Alive in America
Live album by Steely Dan
Released	October 17, 1995
Recorded	August 19, 1993- September 19, 1994
Genre	Rock
Length	66:36
Label	Giant
Producer(s)	Donald Fagen
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (5/5) link
Steely Dan chronology
Gaucho (1980)	Alive in America (1995)	Two Against Nature (2000)

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Track listing

all songs by Becker and Fagen, except where noted

1. "Babylon Sisters" - 6:47
2. "Green Earrings" - 5:20
3. "Bodhisattva" - 5:47
4. "Reelin' in the Years" - 6:24
5. "Josie" - 6:12
6. "Book of Lairs" (Becker) - 4:19
7. "Peg" - 4:19
8. "Third World Man" - 6:38
9. "Kid Charlemagne" - 5:16
10. "Sign in Stranger" - 6:34
11. "Aja" - 9:00

Personnel

• Walter Becker - guitar, vocals
• Donald Fagen - vocals, melodica
• Tom Barney - bass
• Warren Bernhardt - piano
• Cornelius Bumpus - tenor saxophone
• Dennis Chambers - drums
• Peter Erskine - drums
• Diane Garisto - background vocals
• Chris Potter - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Catherine Russell - percussion, background vocals, human whistle
• Bob Sheppard - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• George Wadenius - guitar
• Bill Ware - percussion, vibraphone
• Brenda White-King - background vocals

Walter Carl Becker (born February 20, 1950 in New York, New York) is the guitarist (and sometimes electric bassist) half of the rock duo Steely Dan. ... A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Donald Fagen of Steely Dan, in concert. ... A Hohner melodica The melodica is a free-reed instrument similar to the accordion and harmonica. ... A Fender Jazz Bass Bass guitar (also called electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply bass) refers to an electric bass or an electric/acoustic string instrument with a similar appearance to the guitar, but with a larger body, commonly four strings, longer scale neck and tuned an octave lower... A grand piano A piano is a keyboard instrument, widely used in western music for solo performance, chamber music, and accompaniment, and also as a convenient aid to composing and rehearsal. ... A Yanagisawa tenor sax. ... Dennis Chambers is a session drummer who has recorded and performed with John Scofield, Steely Dan, Santana, Parliament/Funkadelic, John McLaughlin, and many others. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is a jazz drummer. ... Alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a family of woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ... The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument. ... Luigi Waites plays a vibraphone, July 29, 1999 The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the percussion family. ...

Production

• Producer: Donald Fagen
• Engineers: Phil Burnett, Roger Nichols
• Directors: Warren Bernhardt, Drew Zingg

Roger Nichols was a nuclear engineer until he turned his hobby of audio recording into an extremely successful career as a recording engineer and producer. ...

Charts

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