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by the American

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, released in 1995.

Overview

The album comprises recordings from their 1993 and 1994 tours, which were the first live Steely Dan performances since 1974. The tour was also supporting

Donald Fagen Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who is the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker ...

's '' Kamakiriad'' album. Additional live tracks from the tour were later released on the " Cousin Dupree" single.

Critical reception

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'' in 1995, Carola Dibbell found the album "(naturally) excellent" but, having witnessed most of the featured performances in person, said it "sounded better truly live" while preferring the band's complete studio-album compilation '' Citizen Steely Dan'' (1993).

Track listing

Personnel

Steely Dan *

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– guitar, lead vocals on "Book of Liars" *

– lead vocals, melodica, electric piano Additional musicians * Warren Bernhardt – piano * Georg Wadenius – guitar * Drew Zingg – guitar * Tom Barney – bass guitar *

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– tenor saxophone * Chris Potter – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone * Bob Sheppard – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone *

Dennis Chambers Dennis Milton Chambers (born May 9, 1959) is an American jazz fusion and funk drummer. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2001. Early life Chambers was born on May 9, 1959, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. He began drumming ...

– drums on "Babylon Sisters", "Bodhisattva", "Reelin' In the Years", "Josie", "Peg", "Kid Charlemagne", "Sign in Stranger", and "Aja" *

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– drums on "Green Earrings", "Book of Liars", and "Third World Man" * Catherine Russell – percussion, background vocals, human whistle * Bill Ware – percussion, vibraphone * Diane Garisto – background vocals * Brenda White-King – background vocals Technical personnel *Producer: Donald Fagen *Engineers: Phil Burnett, Roger Nichols *Directors: Warren Bernhardt, Drew Zingg *Morpheus Lights Technician: Bryce Heugel

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1995 live albums Steely Dan live albums Albums produced by Donald Fagen