Can't Buy A Thrill

Description

Steely Dan was formed in 1972 when staff songwriters
Walter Becker and Donald Fagan needed a band to perform and record songs they
were writing for ABC/Dunhill. Defying all rock conventions, Steely Dan’s sound
was sophisticated yet accessible, featuring irresistible pop melodies along
with complex harmonies. Released in ’72 to critical success, the platinum
selling Can’t Buy a Thrill spawned 2 Top 10 hits: “Do It Again” and “Reeling
in the Years.” Songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen launched
Steely Dan with a seductive, poker-faced 1972 debut as smoothly accessible in
its music as it was elusive in its thematic concerns. The opening “Do It
Again” snagged swift commercial success as one of the most mysterious pop hits
in history, a sultry rock cha-cha that chronicled a series of harrowing
catastrophes far removed from the reheated love songs and pro forma
countercultural rebellion of the day. Though the core band boasted two
formidable guitarists, Jeff Baxter and Denny Dias, it was the bloom of Fagen’s
keyboards and his reedy, smart-ass vocals that carried Thrill light years
beyond modal, blues-based rock. That said, an enduring highlight remains the
furious six-string fantasia of “Reelin’ in the Years,” spiked by Elliot
Randall’s downright historic solos, at once dour and giddy in its indictment
of a poser, while “Dirty Work” (featuring short-lived, nominal lead singer
David Palmer) offers a decidedly adult vignette of adultery. There isn’t a
weak track here, astonishing, considering how much growth future Dan albums
would display. –Sam Sutherland

Features:

Product Details:

• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.69 x 5.51 x 0.39 inches; 3.46 Ounces
• Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Geffen
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ MCAD11886
• Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1998
• Date First Available ‏ : ‎ April 30, 2006
• Label ‏ : ‎ Geffen
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA