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[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

4/24/23

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill



Allmusic Review:

Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan | Album | AllMusic

Can't Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan released in 1972. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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RIYL:

The guitarists on this record are Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter and Elliott Randall.

Another musician out there really dug Elliott's playing...

"Jimmy Page called Reelin’s solo his favourite in Classic Rock in 1999, and in 2016 he rated the solo 12/10 to YouTuber Oliver Patrick Loughnan."

An interesting read...

Steely Dan’s Reelin’ In The Years: Jimmy Page’s favourite solo and the song that made them stars

Guitarist Elliott Randall only took two takes to nail his part, only because the studio engineer hadn't recorded the first one

www.loudersound.com

 

[Nee Lewman]

I mean it's not their best album. Do It Again and Reelin' In the Years really sound like they came from another album. It feels like a tentative start. 3 stars.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I also wanna say I feel like critics sometimes miss how funny the band is. They took their name from a brand of vibrators and write songs about partying in LA over innocuous soft rock. They are singing about prostitutes and blow and lots of folks don’t even realize it.

 

[Nee Lewman]

I also wanna say I feel like critics sometimes miss how funny the band is. They took their name from a brand of vibrators and write songs about partying in LA over innocuous soft rock. They are singing about prostitutes and blow and lots of folks don’t even realize it.

Their name is a dildo in Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs.

 

[Nee Lewman]

The first episode of the 33 1/3 Podcast is about Aja. The podcast is hosted by Prince Pual and the guest on this episode is Posdnous. It's a lot of fun, don't know how enlightening it is, but it sure is fun:

 

[Nee Lewman]

I love Steely Dan. I don't know that I wanted to know that they were named after a dildo or that their songs are about prostitutes and blow. Although, all my love of the band till the last year or so has been devoted to Aja (which has its fair share of that as well).

tldr; I'm a prude.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Their name is a dildo in Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs.

That’s right! I forgot it was from Naked Lunch. I thought I was a legit brand. I need to bone up on my sex toys (pun intended)

 

[Rip_City]

No love for "Dirty Work"?

Makes my skin crawl from being dad-rocked.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Anybody looking for some SD summer reading, I recently preordered this...
Amazon product ASIN 1477324992

 

[Nee Lewman]

Anybody looking for some SD summer reading, I recently preordered this...
Amazon product ASIN 1477324992

neato, I might snag it when there is a kindle version.

 

[Nee Lewman]

My wife already hates you for pointing it out to me, because when I eventually read it, there will be a lot of Steely Dan played in the house.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

My wife already hates you for pointing it out to me, because when I eventually read it, there will be a lot of Steely Dan played in the house.

It looks fun. Over 100 paintings inspired by SD songs and each piece of art has an accompanying essay about the song that inspired it.

 

[Whiteout75]

Oh, Steely Dan! Another one of those huge 70s rock bands that I'm only vaguely familiar with and that I really can't name a single song by, but when I hear them I usually realize "oh, they made THAT one?".
This sounds very soft and totally without any friction whatsoever (totally congenial with name perhaps...sorry bout that).
Oh, I know this one, "Dirty Work"! Was that one in a movie?
Guitar solo. Again. *yawn*
This also sound vaguely familiar, but most of the songs kinda blend in with each other. *yawn*
Is there's nothing at all on this record that I can actually react to? Everything is just....I dunno....it just is.
Zzzzzz....oh, another one I've heard!....zzzzz....2 stars.

 

[Joe Mac]

So reeling in the years is the theme tune to a half hour show RTÉ runs every day before the news. Each episode goes through the main news and culture of a year since the broadcaster began.

I always thought it must have been some boring tune by so no mark native band that never made it to keep the royalties down. It’s really very very bad.

 

[jt4527]

4/24/23

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill



Allmusic Review:

Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan | Album | AllMusic

Can't Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan released in 1972. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

www.allmusic.com

RIYL:

This is what I had to say when it came up as my first record in my abandoned solo listen project:

I already recognize the first track, funny when that happens when you listen to a band you don't really think you've listened to that much. Decent record, nice songs, definitely a toe tapper.

And I gave it 3 stars.

I'll have another listen later today, but for now I stand by those 3 stars!

 

[jt4527]

Listening again now, and I must say everything is a bit beige, isn't it?!

 

[Nee Lewman]

But is it a beige wall you are staring at?

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I have to agree with Lee on this, 3/5. The foundation is there (lyrics) but the music is not quite.

 

[jt4527]

Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
I scored another record down previously in the list for being too polished and too well constructed, and I think I shall have to do the same here.

I initially scored this a 3 when I listened to it (for the first time ever) in my solo listen through, but I think it is only fair and consistent that I score it a 2 on a re-listen. It is all a bit boring at the end of the day.

2 / 5 stars.

 

[Poly-Rythmo]

This contains perhaps my favourite Steely Dan song in "Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me) so it is an album that I have a big soft spot for. Still remember buying the CD boxset as a 14yo and one of my first ever solo purchases. I'm not doing the project any more but it would have to be a 4.5 for me