Becker & Fagen / Walter Becker / Donald Fagen
You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It (Or You'll Lose That Beat) [Original Soundtrack]
1971
A pre-Steely Dan curiosity finds Becker and Fagen (and future Dan guitarist Denny Dias), in need of money during their Brill Building days, soundtracking a forgotten Richard Pryor movie. While not a five-star outing, the brief set nonetheless shows an embryonic form of the jazz-rock heroes growing their sense of interplay on four songs and a trio of instrumentals.
July 10, 2020
After unearthing a cache of late frontman Wayne Static's vocals, the original lineup (along with a masked frontman rumored to be Edsel Dope) reunited to record a fresh batch of tunes to cement this underrated late '90s band's "evil disco" legacy. Hitting as hard and fast as the best of Wisconsin Death Trip, it's a surprising return to form (check out "Hollow," "Terminator Oscillator," and "Otsego Placebo") and one of their best.
