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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Alive in America
| type       = [[Live album]]
| artist     = [[Steely Dan]]
| cover      = Steely Dan - Alive in America.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 17, 1995
| recorded   = August 19, 1993&nbsp;– September 19, 1994
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Jazz rock]]
| length     = 66:36
| label      = [[Giant Records (Warner)|Giant]]
| producer   = [[Donald Fagen]]
| prev_title = [[Gaucho (album)|Gaucho]]
| prev_year  = 1980
| next_title = [[Two Against Nature]]
| next_year  = 2000
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r224132/review |title=Alive in America - Steely Dan &#124; AllMusic |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |work=[[AllMusic]] |year=2011 |accessdate=22 July 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm2}}<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=2000|title=[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s]]|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]]|isbn=0312245602|chapter=S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=90|accessdate=June 7, 2020|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = B+<ref>Chris Willman. [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299195,00.html Entertainment Weekly review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425191153/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299195,00.html |date=2009-04-25 }} October 20, 1995</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/steelydan/albums/album/223522/review/5944120/alive_in_america |title=Steely Dan: Alive In America : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |first=Greg |last=Kot |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |year=2011 |accessdate=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417235510/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/steelydan/albums/album/223522/review/5944120/alive_in_america |archivedate=April 17, 2008 }}</ref>
}}

'''''Alive in America''''' is a first [[live album]] by the American [[rock music|rock]] group [[Steely Dan]], released in 1995.

==Overview==
The album comprises recordings from their 1993 and 1994 tours, which were the first live Steely Dan performances since 1974. The tour was also supporting [[Donald Fagen]]'s ''[[Kamakiriad]]'' album.

Additional live tracks from the tour were later released on the "[[Cousin Dupree]]" single.

== Critical reception ==
Writing for ''[[The Village Voice]]'' in 1995, [[Carola Dibbell]] found the album "(naturally) excellent" but, having witnessed most of the featured performances in person, said it "sounded better truly live" while preferring the band's complete studio-album compilation ''[[Citizen Steely Dan]]'' (1993).<ref>{{cite news|last=Dibbell|first=Carola|date=November 1995|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/u/cd/music/steelyd-95.php|title=Not Alone with Steely Dan|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|accessdate=June 7, 2020|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
|headline=''Alive in America'' track listing
|all_writing=[[Walter Becker]] and [[Donald Fagen]], except where noted
| extra_column = Recording location and date
|title1= Babylon Sisters
|extra1= [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], August 19, 1994
|length1= 6:47
|title2= Green Earrings
|extra2= [[Irvine, California]], September 10, 1993
|length2= 5:20
|title3= Bodhisattva
|extra3= [[Clarkston, Michigan]], August 27, 1994
|length3= 5:47
|title4= [[Reelin' In the Years]]
|extra4= [[Hoffman Estates, Illinois]], August 26, 1994
|length4= 6:24
|title5= [[Josie (Steely Dan song)|Josie]]
|extra5= [[Phoenix, Arizona]], September 18, 1994
|length5= 6:12
|title6= Book of Liars
|writer6= Walter Becker
|extra6= Phoenix, Arizona, September 6, 1993
|length6= 4:19
|title7= [[Peg (song)|Peg]]
|extra7= Clarkston, Michigan, August 27, 1994
|length7= 4:19
|title8= Third World Man
|extra8= [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], September 19, 1993
|length8= 6:38
|title9= [[Kid Charlemagne]]
|extra9= Clarkston, Michigan, August 27, 1994
|length9= 5:16
|title10= Sign in Stranger
|extra10= Clarkston, Michigan, August 27, 1994
|length10= 6:34
|title11= [[Aja (song)|Aja]]
|extra11= Irvine, California, September 16, 1994
|length11= 9:00
}}

==Personnel==
{{div col}}
'''Steely Dan'''
* [[Walter Becker]]&nbsp;– guitar, lead vocals on "Book of Liars"
* [[Donald Fagen]]&nbsp;– lead vocals, melodica, electric piano

'''Additional musicians'''
* [[Warren Bernhardt]]&nbsp;– piano
* [[Georg Wadenius]]&nbsp;– guitar
* [[Drew Zingg]]&nbsp;– guitar
* [[Tom Barney]]&nbsp;– bass guitar
* [[Cornelius Bumpus]]&nbsp;– tenor saxophone
* [[Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist)|Chris Potter]]&nbsp;– alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
* [[Bob Sheppard (musician)|Bob Sheppard]]&nbsp;– soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
* [[Dennis Chambers]]&nbsp;– drums on "Babylon Sisters", "Bodhisattva", "Reelin' In the Years", "Josie", "Peg", "Kid Charlemagne", "Sign in Stranger", and "Aja"
* [[Peter Erskine]]&nbsp;– drums on "Green Earrings", "Book of Liars", and "Third World Man"
* [[Catherine Russell (singer)|Catherine Russell]]&nbsp;– percussion, background vocals, human whistle
* [[Bill Ware]]&nbsp;– percussion, vibraphone
* Diane Garisto&nbsp;– background vocals
* Brenda White-King&nbsp;– background vocals

'''Technical personnel'''
*Producer: Donald Fagen
*Engineers: Phil Burnett, [[Roger Nichols (recording engineer)|Roger Nichols]]
*Directors: Warren Bernhardt, Drew Zingg
*Morpheus Lights Technician: Bryce Heugel
{{div col end}}

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for ''Alive in America''
!scope="col"|Chart (1995)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|74|artist=Steely Dan|album=Alive in America|rowheader=true|access-date=December 22, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|41|artist=Steely Dan|album=Alive in America|rowheader=true|access-date=December 22, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|62|artist=Steely Dan|rowheader=true|access-date=December 22, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpee.jp/album/Alive%20In%20America/Steely%20Dan/|title=Album / Steely Dan / Alive in America|website=Billboard Database|access-date=December 22, 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"|40
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Steely Dan}}
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[[Category:1995 live albums]]
[[Category:Steely Dan live albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Donald Fagen]]