Alive in America

Alive in America is a first live album by the American rock group Steely Dan, released in 1995.

Alive in America
Live album by Steely Dan
Released	October 17, 1995
Recorded	August 19, 1993 – September 19, 1994
Genre	Jazz rock
Length	66:36
Label	Giant
Producer	Donald Fagen
Steely Dan chronology
Gaucho (1980) Alive in America (1995) Two Against Nature (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

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).^[5]

Track listing

Alive in America track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording location and date	Length
1.	"Babylon Sisters"		St. Petersburg, Florida, August 19, 1994	6:47
2.	"Green Earrings"		Irvine, California, September 10, 1993	5:20
3.	"Bodhisattva"		Clarkston, Michigan, August 27, 1994	5:47
4.	"Reelin' In the Years"		Hoffman Estates, Illinois, August 26, 1994	6:24
5.	"Josie"		Phoenix, Arizona, September 18, 1994	6:12
6.	"Book of Liars"	Walter Becker	Phoenix, Arizona, September 6, 1993	4:19
7.	"Peg"		Clarkston, Michigan, August 27, 1994	4:19
8.	"Third World Man"		Charlotte, North Carolina, September 19, 1993	6:38
9.	"Kid Charlemagne"		Clarkston, Michigan, August 27, 1994	5:16
10.	"Sign in Stranger"		Clarkston, Michigan, August 27, 1994	6:34
11.	"Aja"		Irvine, California, September 16, 1994	9:00

All tracks are written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, except where noted.

Personnel

Steely Dan

• Walter Becker – guitar, lead vocals on "Book of Liars"
• Donald Fagen – lead vocals, melodica, electric piano

Additional musicians

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

Technical personnel

• Producer: Donald Fagen
• Engineers: Phil Burnett, Roger Nichols
• Directors: Warren Bernhardt, Drew Zingg
• Morpheus Lights Technician: Bryce Heugel

Charts

Chart performance for Alive in America

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6]	74
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	41
UK Albums (OCC)[8]	62
US Billboard 200[9]	40