Album
Pretzel Logic
1974 · Jazz, Rock
94 collectors on Gatefold own this
Pretzel Logic is a Jazz album by Steely Dan, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 266 pressings tracked, owned by 94 collectors.
About
Released in 1974, <i>Pretzel Logic</i> marked the pivot point between the touring band Steely Dan had been and the studio-born project they became. The album is a rejection of the 1960s ideal of a rock band as a small group of like-minded people collectively expressing their creativity through their own original material. Instead, Steely Dan embraced what co-founder Donald Fagen later described as the “scrupulous meritocracy” of the big-band era—a time in which bandleaders hired whomever served the song best. Steely Dan adopted that approach, and threw in some characteristic ruthlessness for color. The result was <i>Pretzel Logic</i>, a succinct sucker-punch of an album that embodied the philosophy Steely Dan had espoused in songs like “Barrytown” or “Through With Buzz”: To hell with feeling—they were embracing the machine. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Rikki Don't Lose That Number4:30
- A2Night By Night3:36
- A3Any Major Dude Will Tell You3:05
- A4Barrytown3:17
- A5East St. Louis Toodle-oo2:45
Side B
- B1Parker's Band2:36
- B2Through With Buzz1:30
- B3Pretzel Logic4:28
- B4With A Gun2:15
- B5Charlie Freak2:41
- B6Monkey In Your Soul2:31
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- polished
- cynical
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ben BenayGUITAR PERFORMER , GUITAR
- Chuck RaineyBASS PERFORMER , BASS
- David PaichKEYBOARDS PERFORMER , KEYBOARDS PIANO, KEYBOARDS
- Dean ParksBANJO GUITAR GUITAR, BANJO
- Denny DiasGUITAR
- Donald FagenKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, SAXOPHONE, LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Ernie WattsPERFORMER , SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Jeff BaxterGUITAR LEAD GUITAR, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Jeff PorcaroDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
- Jerome RichardsonPERFORMER , SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Jim GordonDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
- Jim HodderDRUMS BACKING VOCALS
- Jimmie HaskellARRANGED BY ORCHESTRATED BY
- Lew McCrearyTROMBONE
- Michael OmartianKEYBOARDS PERFORMER , KEYBOARDS PIANO, KEYBOARDS
- Ollie MitchellPERFORMER , TRUMPET TRUMPET
- Plas JohnsonPERFORMER , SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Timothy B. SchmitBASS PERFORMER , BASS BACKING VOCALS
94 collectors on Gatefold own this · 266 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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