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Sunken Condos is the fourth and most recent solo album from Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen, released in October 2012 through Reprise Records.[1] It contains eight new songs and a cover of Isaac Hayes' "Out of the Ghetto".[2] Fagen began recording the album in 2010 and described it as having a lighter feel than his earlier work, rather than being a continuation of his Nightfly trilogy.[3]

Sunken Condos
Studio album by Donald Fagen
Released	October 16, 2012
Recorded	2010–2012
Genre	Yacht rock R&B
Length	44:07
Label	Reprise
Producer	Michael Leonhart Donald Fagen
Donald Fagen chronology
Morph the Cat (2006) Sunken Condos (2012)

On September 17, Rolling Stone posted a full-length preview of the song "I'm Not the Same Without You".[4] The song charted at number 28 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in October 2012.[5] The album reached number 23 on the official UK album chart on October 21 and number 12 on the Billboard 200, becoming his highest charting solo album since 1993.[6][7]

Critical response

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.6/10[8]
Metacritic	82/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
The Independent	[11]
The Irish Times	[12]
Mojo	[13]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)	A−[14]
Q	[15]
Rolling Stone	[16]
Slant Magazine	[17]
Uncut	9/10[18]
USA Today	[19]

The album was listed at No. 25 on Rolling Stone's list of the top 50 albums of 2012. The magazine stated that "the music is deceitfully lush, a snazzy cascade of rock, R&B and swing, with production as costly as a Santa Monica beach house."[20] They also named the song "Weather in My Head" the 21st best song of 2012.[21]

Fagen appeared on Late Show with David Letterman and performed "Weather in My Head" to promote the album.[22]

Track listing

All songs written by Donald Fagen, except where noted

Personnel

Musicians[23]

• Donald Fagen – lead vocals (1, 3-9), piano (1, 2, 8), Prophet 5 (1, 5, 7), Wurlitzer (4, 8, 9), B3 organ (5, 6), clavinet (4, 7, 9), Fender Rhodes (7, 8), melodica (8), background vocals (1, 2, 5-9)
• Harlan Post (alias Donald Fagen)[24] – synth bass (2, 5, 7, 8)
• Michael Leonhart – percussion, trumpet (1-5, 8), flugelhorn (3, 7, 8), mellophone (2), mellophonium (3, 5), Fender Rhodes (2), minimoog (2, 6, 8), clavinet (1, 6), L100 organ (3), M100 organ (7), Prophet 5 (2, 4, 5, 7-9), Wurlitzer (5, 6, 9), mellotron (5), B3 organ (5, 6), Juno 6 (8), accordion (6), vibraphone (1, 6, 8, 9), glockenspiel (1), background vocals (1-3, 5-7, 9), scream (6)
• Earl Cooke Jr (alias Michael Leonhart)[25] – drums
• Jon Herington – guitar (1, 2, 4-8), twelve-string guitar (2), rhythm guitar (9), solo guitar (4)
• Walt Weiskopf – alto saxophone (1-5, 7), tenor saxophone (3, 5), clarinet (7)
• Charlie Pillow – tenor saxophone (1, 2), clarinet (2, 6, 7), bass clarinet (6), bass flute (7)
• Roger Rosenberg – baritone saxophone (1, 2, 4), bass clarinet (7)
• Jim Pugh – trombone (1, 2, 4)
• Carolyn Leonhart – background vocals (1, 2, 4, 7-9), ad-lib vocals (1)
• Jamie Leonhart – background vocals (1, 9)
• Catherine Russell – background vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 8)
• Cindy Mizelle – background vocals (4, 7)
• Joe Martin – acoustic bass (1)
• William Galison – harmonica (2, 5), bass harmonica (5)
• Lincoln Schleifer – bass (3, 4, 9)
• Gary Sieger – guitar (3)
• Larry Campbell – rhythm guitar (4)
• Jay Leonhart – acoustic bass (5)
• Freddie Washington – bass (6)
• Antoine Silverman – violin (6)
• Aaron Heicke – bass flute (7)
• Kurt Rosenwinkel – solo guitar (9)

Production[23]

• Donald Fagen – rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements, horn arrangements, mixing
• Michael Leonhart – vocal and horn arrangements, engineer, mixing
• Charles Martinez – engineer
• Normyn – assistant engineer
• David Schoenwetter – assistant engineer
• Ted Tuthill – assistant engineer
• Pat Dillett – mixing, additional engineering
• Elliot Scheiner – additional engineering
• Amanda Hirsch – additional Pro Tools engineering
• Jon Silverman – assistant mix engineer
• Scott Hull – mastering

Charts

Chart performance for Sunken Condos

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[26]	69
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[27]	22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[28]	99
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[29]	36
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[30]	13
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[31]	46
French Albums (SNEP)[32]	85
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[33]	29
Irish Albums (IRMA)[34]	27
Italian Albums (FIMI)[35]	22
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[36]	5
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[37]	10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[38]	53
UK Albums (OCC)[39]	23
US Billboard 200[40]	12

References

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