- pop rock, rock
- 41 min
- 10 tracks
- ABC Records
Can't Buy a Thrill is the debut studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released in November 1972, by ABC Records. It was written by band members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, and recorded in August 1972 at the Village Recorder in Los Angeles with producer Gary Katz. The album is one of Steely Dan's most stylistically eclectic, encompassing the sounds of soft rock, pop rock and jazz rock, alongside philosophical, elliptical lyrics.
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Spare, cool, classical in form and grave.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3.5/4 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography8/10
- Music Story4.5/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock5/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.6/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Do It Again5:57
- A2Dirty Work3:09
- A3Kings3:46
- A4Midnite Cruiser4:08
- A5Only a Fool Would Say That2:58
- B1Reelin’ In the Years4:37
- B2Fire in the Hole3:28
- B3Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)4:21
- B4Change of the Guard3:40
- B5Turn That Heartbeat Over Again4:58
10 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Steely Dan
- Label
- ABC Records
- Released
- 1972
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- DE
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