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Morph the Cat
Morph the Cat cover
Studio album by Donald Fagen
Released March 2006
Recorded 2004-05
Genre Jazz-Rock
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Donald Fagen
Professional reviews
Donald Fagen chronology
Kamakiriad
(1993)		 Morph the Cat
(2006)

Morph the Cat is a 2006 album by Donald Fagen, his first since 1993. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Okayplayercom is an online hip-hop and alternative music Website and community Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. Kamakiriad is the second solo album by Steely Dan Singer Donald Fagen, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music) Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic New Jersey) is an American Musician and Songwriter. The nine-track album was released in the US on March 14, 2006. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was very well received by fans as well as the press, scoring 83 points at metacritic.com. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books.

Additional musicians performing on the album include drummer Keith Carlock, guitarists Wayne Krantz, Jon Herington, and Hugh McCracken, clarinetist Lawrence Feldman, pianist Ted Baker and saxophonist Walt Weiskopf, among others. Wayne Krantz (born July 26 1956 in Corvallis, Oregon) is an innovative American Jazz fusion Guitarist who has played with Jon Herington (born Jonathan Reuel Herington on April 14, 1954 is an American Guitarist Singer-songwriter and Record producer Hugh McCracken is a rhythm guitar player and Session musician, arranger and producer based in New York Ted Baker is a British clothing retail company known for applying twists to their products and has become a UK designer label through word of mouth rather than advertising

The album, a rumination of death and old age, blends Fagen's patented storytelling and groove-oriented, backing vocal-laden style. "H Gang" is the lead single. It is available in digital format. The album was released as an audio CD, a vinyl record and a Special Edition CD/DVD. The DVD features versions of the album in Dolby Digital/DTS 5. Dolby Digital is the marketing name for a series of lossy audio compression technologies developed by Dolby DTS (also known as Digital Theater Systems) owned by DTS Inc ( is a multi-channel digital Surround sound format used for both commercial/theatrical 1 playable on DVD-Video players and high-resolution stereo and surround tracks for DVD-Audio players. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is DVD-Audio (commonly abbreviated as DVD-A) is a digital format for delivering very High-fidelity audio content on a DVD. The 5. 1 mix won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences [1]

Fagen embarked on a twenty-date studio tour (with the Donald Fagen Band) which began March 1, 2006; nearly two weeks before the release of the album itself. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Fagen performs songs from his latest album, his earlier solo work, as well as classic Steely Dan favorites. Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The tour is his first solo tour "since high school. " The dates left out many areas along the USA's eastern seaboard and its south/southeast regions, leading some fans to correctly surmise that Fagen would join partner Walter Becker on a summer Steely Dan tour. Walter Becker (born Walter Carl Becker, 20 February 1950, in Queens, New York) is an American musician and record producer

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Morph the Cat" – 6:49
  2. "H Gang" – 5:15
  3. "What I Do" – 6:01
  4. "Brite Nitegown" – 7:16
  5. "The Great Pagoda of Funn" – 7:39
  6. "Security Joan" – 6:09
  7. "The Night Belongs to Mona" – 4:18
  8. "Mary Shut the Garden Door" – 6:29
  9. "Morph the Cat (Reprise)" – 2:53
  10. "Rhymes" (Bonus track, downloaded album only) – 4:21

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
2006 European Top 100 Albums
2006 The Billboard 200 26
2006 Top Internet Albums 26
2006 UK Top 40 35

References

  1. ^ GRAMMY.com — 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners List

External links

Joseph M Palmaccio (born 1965) is an American mastering engineer born in rural South Carolina
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