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Pretzel Logic (Remaster) (CD)

By: Steely Dan (Artist)

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Steely Dan Artist Snapshot:

Steely Dan--a name derived from a sex toy in William Burroughs's "Naked Lunch"--spent much of the '70s atop the charts with jazzy, smart-ass pop-rock. The brainchild of hipsters Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, Steely Dan was less a band than it was a laboratory for the duo's singular musical vision, deftly rendered by a cast of studio heavyweights to rule the airwaves, but (owing to either stagefright or sheer impossibility) rarely trotted out on stage. After almost disappearing for more than a decade, Becker and Fagen had re-emerged by the '90s, throwing fans a few bones before finally taking the plunge into a full-fledged reunion.

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DISC 1 for Pretzel Logic (Remaster) (CD) Album By Steely Dan (Artist)
1   Rikki Don't Lose That Number
2   Night By Night
3   Any Major Dude Will Tell You
4   Barrytown
5   East St. Louis Toodle-oo
6   Parker's Band
7   Through With Buzz
8   Pretzel Logic
9   With A Gun
10   Charlie Freak
11   Monkey In Your Soul
 

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Uncut (3/00, p.88) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...PRETZEL LOGIC retains its reputation as the group's most melodic work..."

Title Note

Steely Dan: Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards); Walter Becker (guitar, bass instrument); Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Denny Dias (guitar).

Additional personnel: Dean Parks (guitar); Michael Omartian (keyboards); Timothy B. Schmit, Victor Feldman (marimba); Chuck Rainey (bass instrument); Jeff Porcaro, Jim Gordon (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Donald Fagen; Walter Becker.

Recording information: The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California.

Steely Dan holds the title as one of the most quietly subversive pop bands of the 20th century. They managed--on their first two albums and, especially, on PRETZEL LOGIC--to combine breezy, ear-pleasing accessibility with an immensely sophisticated sensibility that upended most pop conventions. On PRETZEL LOGIC that combination is perfected, even as band masterminds Donald Fagen and Walter Becker moved deeper into jazz-influenced territory. "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," the album's lead off track, is a case in point. A sinuous slice of jazz-pop that merges piano balladry with a samba-esque groove, the song became a Top Ten hit.

Though Fagen and Becker write the material and handle vocals/keyboards and bass, respectively, their recording process increasingly involved a rotating cast of session musicians, honing their studio-cobbled sound to a flawless perfection. The bar is raised in terms of musicianship here, as evidenced by the sassy cover of Duke Ellington's "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo and the bop atheleticism of "Parker's Band," a tribute to Charlie Parker. Yet Steely Dan blend their colors ever more effectively here, writing shorter, sharper compositions packed with harmonies, instrumental interplay, witty wordplay, and satisfying hooks. PRETZEL LOGIC ranks alongside AJA as one of the band's finest achievements.

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