Morph the Cat
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Donald Fagen
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studio album
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Mar 14 2006

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Morph the Cat is a Grammy Award-winning 2006 album by Donald Fagen, his first since 1993. The nine-track album was released in the US on March 14, 2006. It was very well received by fans as well as the press, scoring 83 points at metacritic.com.

Additional musicians performing on the album include drummer Keith Carlock, guitarists Wayne Krantz, Kenny Wessel, Jon Herington, Hugh McCracken, Ken Emerson, clarinetist Lawrence Feldman, pianist Ted Baker and saxophonist Walt Weiskopf, among others.

The album, a rumination of death and old age, blends Fagen's patented storytelling and groove-oriented, backing vocal-laden style. "H Gang" is the lead single. It is available in digital format. The album was released as an audio CD, a vinyl record and a Special Edition CD/DVD. The DVD features versions of the album in Dolby Digital/DTS 5.1 playable on DVD-Video players and high-resolution stereo and surround tracks for DVD-Audio players. The 5.1 mix won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album.

Fagen embarked on a twenty-date studio tour (with the Donald Fagen Band) on March 1, 2006; nearly two weeks before the release of the album itself. Fagen performed songs from his latest album, his earlier solo work, as well as classic Steely Dan favorites. The tour was his first solo tour "since high school." The dates left out many areas along the USA's eastern seaboard and its south/southeast regions, leading some fans to correctly surmise that Fagen would join partner Walter Becker on a summer Steely Dan tour.

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9362-49975-2
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  • Mar 14 2006 in United States

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4 stars Still in fine form
Fagen's previous solo albums were "concept" albums: each had a definite theme that followed through each of the tracks. MORPH is also something of a concept album, although in a looser way. The title track sets the stage for what could have easily been called "New York City Stories," with various character dealing with their dreams and fears of post-9/11 America.

Musically, the album actually sounds more like Steely Dan than Donald Fagen...although this certainly isn't a bad thing. Fagen's trad…
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Written by A. Gammill
3 stars Whatever Happened to the H gang?
So it took Donald over a decade to collect enough songs that he considered worthy of a solo album. My question then, is: Where did the good songs go? As someone who has been listening to Steely Dan since I bought "Can't Buy A Thrill" with my pre-teen allowance money, I have just about everything recorded by Becker and Fagen in the many decades they've been making music. But "Morph The Cat?" Where are the hooks? Where are the memorable lines? And what happened to the variety?

"Morph The Cat" lac…
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Written by Tim Brough "author and music buff"

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Morph the Cat 9 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 9362-49975-2
release dates: Mar 14 2006
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