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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1643065" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[ATTACH=full]10796[/ATTACH]</p><p>midday pick of the day...............</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]10799[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Morph...................Morphing................Morph the Cat.................................................</em></strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]10801[/ATTACH] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Fagen" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Fagen</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Donald Jay Fagen</strong> (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steely_Dan" target="_blank">Steely Dan</a>, formed in the early 1970s. He has also released four albums as a solo artist and in 2001 was inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" target="_blank">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>. The 2017 death of Steely Dan's co-founder <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Becker" target="_blank">Walter Becker</a> left Fagen as the only remaining original member.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]10802[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Morph the Cat</strong></em> is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Fagen" target="_blank">Donald Fagen</a>. Released on March 7, 2006, to generally positive reviews from critics,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_the_Cat#cite_note-metacritic-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> <em>Morph the Cat</em> was described by Fagen as his "death album" in an interview with Fred Kaplan of <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" target="_blank">The New York Times</a></em>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_the_Cat#cite_note-Kaplan-12" target="_blank">[12]</a> Musicians on the album include drummer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Carlock" target="_blank">Keith Carlock</a>, saxophonist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Weiskopf" target="_blank">Walt Weiskopf</a>, bassist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Washington_(bassist)" target="_blank">Freddie Washington</a>, and guitarists <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Vignola" target="_blank">Frank Vignola</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Herington" target="_blank">Jon Herington</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Krantz" target="_blank">Wayne Krantz</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McCracken" target="_blank">Hugh McCracken</a>.</p><p></p><p><em>Morph the Cat</em> was released on CD and on a CD/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Audio" target="_blank">DVD-Audio</a> 2-disc package, with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5.1_surround_sound" target="_blank">5.1 surround sound</a> mix engineered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Scheiner" target="_blank">Elliot Scheiner</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_the_Cat#cite_note-Fagen_Preps-13" target="_blank">[13]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_the_Cat#cite_note-Marketwired-14" target="_blank">[14]</a> The surround recording won the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Surround_Sound_Album" target="_blank">Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album</a></p><p></p><h2>Track listing[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morph_the_Cat&action=edit&section=1" target="_blank">edit</a>]</h2><p><em><strong>All songs written by Donald Fagen except where indicated.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em><strong>"Morph the Cat" – 6:49</strong></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em><strong>"H Gang" – 5:15</strong></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em><strong>"What I Do" – 6:01</strong></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em><strong>"Brite Nitegown" – 7:16</strong></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em><strong>"The Great Pagoda of Funn" – 7:39</strong></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em><strong>"Security Joan" – 6:09</strong></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em><strong>"The Night Belongs to Mona" – 4:18</strong></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em><strong>"Mary Shut the Garden Door" – 6:29</strong></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><em>"Morph the Cat (Reprise)" – 2:53</em></strong></li> </ol><p><em><strong>I am a big Steely Dan fan, so when I read about this album I just had to give it a listen and I'm sure glad I did........Tight progressive sound and beat , with numerous musicians contributing to this work......</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>The percussion , guitars and keyboards are top notch.....Lyrics are pro NYC ish, but that's part of the beauty of this album......Been listening to it for 15 years now and I still want to get up and dance to it..........Excellent production and the blending of the heavy bass drum as the rock of the songs, you should acquire a taste for it pretty quickly..........The fit of the rhythm guitars throughout the background of the tunes gives it the vibezzzzzz....</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>The organ and electric piano hit at the right time sequence throughout the tracks and add so much to the FULLNESS of the songs......</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>My fav's are........................</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Mary Shut the Garden Door</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>The Night Belongs to Mona</strong></em></p><p><strong><em>H Gang</em></strong></p><p>[ATTACH=full]10803[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><em><strong><em>""When I'm down and out , I listen to The Fixx on Spotify and all my cares float away...They rock my world, they really really do and still do....still do..still do..still do................................"</em></strong>"</em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1643065, member: 3916"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="musicanon.gif"]10796[/ATTACH] midday pick of the day............... [ATTACH type="full" alt="psyc134.gif"]10799[/ATTACH] [I][B][/B][/I] [B][I]Morph...................Morphing................Morph the Cat.................................................[/I][/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="1625508295719.png"]10801[/ATTACH] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Fagen[/URL] [B]Donald Jay Fagen[/B] (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steely_Dan']Steely Dan[/URL], formed in the early 1970s. He has also released four albums as a solo artist and in 2001 was inducted into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame']Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[/URL]. The 2017 death of Steely Dan's co-founder [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Becker']Walter Becker[/URL] left Fagen as the only remaining original member. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1625508501966.png"]10802[/ATTACH] [I][B]Morph the Cat[/B][/I] is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Fagen']Donald Fagen[/URL]. Released on March 7, 2006, to generally positive reviews from critics,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_the_Cat#cite_note-metacritic-1'][1][/URL] [I]Morph the Cat[/I] was described by Fagen as his "death album" in an interview with Fred Kaplan of [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times']The New York Times[/URL][/I].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_the_Cat#cite_note-Kaplan-12'][12][/URL] Musicians on the album include drummer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Carlock']Keith Carlock[/URL], saxophonist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Weiskopf']Walt Weiskopf[/URL], bassist [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Washington_(bassist)']Freddie Washington[/URL], and guitarists [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Vignola']Frank Vignola[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Herington']Jon Herington[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Krantz']Wayne Krantz[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McCracken']Hugh McCracken[/URL]. [I]Morph the Cat[/I] was released on CD and on a CD/[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Audio']DVD-Audio[/URL] 2-disc package, with a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5.1_surround_sound']5.1 surround sound[/URL] mix engineered by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Scheiner']Elliot Scheiner[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_the_Cat#cite_note-Fagen_Preps-13'][13][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_the_Cat#cite_note-Marketwired-14'][14][/URL] The surround recording won the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Surround_Sound_Album']Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album[/URL] [HEADING=1]Track listing[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morph_the_Cat&action=edit§ion=1']edit[/URL]][/HEADING] [I][B]All songs written by Donald Fagen except where indicated. [/B][/I] [LIST=1] [*][I][B]"Morph the Cat" – 6:49[/B][/I] [*][I][B]"H Gang" – 5:15[/B][/I] [*][I][B]"What I Do" – 6:01[/B][/I] [*][I][B]"Brite Nitegown" – 7:16[/B][/I] [*][I][B]"The Great Pagoda of Funn" – 7:39[/B][/I] [*][I][B]"Security Joan" – 6:09[/B][/I] [*][I][B]"The Night Belongs to Mona" – 4:18[/B][/I] [*][I][B]"Mary Shut the Garden Door" – 6:29[/B][/I] [*][B][I]"Morph the Cat (Reprise)" – 2:53[/I][/B] [/LIST] [I][B]I am a big Steely Dan fan, so when I read about this album I just had to give it a listen and I'm sure glad I did........Tight progressive sound and beat , with numerous musicians contributing to this work...... The percussion , guitars and keyboards are top notch.....Lyrics are pro NYC ish, but that's part of the beauty of this album......Been listening to it for 15 years now and I still want to get up and dance to it..........Excellent production and the blending of the heavy bass drum as the rock of the songs, you should acquire a taste for it pretty quickly..........The fit of the rhythm guitars throughout the background of the tunes gives it the vibezzzzzz.... The organ and electric piano hit at the right time sequence throughout the tracks and add so much to the FULLNESS of the songs...... My fav's are........................ Mary Shut the Garden Door The Night Belongs to Mona[/B][/I] [B][I]H Gang[/I][/B] [ATTACH type="full" alt="psyc36.gif"]10803[/ATTACH] [B][I][B][I]""When I'm down and out , I listen to The Fixx on Spotify and all my cares float away...They rock my world, they really really do and still do....still do..still do..still do................................"[/I][/B]"[/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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