STEELY DAN. " CAN'T BUY A THRILL " ABC LABEL, UK 1974 REISSUE, LP.
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Steely Dan ?– Can't Buy A Thrill Label: ABC Records ?– ABCL 5024 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Target Labels Country: UK Released: 1974 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock, Classic Rock Tracklist A1 Do It Again A2 Dirty Work A3 Kings Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields A4 Midnite Cruiser A5 Only A Fool Would Say That B1 Reelin' In The Years B2 Fire In The Hole B3 Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me) Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields B4 Change Of The Guard B5 Turn That Heartbeat Over Again Companies, etc. Marketed By – Anchor Records Ltd. Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd. Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc. Published By – Anchor Music Ltd. Published By – United Artists Music Credits Cover, Design – Robert Lockart Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Jim Hodder Electric Bass, Vocals – Walter Becker Engineer – Roger Nichols Engineer [Assistant] – Tim Weston Flugelhorn – Snooky Young* Guitar – Elliott Randall Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Classical Guitar [Spanish Guitar] – Jeff Baxter Guitar, Sitar [Electric] – Denny Dias Percussion – Victor Feldman Piano, Electric Piano, Organ [Plastic], Vocals – Donald Fagen Producer – Gary Katz Tenor Saxophone – Jerome Richardson Vocals – David Palmer (4) Written-By – Fagen*, Becker* Notes Reissue of Probe SPB 1062 Made in UK. ? 1972 ABC Records Inc.
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-] Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were remarkable craftsmen from the start, as Steely Dan's debut, Can't Buy a Thrill, illustrates. Each song is tightly constructed, with interlocking chords and gracefully interwoven melodies, buoyed by clever, cryptic lyrics. All of these are hallmarks of Steely Dan's signature sound, but what is most remarkable about the record is the way it differs from their later albums. Of course, one of the most notable differences is the presence of vocalist David Palmer, a professional blue-eyed soul vocalist who oversings the handful of tracks where he takes the lead. Palmer's very presence signals the one major flaw with the album -- in an attempt to appeal to a wide audience, Becker and Fagen tempered their wildest impulses with mainstream pop techniques. Consequently, there are very few of the jazz flourishes that came to distinguish their albums -- the breakthrough single, "Do It Again," does work an impressively tight Latin jazz beat, and "Reelin' in the Years" has jazzy guitar solos and harmonies -- and the production is overly polished, conforming to all the conventions of early-'70s radio. Of course, that gives these decidedly twisted songs a subversive edge, but compositionally, these aren't as innovative as their later work. Even so, the best moments ("Dirty Work," "Kings," "Midnight Cruiser," "Turn That Heartbeat Over Again") are wonderful pop songs that subvert traditional conventions and more than foreshadow the paths Steely Dan would later take.
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