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Pretzel Logic by Victor Feldman Steely Dan (CD, 1974)

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Title: Pretzel Logic (SHM-CD). Artist: Steely Dan. Pretzel Logic. Label: Universal Japan. Format: CD. Through with Buzz. Parker's Band. Written-By - Bubber Miley, Duke Ellington.

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Record LabelUniversal

UPC4988005677761

eBay Product ID (ePID)20050153642

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year1974

GenreRock

ArtistVictor Feldman, Steely Dan

Release TitlePretzel Logic

Additional Product Features

DistributionPsp

Number of Discs1

ReviewsUncut (3/00, p.88) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...PRETZEL LOGIC retains its reputation as the group's most melodic work..."

Additional informationSteely Dan holds the title as one of the most quietly subversive pop bands of the 20th century. They managed--on their first two albums and, especially, on PRETZEL LOGIC--to combine breezy, ear-pleasing accessibility with an immensely sophisticated sensibility that upended most pop conventions. On PRETZEL LOGIC that combination is perfected, even as band masterminds Donald Fagen and Walter Becker moved deeper into jazz-influenced territory. "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," the album's lead off track, is a case in point. A sinuous slice of jazz-pop that merges piano balladry with a samba-esque groove, the song became a Top Ten hit. Though Fagen and Becker write the material and handle vocals/keyboards and bass, respectively, their recording process increasingly involved a rotating cast of session musicians, honing their studio-cobbled sound to a flawless perfection. The bar is raised in terms of musicianship here, as evidenced by the sassy cover of Duke Ellington's "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo and the bop atheleticism of "Parker's Band," a tribute to Charlie Parker. Yet Steely Dan blend their colors ever more effectively here, writing shorter, sharper compositions packed with harmonies, instrumental interplay, witty wordplay, and satisfying hooks. PRETZEL LOGIC ranks alongside AJA as one of the band's finest achievements.