The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

4/24/23
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Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill



Allmusic Review:

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...

 
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.
 
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.
 
4/24/23
e368b28be0abbf0d38660fd9dfc04de63eb5fdb5

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill



Allmusic Review:

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!
 
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.
 
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