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Can't Buy a Thrill Studio album by Steely Dan Released October, 1972 Recorded August 1972 at The Village Recorder,
Los AngelesGenre Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock Length 40:39 Label ABC Producer Gary Katz Steely Dan chronology Can't Buy a Thrill
(1972)Countdown to Ecstasy
(1973)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Robert Christgau (A)[2] Rolling Stone (not rated)[3] This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information. Can't Buy a Thrill is the first album by Steely Dan. Originally released in 1972, the album was a huge success. It went gold, and then platinum, peaking at #17 on the charts.[4] In 2003, the album was ranked number 238 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[5] Two songs were left out from the album and released as a single ("Dallas" and "Sail the Waterway"), but to date they have not been released on CD.
The album was originally released in two-channel Stereo and also in a special four-channel Quadrophonic mix. There are some significant musical differences between the two mixes, such as extra lead guitar fills in the Quad mix of "Reelin' in the Years".
The album cover features a line of prostitutes standing in a red light area waiting for clients, an image which was chosen because of its relevance to the album title.[6] The cover was banned in Franco's Spain and was replaced with a photograph of the band playing in concert. The title is taken from a lyric in the Bob Dylan song "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" on Highway 61 Revisited.[7] Becker and Fagen themselves commented on the album art in their liner notes to the reissued The Royal Scam, saying the aforementioned album possessed "the most hideous album cover of the seventies, bar none (excepting perhaps Can't Buy a Thrill)."
Contents
Track listing
All songs by Becker and Fagen.
Side one
- "Do It Again" – 5:56
- Solos by Denny Dias and Donald Fagen
- Vocal by Donald Fagen
- "Dirty Work" – 3:08
- Sax solo by Jerome Richardson
- Vocal by David Palmer
- "Kings" – 3:45
- Solo by Elliot Randall
- Vocal by Donald Fagen
- "Midnite Cruiser" – 4:08
- Solo by Jeff Baxter
- Vocal by Jim Hodder
- "Only a Fool Would Say That" – 2:57
- Solo by Jeff Baxter
- Vocal by Donald Fagen and David Palmer
Side two
- "Reelin' in the Years" – 4:37
- Lead guitar by Elliot Randall
- Vocal by Donald Fagen
- "Fire in the Hole" – 3:28
- Steel guitar by Jeff Baxter
- Vocal by Donald Fagen
- "Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)" – 4:21
- Steel guitar by Jeff Baxter
- Vocal by David Palmer
- "Change of the Guard" – 3:39
- Solo by Jeff Baxter
- Vocals by Donald Fagen and David Palmer
- "Turn That Heartbeat Over Again" – 4:58
- Vocal by Donald Fagen, Walter Becker and David Palmer
Personnel
Steely Dan
- Donald Fagen - piano, electric piano, plastic organ, vocals
- Walter Becker - electric bass, vocals
- Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - guitar, pedal steel guitar
- Denny Dias - guitar, electric sitar
- Elliott Randall - guitar
- Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone
- Snooky Young - flugelhorn
- Jim Hodder - drums, percussion, vocals (lead vocal on "Midnite Cruiser")
- Victor Feldman - percussion
- David Palmer - vocals (lead vocals on "Brooklyn" and "Dirty Work")
- Venetta Fields - background vocals on "Brooklyn" and "Kings"
- Clydie King - background vocals on "Brooklyn" and "Kings"
- Sherlie Matthews - background vocals on "Brooklyn" and "Kings"
Production
- Producer: Gary Katz
- Engineer: Roger Nichols
- Assistant engineer: Tim Weston
- Cover Design: Robert Lockart
Reissue
- Reissue producers: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
- Remastering: Roger Nichols
- Art direction: Vartan
- Liner notes: Walter Becker, Tristan Fabriani, Donald Fagen
- Reissue design: Red Herring Design, New York City
- Consultant: Daniel Levitin
Charts
Album[4]
Year Chart Position 1973 Pop Albums 17 Pop Singles[8]
Year Single Label & number Position 1973 "Do It Again" (3:57 edit) (B-side: "Fire in the Hole") ABC 11338 6 1973 "Reelin' In The Years" (B-side: "Only A Fool") ABC 11352 11 References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Can't Buy a Thrill at Allmusic. Retrieved 21 May 2004.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Steely Dan Can't Buy a Thrill > Consumer Guide Review". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3310. Retrieved 5 March 2006.
- ^ Isaacs, James (November 23, 1972). "Steely Dan Can't Buy a Thrill > Album Review". Rolling Stone (122). Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080506235339/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/steelydan/albums/album/113553/review/5941634/cant_buy_a_thrill. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
- ^ a b Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan > Charts & Awards > Billboard Album at Allmusic. Retrieved 27 October 2004.
- ^ Levy, Joe; Steven Van Zandt (2006) [2005]. "238 | Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan". Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (3rd ed.). London: Turnaround. ISBN 1932958614. OCLC 70672814. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/cant-buy-a-thrill-steely-dan-19691231. Retrieved 21 March 2006.
- ^ http://music.yahoo.com/read/review/12035536[dead link]
- ^ Andy Gill (1998). Don't Think Twice It's Alright. p. 85. ISBN 1-56025-185-9.
- ^ Steely Dan > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at Allmusic. Retrieved 27 October 2004.
External links
Steely Dan Studio albums Can't Buy a Thrill (1972) · Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) · Pretzel Logic (1974) · Katy Lied (1975) · The Royal Scam (1976) · Aja (1977) · Gaucho (1980) · Two Against Nature (2000) · Everything Must Go (2003)EPs Four Tracks from Steely Dan (1977)Live albums Alive in America (1995) · Plush TV Jazz-Rock PartySingles "Dallas" · "Do It Again" · "Reelin' In the Years" · "Show Biz Kids" · "My Old School" · "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" · "Pretzel Logic" · "Black Friday" · "Bad Sneakers" · "Kid Charlemagne" · "The Fez" · "Haitian Divorce" · "Peg" · "Deacon Blues" · "FM (No Static at All)" · "Josie" · "Hey Nineteen" · "Babylon Sisters" · "Time Out of Mind" · "Reelin' In the Years" (Live) · "Cousin Dupree" · "What a Shame About Me" · "Jack of Speed" · "Janie Runaway" · "The Last Mall" · "Blues Beach" · "Things I Miss the Most"Compilations Greatest Hits (1978) · Steely Dan (1978) · Gold (1982/91) · A Decade of Steely Dan (1985) · Reelin' In the Years (1987) · Do It Again (1987) · Citizen Steely Dan (1993) · Then and Now (1993) · Showbiz Kids (2000) · The Definitive Collection (2006) · The Very Best of Steely Dan (2009)Related articles Categories:- Steely Dan albums
- 1972 albums
- ABC Records albums
- Debut albums
- Albums produced by Gary Katz
- "Do It Again" – 5:56
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