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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic83/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
BBC Music(positive)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
The Guardian[5]
Jazz Police(?)[6]
Mojo[7]
MusicOMH.com[8]
Okayplayer[9]
PopMatters[10]
Q[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
Slate(positive)[13]
StylusC+[14]
Uncut[15]

Morph the Cat is the third solo album by Donald Fagen. A rumination on old age and death,[16] the album has the same sharp lyrics, tight playing, and meticulous production for which Fagen is known.[17] Musicians on the album include drummer Keith Carlock, saxophonist Walt Weiskopf, bassist Freddie Washington, and guitarists Frank Vignola, Jon Herington, Wayne Krantz, and Hugh McCracken.

Morph the Cat was released on CD and on a CD/DVD-Audio 2-disc package, with a 5.1 surround sound mix engineered by Elliot Scheiner.[18][19] The surround recording won the Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album.[20]

Track listing

All songs written by Donald Fagen except where indicated.

  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

Bonus tracks, from The Nightfly Trilogy MVI Boxed Set

  2. "Rhymes" – 4:22 (Al Green and Mabon Hodges)
  3. "Hank's Pad" (Live) - 4:48 (Henry Mancini and Donald Fagen)
  4. "Viva Viva Rock 'N' Roll" (Live) - 2:42 (Chuck Berry)

Track credits

Morph the Cat

H Gang

What I Do

Brite Nitegown

The Great Pagoda of Funn

Security Joan

  • Backing Vocals – Michael Harvey
  • Bass – Freddie Washington
  • Drums – Keith Carlock
  • Guitar – Jon Herington, Wayne Krantz
  • Guitar [Solo] – Ken Wessel
  • Handclaps – Camille Meza, Candice Predham, Eddie Jackson, Jennifer Battista
  • Organ, Piano, Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen
  • Percussion – Gordon Gottlieb
  • Wurlitzer Electric Piano – Ted Baker

The Night Belongs to Mona

Mary Shut the Garden Door

Morph the Cat (Reprise)

-*Harlan Post Jr., Phonus Quaver and Illinois Elohainu are pseudonyms for Fagen himself when he plays an instrument sample patch on a synthesizer trying to replicate the actual instrument.

Production

  • Producer: Donald Fagen
  • Tracking Engineer: Elliot Scheiner
  • Overdub/ProTools Engineers: Brian Montgomery, T. J. Doherty
  • Mix Engineer: Elliott Scheiner
  • Second Mix Engineer: Brian Montgomery
  • Assistant Engineers: Eddie Jackson, Jim Keller, Chad Lupo, Steve Mazur, Brian Montgomery, Matt Scheiner, Bryan Smith, Allan "A.T." Thomas
  • Piano Technicians: Sam Berd, Wayne Williams
  • Drum/Guitar Tech: Artie Smith
  • Music Copyist: Gary Blu
  • Mastering Engineer: Darcy Proper
  • Additional Mastering: Joseph M. Palmaccio
  • Mastering Assistant: Maria Triana
  • Management: Irving Azoff
  • Production Coordinators: Jill Dell'Abate, Cindy Osborne
  • Production Assistant: Mary Lou Arnold
  • Art Direction: Jeri Heiden
  • Design: Ryan Corey
  • Photography: Danny Clinch

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. ^ Morph the Cat at Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ BBC Music review Chris Jones, 2006-03-13
  4. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ^ The Guardian review
  6. ^ Jazz Police review
  7. ^ Mojo, April 2006, p.104
  8. ^ MusicOMH.com review
  9. ^ Okayplayer review
  10. ^ PopMatters review
  11. ^ Q, April 2006, p.113
  12. ^ Rolling Stone review
  13. ^ Slate review
  14. ^ Stylus review
  15. ^ Uncut, April 2006, p.104
  16. ^ Kaplan, Fred. "What Rhymes With Orange Alert?". New York Times. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  17. ^ Erlewine, Stephen. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  18. ^ "Fagen Preps For 'Morph'". Billboard. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  19. ^ "Morph The Cat: Donald Fagen Solo Album Set for Reprise Records Release on March 7; Tour Dates Announced; Panasonic ELS Surround Is Presenting Sponsor". Marketwired. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  20. ^ "Panasonic ELS Surround(R) Collaborator Honored with Emmy(R); Elliot Scheiner Wins for Outstanding Sound Mixing". BusinessWire. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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