Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill Debut Gatefold LP - ABCX 758

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Can't Buy a Thrill is the debut studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released in November 1972 by ABC Records. The album was written by band members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, recorded in August 1972 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, and produced by Gary Katz. Its music features tight song structure and sounds from soft rock, folk rock, and pop, alongside philosophical, elliptically written lyrics.

The album was a commercial success, peaking at number 17 on the Billboard chart and eventually being certified platinum. It was also met with positive reviews and later appeared on many professional listings of the greatest albums, including Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000) and Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" (2003).

Steely Dan recorded the album in August 1972 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. Two songs recorded during the Can't Buy a Thrill sessions were left off the album and released as a single: "Dallas" b/w "Sail the Waterway". This is the only Steely Dan album to include David Palmer as a lead vocalist, having been recruited after Donald Fagen expressed concerns over singing live. Drummer Jim Hodder also chips in lead vocals on one song, "Midnite Cruiser" (sometimes spelled "Midnight Cruiser"), as well as singing the "Dallas" single. By the time recording of the next album began, the band and producer Gary Katz had convinced Fagen to assume the full lead vocalist role.

Can't Buy a Thrill has appeared on many professional listings of the greatest albums. In 2000, it was voted number 207 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it number 238 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and 240 in a 2012 revised list,[31] and number 168 in a 2020 revised list. Based on such rankings, the aggregate website Acclaimed Music lists Can't Buy a Thrill as the 557th most acclaimed album in history, as well as the 154th most from the 1970s and the 13th most from 1972.

Track listing

All songs written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.

Personnel

Musicians

Steely Dan

• David Palmer – lead vocals on "Dirty Work" and "Brooklyn", backing vocals
• Donald Fagen – acoustic and electric pianos, plastic (YC-30) organ, lead vocals (except on "Dirty Work", "Midnite Cruiser", and "Brooklyn"), backing vocals
• Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitar, pedal steel guitar, spoken word on "Only a Fool Would Say That"
• Denny Dias – guitar, electric sitar
• Walter Becker – electric bass, backing vocals
• Jim Hodder – drums, percussion, lead vocal on "Midnite Cruiser", backing vocals

Session musicians

• Elliott Randall – lead guitar on "Kings" and "Reelin in the Years"
• Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone
• Snooky Young – flugelhorn
• Victor Feldman – percussion
• Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals on "Brooklyn" and "Kings"

Production

• Producer: Gary Katz
• Engineer: Roger Nichols
• Assistant engineer: Tim Weston
• Cover Design: Robert Lockart Can't Buy a Thrill Studio album by  Steely Dan Released November 1972 Recorded August 1972 Studio The Village Recorder, Los Angeles Genre
  • Soft rock[1]
  • folk rock[2]
  • pop[3]
  Length 40:58 Label ABC Producer Gary Katz