Can't Buy a Thrill
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| Can't Buy A Thrill | |||||
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| Studio album by Steely Dan | |||||
| Released | October, 1972 | ||||
| Recorded | 1972, The Village Recorder, Los Angeles |
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| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 40:39 | ||||
| Label | ABC Records | ||||
| Producer | Gary Katz | ||||
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Can't Buy a Thrill is the first album by Steely Dan. Originally released in 1972, (see 1972 in music), the album was a huge success. It went gold, peaking at #17 on the charts. In 2003, the album was ranked number 238 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. 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 title is a quote from Bob Dylan's "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry".
Contents |
All songs by Becker and Fagen
- "Do It Again" – 5:56
- "Dirty Work" – 3:08
- "Kings" – 3:45
- "Midnight Cruiser" – 4:08
- "Only a Fool Would Say That" – 2:57
- "Reelin' in the Years" – 4:37
- "Fire in the Hole" – 3:28
- "Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)" – 4:21
- "Change of the Guard" – 3:39
- "Turn That Heartbeat Over Again" – 4:58
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
- Victor Feldman - percussion
- David Palmer - vocals
- Venetta Fields - background vocals on "Brooklyn" and "Kings"
- Clydie King - background vocals on "Brooklyn" and "Kings"
- Shirley Matthews - background vocals on "Brooklyn" and "Kings"
- 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
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1973 | Pop Albums | 17 |
Pop Singles
| Year | Single | Label & number | Position |
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| 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 |
| Steely Dan |
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Walter Becker • Donald Fagen |
| Discography |
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Studio albums: Can't Buy a Thrill • Countdown to Ecstasy • Pretzel Logic • Katy Lied • The Royal Scam • Aja • Gaucho • Two Against Nature • Everything Must Go |