Terziotti – car photograph
Donald Fagen – liner notes
Tim White – liner notes




Charts






= Weekly charts

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= Year-end charts

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References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Penghargaan Grammy untuk Album Terbaik Tahun Ini
• Kamakiriad
• Donald Fagen
• Walter Becker
• Dave Tofani
• 11 Tracks of Whack
• Amy Helm
• Grammy Award for Album of the Year
• Libby Titus
• Steely Dan
• Alan Rubin