Editing Countdown to Ecstasy (section)

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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Countdown to Ecstasy
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Steely Dan]]
| cover      = Steely Dan-Countdown to Ecstacy.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = July 1973
| recorded   = 
| studio     = *[[The Village Recorder|Village Recorder]], Los Angeles, California
*[[Caribou Ranch]] [[Nederland, Colorado]]
| genre      = 
*[[Rock music|Rock]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/countdown-to-ecstasy-190816/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227000503/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/countdown-to-ecstasy-19730816 |url-status=dead |title=Countdown To Ecstasy|first1=David|last1=Logan|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 16, 1973|archive-date=December 27, 2012}}</ref> 
*[[jazz rock]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2011/07/10/steely-dan-sunday-pearl-of-the-quarter-1973/ |title=Steely Dan Sunday: "Pearl of the Quarter" (1973) |date=July 10, 2011 |access-date=2017-01-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719005236/http://somethingelsereviews.com/2011/07/10/steely-dan-sunday-pearl-of-the-quarter-1973/ |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> 
*[[Pop music|pop]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=INqNBMZ-g1sC&pg=PT96|title=Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years|first=Brian|last=Sweet|date=April 27, 2007|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=9781846098819 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| length     = 41:10
| label      = [[ABC Records|ABC]]
| producer   = [[Gary Katz]]
| prev_title = [[Can't Buy a Thrill]]
| prev_year  = 1972
| next_title = [[Pretzel Logic]]
| next_year  = 1974
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Countdown to Ecstasy
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Show Biz Kids]]
 | single1date = July 1973 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Steely+Dan&titel=Show+Biz+Kids&cat=s|title=Steely Dan – Show Biz Kids|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=hitparade.ch}}</ref>
 | single2     = [[My Old School (song)|My Old School]]
 | single2date = October 1973 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Steely+Dan&titel=My+Old+School&cat=s|title=Steely Dan – My Old School|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=hitparade.ch}}</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Countdown to Ecstasy''''' is the second studio album by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Steely Dan]], released in July 1973, by [[ABC Records]]. It was recorded at [[The Village (studio)|the Village Recorder]] in [[West Los Angeles]], California, except for [[Rick Derringer]]'s  [[slide guitar]] part for "[[Show Biz Kids]]", which was recorded at [[Caribou Ranch]] in [[Nederland, Colorado|Nederland]], Colorado.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/countdown-to-ecstasy-mw0000191882/credits|title=Countdown to Ecstasy – Steely Dan &#124; Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref> After the departure of vocalist [[David Palmer (vocalist)|David Palmer]] from Steely Dan, the group recorded the album with [[Donald Fagen]] singing lead on every track.{{sfn|Uslan|Clark|Solomon|1981|p=392}}

Although the album was a critical success, it failed to generate a [[hit single]] in the United States, and consequently only charted at number 35 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tapes]] chart, though it was certified [[RIAA certification|Gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) in 1978. The album has received perfect scores from music critics in numerous retrospective reviews.