Can't Buy A Thrill

Solid album. Only a fool would say that is top tier. Dirty work is great too. Overall good vibes.

Awesome Album!

It might be a controversial opinion, but I think this is my favourite Steely Dan album. There is plenty of spontaneity here and some edges to the music. I totally love it, it's a masterpiece. Brilliant songwriting. Yes, it must be your cup of tea, well, it is mine. I mean, the opening of 'Do it again' on itself is enough to secure Steely Dan's place in (modern) music history.

Jazz rock style. Peak melody and sound. One of the favs.

Charmingly bonkers cover art, and a title straight from a perfect Dylan song. Plus, I learned that I actually do know a few Steely Dan songs, from listening to too much "classic rock" radio in the late 90s. What's good here is great, and the eclectic virtuosity is a delight. But there's stretches of dad-rock, yacht-rock, soft-rock, whatever. So, dig it, but four stars.

Hm, why do I like this…

Doesn’t get much better than Steely Dan, this album has some of their most popular songs. Technical execution and production are absolute perfection, and the songs are memorable, well-written and fun

Looking at the track list, I think this is my favorite Steely Dan album. And Dirty Work is definitely my favorite Steely Dan song. Reelin' In the Years suuuuuucks. This is the worst Steely Dan song. This album is all over the place. I am neither reelin' in the years nor gathering up the time. I don't understand how this got so popular. One great song, one good song and total garbage other than that.

As soon as I hit play, I knew this was going to be a banger. As someone who is late to the game for yacht rock (which I know is a term these guys hate), I’ve been listening to City Pop pretty heavily the past 5 or 6 years, and yacht rock scratches that same itch. So this album was just a lot of fun, and really fit my mood this morning.

Unpopular opinion: Reelin In The Years is my least favorite song on this album. I'm not big on Steely Dan but this was actually a half decent surprise of an album. Probably their best that I've heard, but it also sounds very Eagles like.

Es un álbum bastante chill. Creo que por lo general las canciones eran similares. Muy correcto para escuchar de fondo mientras intento salvar fintech en las últimas 3 horas

Automatic 10/10 for me. Steely Dan can do no wrong.

Listened, liked, LOVED!

I’m a Dan Fan

Really interested to actually spend some time listening to Steely Dan. Surprised that I know do it again. Such a distinctive sound, I can't figure out quite why. The piano bass and drums seem very tight together despite a lot of fancy rhythmic things happening. Of course there are harmonised guitar solos but also tiny licks and fills that seem to be harmonised too, as well as almost all vocal parts. So many layers and yet it all sounds very together. I kind of feel like a couple of listens today won't be enough to figure out how I feel about this record. Definitely very interesting.

Pa' vete, Steely Dan. No sé del gusto musical de Carlin pero he shat on you lol 1. Do It Again. Nice intro vale. Hey I like it! Sabrosongo. Calidad. Liked. 2. mmm... 3. Calidad el explote musical. Liked 4. Pretty good Dan! Nice guitar solos! 5. Good! 6. Más boring, good solo pero boring. Skipping after 3:18. 7. FIRE IN THE HOLE. That's what I'm talking about! FUCK yeah con ese pianito, Dan! The fucking ending! Loved it! 8. Ok 9. Aight. 10. Not bad, or memorable. But verga, I liked it. 4.7 pero merece su 5. Good Steely! DOOM was more right than Carlin in this one lol

How have you not already listened to this album?!

153/1089 - Excellent debut for an excellent band. I think Imagine has a stupid message too. Not as big of a fan as the tracks where Fagen isn't the lead vocalist and I'm glad they got Michael McDonald later on in the band.

It was ok, the songles being the highlights of the album.

Fabulous!! A classic

mejor q el otro que ya tocó

Capaz el mejor disco debut de la historia

juju

Fun.

I don’t understand why this album has their most popular songs on spotify (except Reelin in the Years). Most made no impact on me. Spider exercise in the guitar solo is insane

First ballot entry into the vibes hall of fame

An awesome classic

já ouvi, sensacional

Very camp and a lot of fun. I like the sound here and I look forward to hearing more from this artist

Very 70s

Was ok. Even recognized a few songs.

Not Steely Dan’s best album or my favorite of theirs but still a stone cold classic. Wild how fully formed they are here, their sound would certainly deepen and evolve over the years but the perfectly crafted melodies, jazz influenced pop rock, weird lyrics, it’s all here.

5 stars Great band and great songs

Gubbete og greit. Litt søtt at dette regnes som rock.

Yacht rock. There are one or two reasonable tracks but overall the album would not be one which I would gravitate to, but too smooth and over produced.

Okay album not great not terrible.

I liked the last Steely Dan album I listened to for this, and this is their most famous so expectations are high. This first song is fun, and the storytelling's great. The chorus, while vey simple, is fun and catchy too. Great! Dirty Work has some country influence, and it words really well! Again, very catchy I like the story in Kings, and the instrumentals are a bit... weirder? Like the solo at the middle. Good song Midnite Cruiser, while not bad by any means, is a bit boring I guess? Doesn't excite me Next track came and went. In Reelin' in The Years the catchy chorus makes a comeback! This was is fun too, even if I may need to pay more attention to the lyrics. The solo at the end is sooooo fun. Fire in The Hole is great, and I was definately not expecting that piano moment. Lovely. These songs at the end are, again, just coming and going without leaving any other impressions. Not bad, just uninteresting other than a few moments here and there. The final track starts good, and I like the chorus, but then it just keeps going and going and going... This was a weird experience. When this album is good, it is very good! But that was about half of the songs. 'Cause the other songs were harmless but kinda boring. Soooo, while this wasn't a bad record, I can't quite say it was good either. But worth checking out!

Good album. This is a solid 5 out of 10. Other than the three megahits, the album is so-so.

Perfektion OCH sväng! Trummorna, rytmsektionen! Femma

I can't believe have never listened to the full album before . The singles are classics and well known but it's all killer absolutely loved it

This is the second Steely Dan album I've listened to in the last two weeks and I have to admit that I'm coming around. I was familiar with several songs on this album "Reeling in The Years", "Dirty Work" (shout out Tony Soprano) and "Do it Again." These are, still, the stand out tracks on this album. But every other song is solid. I am becoming a Steely Dan disciple. Perhaps it happens to us all, with enough time and exposure.

Not bad

Some decent soft rock, nothing to write home about really.

NOt bad

"Do it again" is a masterpiece :chef's kiss: but the rest of the album is decidedly ordinary.

I’m never going to have time for this.

a debut studio album that combines soft rock with jazzy guitar solos, yacht rock elements, and a classic style that is incredibly well developed for a debut album.

love me some steely dan. maybe not my favorite album by them, but still a lovely piece of work especially for their debut

I get it now

Definitely can't buy a thrill with this album!

So, this doesn't suck as badly as the other Dan albums this list has strong-armed me into listening to. That doesn't say too much though. Sure it's more straight forward, missing some of the experimental bullshit they'll attempt later, but it's so god-awful milquetoast. Soft, safe, "rock"; why bother?

Het is goed mogelijk dat dit het 70s album is waar ik het meest bekend mee ben, of waar ik in ieder geval de meeste tijd mee door heb gebracht. Puur omdat hij het epitoom van 'easy going' is, en daardoor in zoveel situaties als muzikaal decor kan dienen. Veel meer heb ik er ook niet aan toe te voegen. Simplisme en eenvoud in zijn effectiefste vorm, met hooks for days. Tegen het einde is die formule wel een beetje uitgewerkt, en kan Steely Dan ook wel een beetje flauw worden, maar dit is wel echt de minst flauwe Steely Dan-plaat uit hun discografie. 8/10 Highlights: Do It Again Kings Dirty Work

Ja godsamme wat een weergaloos lekkere plaat is dit toch. De eerste zes tracks zijn stuk voor stuk bangers. De simpele hooks zijn zo effectief, zo catchy. Can't Buy a Thrill kan je altijd opzetten. En niet omdat deze ergens op de achtergrond draait, maar gewoon omdat je er altijd blij van wordt, en overal bij past. Wat ik zeg: effectief. Fire in the Hole is wat rustiger en daarna neemt het effect ietsje af. De laatste nummers slaan wellicht iets minder aan, maar de Dan heeft zich genoeg bewezen voor een mooie score. 9/10 Highlights Dirty Work (hun beste track, love it) Midnite Cruiser Only a Fool Would Say That

Had heard it before. Bad album? Only a fool would say that.

It was ok, I had the hits on my liked songs rotation, no gems really for me outside of that.

very good

Second Steely Dan album, can safely say not my thing

I love this so much, every song is a delight to listen to. Pure joy from beginning to end, the production is excellent and makes every instrument sound immaculate.

A couple of good songs (notably Dirty Work) cannot rescue this album from being easy listening rock sludge.

Un clásico del rock.

Like this far better than I thought I would

I quite enjoyed this and I don’t entirely know why. It’s very chill, but there’s also quite a bit going on. I like that. I dont think I’d ever go out of my way to listen to it, but I’m glad I have. Nice. 3.5

What the hell is going on with the cover art for this, I'm in two minds as to whether it's just base level awful or it's brilliantly captured the unsettling pain of this album. I'm going for the first one because the picture isn't dull. I apparently picked up on some prog bits I liked on the previous steely Dan album we had but they weren't on show here. I recognised the first track which was okay but it just got worse from there.

Pains me to say Jack is spot on. Brilliant album up to Reelin' in the Years, and then drifts off. Dirty Work, Kings, and Only A Fool Would Say That were the other standouts. I heard lots of Beatles influences, mostly in the narrative-focussed songs. Good stuff. Better than Countdown To Ecstasy because of the heights of the first half of the album. Can't go wrong with jangly guitars.

If this album finished after "Reelin in the years" i would've given it a 5. The opening half is really great and took me by suprise. So smooth, the epitome of soft rock I guess, but its so easy to listen to. Way better than the other steely Dan album we had. 4, even though I lost interest after the first half

meh

Made me happy for 41 minutes. If you don’t like Steely Dan, you will not like this album. I like Steely Dan and thought this was great. Steely Dan manages to make soft rock accessible enough to be easily digested by a general audience, but interesting enough to make for more than just background noise. Great hooks, great instrumentals, great vibes, great album.

Pleasant listen but it reminded me of adult radio stations.

Nature's perfect album

yay an oldie that I love!!! 4/5 #musicsky #albumsky #musicchallenge

perfect beach album

Lots of reviews on here seem to acknowledge that this is pretty good, with the score then depending on how much the listener objects to its general "niceness" as a record and indeed to the whole soft rock genre. I enjoyed it more than I expected to. One or two songs did err a bit too far on the side of dull: unexpected chord progressions can only create so much of a vibe when the overall pace is quite sleepy. But generally, it lifted my spirits and warmed some cockles. Great melodies, too. I really need a 7 out of 10, and haven't quite worked out which way I'll go, up or down, in the morning.

I’m starting to realize that I know way more Steely Dan songs than I realized. And they are good songs, but I associated them as being other artists. Like “Do it again” I write off as being a Santana follow up to “Black magic woman”. And I know dirty work but never realized it was Steely Dan. Looking back, stylistically I should have picked that up. Skipping reeling in the years. I think I thought this was Thin Lizzy for years because of the “boys are back in town” guitar solos. This album is almost over. I’m kind of indifferent to it. It’s not bad. It’s just sounds like a backing track for a 70s montage.

So is this what the "olds" call yacht rock? I like it on a boat. I don't like it not on a boat.

The couple of listenable songs on the album have been played to death. Hopefully there’s just one Steely Dan album on the list.

I can only hope there's not another Steely Dan album on the list. There are hits here, but the whole thing sounds horribly dated. Great if you want rock-disco. Horrible if you don't. My rating: 2/5

Damn near perfect debut. The musicians are off the charts good and the vocal harmonies delicious. And they only got better

A couple good songs otherwise mid

Some really good tracks here. I can see myself giving it another listen. I enjoyed more than the last Steely Dan album

Didn't look forward to this since I remember his last album I had as a tad dull. But, as always when I'm reluctant for an album, I had a great time. What an opener! Perfect for a sunny morning cycling to work, and I danced my way through the opening round to the rest! Thanks, Mr. Steely

The singles are obviously the standout tracks. Overall not unpleasant.

Full disclosure - know this so well from teen years Still loving it on a relisten

It's fine. All Steely Dan seems fine. Throw it on in the background and I won't even notice music is playing.

Ei kuulanud lõpuni, aga suht nice.

Some good fkn yacht rock, my inner billionaire loves this.

They couldn't perform at the Ziggo Dome last year. Was planning for the show where they would play before The Eagles (who I don't like that much) but sadly they cancelled the show.

Yes!!! I F*CKING LOVE Steely Dan.

Easy to listen to and the kind of rock that makes you want to sing along, but as the album title implies there are no thrills to be had here. Any song from this album could be played in a bar or airport and nobody would complain, but it's just so unadventurous that I can't give it a 5.

• 4/5 • what a great debut album • multiple memorable singles and the remaining tracks are all accessible (not necessarily true of later albums) if uninspired

Catchy tunes that might be a little too syrupy sweet for my ears

I respect it but not for me

Upbeat and easy to listen to

Grandios! Ziemlich chillig. Gleich zu den Favoriten hinzugefügt!

Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: Do It Again, Dirty Work, Reelin' In The Years Great debut album. Enjoyed it. 3.5

Even on Steely Dan's debut album, they were smooth as hell.

After listening to Aja a few months back I thought this would be a bit more jazzy, instead I got a more Southern Rock sound I expected from them originally and they still knocked it out of the park. 8/10

Steely Dan! What a good album…. Until the second half! I mean it was nonstop hits and then it was like please stop this! Really liked it 👍 6/10 Favorite track - dirty work

this fucks

nije me iznervirao koliko sam mislila da hoće

Ovo je vrlo vjerojatno njihova najbolja plča ima par baš baš jebenih pisama i gle čuda album ne zvuči ko da ga je robot na kokainu producirao

It's not cool to like steely dan, but I'm finding it hard to actively dislike them? The arrangements are great, they come dangerously close to rocking out occasionally – it's just not quite my genre but clearly some talented folks

1. Do It Again: the chimes in the beginning are so magical. I already liked this song a lot, the chorus is too catchy. The drums feel like the endless cycle of evil that we all commit at some point or another. The verses touch upon the things that bring misery and suffering to all from men. Greed, violence, and women. Kinda reminds me of the story of Sisyphus being doomed to push his rock up. Cyclical destruction of mankind by man. The organ solo is sick, again, love the chimes. 2. Dirty Work: the story of a man and a married woman's love, but she uses him for what she wants. The guitar riff is one of my faves, and the lyrics are sad here. The SAXXXXOPHONE!!!! I LOVE A SAX SOLO. Soulful and catchy. 3. Kings: Robin Hood tale v. American politics. This still holds weight in today's climate. The piano and guitar rock. "Though we sung his fame, we all went hungry just the same" - we are so below the "King," and although we gave that fame, the hunger ensued with the rise of such extreme power. This directly relates to the current cheeto as our president claiming he is the "king." Kinda haunting listening to this over 40 years later, and it's the same old story here in the land of the "free". 4. Midnite Cruiser: the beginning is my fav, so beautiful. Harlem is the birthplace of jazz and a lot of culture, a place that is inspiring to Steely Dan. Reminiscing on lost opportunities and the passing of one's "prime" as a wandering soul. I think there's some fear of being forgotten as a theme here. 5. Only A Fool Would Say That: this song is heavily shading the naive/out of touch political movements, specifically John Lennon. Again, I feel this song relates to today, where people are regurgitating political ideology that their actions don't match, just trying to fit. Especially the upper-class population. Rich men asking for world peace is the craziest thing; it just doesn't make sense. I love how he is calling this bullshit out. Only fools would justify themselves behind a social movement. 6. Reelin' in the Years: this breakup song has always been a fav of mine, very popular for reminiscing - not sure if people have this meaning in mind when it is played lol. The SOLO on this song is so smooth and incredible, it kinda reminds me of the ups and downs of a long-term love. I think this song is reflecting and accepting the ending of something that he put so much effort into trying to understand and work through. Love the guitar and upbeat drums. The guitar is the best on this album thus far, those solos leave NO crumbs. 7. Fire in the Hole: the beginning goes hard, the piano immediately draws me in. The lyrics are about the draft and how they both escaped it during the Vietnam War. There's nothing left to burn because they burned their draft cards, and nowhere to go since they are supposed to be serving in the military or arrested. Also, there's nothing left to burn because the destruction and suffering the U.S. put Vietnam through have been exhausted. The piano/drum break feels like being on the run. 8. Brooklyn (Owns the Charmer Under Me): this more bluesy/jazz energy keeps the flow. I wonder if this is touching on the gentrification of Brooklyn... Maybe not as in the 70s, it wasn't AS desirable as it is today. There was a lot of normalcy and culture in Brooklyn before it was fully torn down by the white man. Maybe Brooklyn had the same effect Harlem had on his inspiration/artistry. 9. Change of the Guard: the guitar is great, the drums build lots of anticipation. The lyrics are describing change and transformation, both internally and as a society. Also, how the different generations change the direction of the waves. There will always be massive change throughout the decades, and in my opinion, this emphasizes living it fully out and transforming yourself to reflect what you want from the world... Which would in turn change the guard. Change the pace and tempo up. The rhythm gets a bit faster as the song proceeds. 10. Turn That Heartbeat Over Again: BASS. BASS! The bass and piano hit. I think this is about addiction, redemption, and regret. Morality is a theme here, too, possibly relating to the addiction - asking for another chance, a good man trying to redeem himself despite his criminal and destructive decisions. The yearning for change and growth. I love the chorus here, it is very catchy. This is a great end to the album. LOVE them chimes at the end.

It seems like nowadays listening to Steely Dan equals to having a bad taste. Not sure why. Probably because a random person online said something about it. Anyway, it's a nice album and very of its time.

Nice album, kinda mid 3/5

Good shit, litt funky men på den gammeldagse måten, men hørres isje ud som dt e fra 70-tallet.

Excessively beige, to the point where the second half just blew straight past me. Two stars.

This is a bit too dad rock for me, but it's not thaaaat bad. I just wouldn't listen to it.

I shouldn't like this, and maybe it's a high 4, but whatever. Do It Again and Reelin in the Years are GOAT tracks, Only a Fool Would Say That is a new one to me as not far behind those. Not what I typically go for but this is really good.

Like some others have said, I must be getting older since I'm enjoying this more. There's definitely an element of nostalgia since I often heard my dad playing this.

Awesome

Great

Not bad

Do you really want to listen to something like this? Well in this song Doing This Again there are beautiful instruments and the dynamics are good the drums are good. ⭐⭐⭐⭐. Do you want to listen to something that is chill and calming? Well in this song Something Dirty it's chill and calming it has nice instruments and all the instruments sound good. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. Do you really want to listen to some that has nice instrument's and is chill? Well in this song Realin' It In The Year's it has really nice instruments and it very chill and all the instrument's are good the dynamic's are good. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

Do you want to listen to some music that some drums? Well in Do It Again You can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐⭐⭐. I recommend this song. Do you want to listen to some music that has some guitar? Well in Dirty Work you can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐⭐⭐. I recommend this song. Do you want to listen to some music that has some guitar? Well in Reelin' in the years you can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐⭐. I kind of recommend this song.

i like the beat but I did not like the beginning and the end was weird. i dont like the second song it is boring. i dont like this song but the beat is pretty good i do not recomend this album.

I don't like this because I don't like the instruments and the melody that is being used. I would not recommend this album to someone else because I don't think they would like it. I give this 2 stars.

I don't like this song its not something I don't listen to this type of music and its not a song the second song I also don't like it its not a song I would listen too the third song I also don't like its not a song I like to listen too

the first song was alr the lyrics were fine ig and yeah it was okay the second song is better than the first song bc like the background music was good. the last song is okay its actually not that bad

Why is there an undressed woman? "Do It Again" was good. The music was upbeat and the singing sounded good. But it's hard to understand what the singer is saying. "Dirty Work" was cool. The instrumentation was fun. I could hear and understand the lyrics. "Reeling In The Years" was also good. The singing sounded good because of the harmonies. The instrumentation was also cool. I would recommend this album.

the first song is good i like how the instruments sound and i remember hearing this song before in the past when my dad used to play it on the radio in his car, also i just like this song. the next song is also good there is not much to say about it i like the instruments. the last song is also good i like how the instruments sound especially at the beginning of the song. overall this is a really good album i would recommend.

Love The Dan!

some real bangers on this one 3.5

My ‘78 reissue of this slaps so fuckin hard. Well played and still playing well

Meaningless music for Boomers to put on in the background of their party to yell-talk at each other over.

Hell yeah dude 4/5

Fuck rating albums. Just let me listen.

Easy laid back early fm guitar rock

Basically 10 different versions of "Do It Again." Should have been called "Do It Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again."

Почна многу јако, ама загуби инерција. 3.5

OVERALL: I've heard of Steely Dan before, but I haven't heard any of their songs and thought they would be a lot more rock focused. This album is very easy to listen to, and sounds very nice. Great guitars and really good basslines, however the last 4 songs are all pretty boring and forgettable. Every single song has some sort of instrumental section done really well, and are enough to carry every song to at least a 7 (ignore the last song). If the last 4 songs were as good as the first 6, this would probably be a five. Also, I can't really find that much of a connection between the songs, so it's basically a bunch of singles that sound good. The instrumentals easily outclass the vocals and lyrics, the instrumentals are actually peak while the vocals can sometimes sound corny. SONG AVG: 8.125/10 PERSONAL RATING: 8.75/10 Do It Again: Very nice vibe, although the vocals are pretty weird. Pretty simple lyrics, but they're nice. The guitar solo goes so hard for no reason, genuinely one of the most impressive guitar solos I've heard so far. The other instruments are very nice as well, the electric piano is also pretty good. I don't know what else to say other than that it sounds really good. 9.5/10 Dirty Work: I love jazz. I love how it sounds, although the sax is a bit too loud. There's only like 2 verses not counting the chorus, and the lyrics are okay. Pretty catchy and really nice overall. 8.75/10 Kings: I feel like I'm really gonna like this album, especially if the instrumental breaks continue to be as good as they are so far. The instrumental isn't as good as the previous two, but it still sounds very good. The lyrics and vocals make this sound like a campfire song, which I don't really like, but the quality of everything else kinda cancels it out. 8/10 Midnite Cruiser: Another sick guitar solo. Everything else is very catchy, but overall pretty decent. The instrumental is really good but gets pretty repetitive. 8.25/10 Only a Fool Would Say That: It's just so good. The instrumental solo isn't as good, but is still pretty nice. Very good overall, although I guess it doesn't really have a standout part other than the short solo. 9/10 Reelin' in the Years: Incredible guitar, and the solo is really good. Combines the catchiness of the other songs with really good guitar work and instrument usage. The lyrics are pretty basic, but they work. The guitar elevates this song so much, absolutely incredible. 10/10 Fire in the Hole: lobotomy. I either really like this or find it to be okay. I like some of the weirder aspects of it, but the vocals are just kinda mid. The instrumental sounds pretty good I guess, so I'll give it something above average. 7.25/10 Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me): Sounds good, otherwise pretty standard with the rest of the album. Pretty forgettable. 7/10 Change of the Guard: Read the previous review. This is just that but with a better solo and a more interesting guitar. 7.5/10 Turn That Heartbeat Over Again: The chorus is nice, but everything else is pretty boring. Still sounds good. Did not need to be 5 minutes long. 6/10

Seems impossible for me to dislike a Steely Dan song. They knew what the heck they were doing.

I appreciate the musicianship but the vocals knock this one down to a 3 star.

So moody and smooth. I miss ‘Ricky don’t loose that number’ but for the rest almost all the greats are here.

Probably my least favorite SD album. 4 stars based on the handful of classics on this one.

It is a good album. Mom enjoyed singing it too.

Can’t buy a thrill from Steely Dan.

can't borrow a feeling

Jamz

Classic 70’s rock album with an eclectic blend of jazz, blues, and pop

One of the best ever debut albums of all time

Smooth 👌

70s rock. Some catchy tunes. Very standard and middle of the road.

A few years ago Steely Dan went from cringe to awesome. Turning more into a dad cliché. (33 known/67 new)

So Steely Dan, early 70s soft rock. A couple of genuine classics here with Reelin in the years, and Do it again which have aged beautifully and I still hear them all the time. The rest of the album sounds like background piano bar music to me. I won’t be looking for this again soon though. 3 stars for writing a couple of bangers though

Una locura

Hmmm let’s see…YUH

https://rateyourmusic.com/music-review/JesseOverPessi/steely-dan/cant-buy-a-thrill/255645879

Inoffensive

It’s an ok album. Easy to listen to, I wouldn’t classify this as a must hear. Thats Aja.

Nostalgic value. Well composed album.

I always want to like Steely Dan, but never do. I can see how they influenced the greatest musical act of all time (Ween) - so they at least got that going for them. Dirty Work is a dirty one for sure.

Awesome!

Hyper polished but in the best way. The deep cuts are also great here. Not a note out of place.

The singles are still fun (especially Dirty Work) but something overall in the album just didn’t click for me today, like it felt too restrained or the vocals felt flat. Fading out the end of a song is also a pet peeve of mine and they do it on almost every track. Kings was a great new discovery, though.

One of the most important albums of the 70s and not even their best. The hits are the hits, but Kings and Fire In The Hole give you a glimpse of where the band is going.

I had this on cassette, taped from my brother's CD back in high school, so it always holds a dear place in my heart. Dirty work is a jam.

goodgood

“Dad Rock” is a big umbrella when you think about it. Not all dads are the same, nor do they have the same sensibilities. My dad graduated in ‘79, his favorites were KISS, Boston, .38 Special, Rush. He smoked weed, he couldn’t afford cocaine. He played football and the drums, he has diabetes and Velcro shoes. This makes a Steely Dan Dad not. Steely Dan makes me ill at ease. I don’t like that kind of Dad rock because I don’t like that kind of dad. He cares too much about what kind of beer he drinks, he’s pretentious and mind numbingly middle class at the same time. He likes The Eagles and he raised Wilco sons. Danheads will tell you this is not Dad rock. They’ll say it’s jazz, it’s intellectual, but all I feel is a dryness that I just don’t want with my music.

Good

Love this, has all the Steely Dan bangers!

Short, but ok.

A good album. A few of my favorite tunes from them on this one. Unfortunately, it was ruined by the constant interruption with ads. Too bad.

meh, bit boring for me and not very exciting. Wasn't awful just not my kinda music

Briefly nodded with familiarity, then fell asleep.

345/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

Tog mig 3 forsøg at komme igennem. Selv store datter valgte at sove frem for at høre det færdig.. Kl 14 en søndag.....

Dad-rock for en ældre generation

I found this enjoyable. The guitar work on the standout hits make this a decent listen. Seems like, if all the SD “hits” throughout their catalog were on the same album it could warrant a higher rating just based on mainstream success.

As much as I don’t wanna admit this, I actually didn’t mind listening to a Steely Dan record. While two previous efforts of theirs in this exercise earned low ratings (1 and 2), this one was stronger. Maybe because it was their debut. Maybe because it was more on the rock side before they moved into soft snooze territory. Fueled by three radio regulars it definitely stands out.

Music for granddads who like to think they like music. There is no more overrated band than this. Only saving grace is that at least this album has two of their least shitty songs on it. But then 8 other shittier songs.

Okay, I’ll give some credit where it’s due. Last two SD albums drove me crazy. This one has some solid songs with Do It Again, Dirty Work and Reelin’ in the Years (which is prob the best for me). I don’t know what it is about these guys but it just feels emotionless. Reelin’ and Fire In the Hole have a bit more feeling. Regardless, don’t think I’ll be seeking out another listen anytime soon.

Giving Steely Dan a decent rating goes against everything I am as a person...but I gotta admit there are a few songs I legit enjoy. Of course those songs are mostly bookended by songs that make me want to scream into the void. So far we've had three SD albums... Pretzel Logic = 2 rating... Aja = 1 rating (simply awful)... and this I gotta put above those, so I am rounding to 3, god help me... 2.75/5

> The Beatles

I'm old enough to appreciate Yacht Rock, so I kinda secretly wanted to like this, but this is real wallpaper. Like they were famous perfectionists apparently so why be so bland. Reeling in the years gets me nodding along with that groove and maybe lyrics that are trying to say something. But otherwise this was meh mcmehface

Песни ворчуна среднего возраста.

Another vanilla album by Steely Dan. At least this one has Reelin' In the Years and Do It Again on it. Of the 4 Steely Dan albums I've listened to on this generator, this one (their debut) is their strongest. Favorite songs: Reelin' In the Years, Do It Again, Dirty Work, Kings, Midnite Cruiser Least favorite songs: Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) 3/5

Chill album with some fun bits, but very much like the rest of the things from that time

Probably my favorite Steely Dan album. It’s got a lot more blues and funk to it than some of their later albums.

Album impresionante, los únicos "puntos bajos" son la primera y última canción. Siempre entre canción y canción a la expectativa con que van a entretenerte. Rock con un buen groove bien de los 70s como debería ser

Yeah, I get it.

musically very listenable but not super duper my vibe

Not a big Steely Dan fan but it has two strong singles.

Wow, I mean they truly are the goats. Unreal album, hit after hit. Such an easy listen and brings me back to the Kano island days. 9.4/10

A lot of pleasant songs

I'm so close to the end now, I figured I'd got through all 5 Steely Dan related albums. But wait, is it possible, we've saved the best till last? Do It Again is pretty ace, and that sitar solo is magnificent. Then, Dirty Work, which Spotify insisted on keep playing to me since I got some reason started randomly listening to Steely Dan albums three years ago - and I loved it. Reeling in the Years is also here, the reason I'd heard of them as a teenager when The Chart Show randomly played a video for no apparent reason in the 90s, which I had on a VHS back when I was making my own personally curated MTV of music on television. The descending chords of the verses and the complicated yet poppy solos caught my ear, and that's Steely Dan in a nutshell really, effortlessly complex playing while staying catchy and never really sounding wanky. Scrolling through my reviews, turns out I did actually like the follow up, then everything else is "ah yeah such and such sampled this" followed by a general shrug of the shoulders at everything else. Going to have to revisit Countdown to Ecstacy on the strength of that. EDIT: I did, and I agree with me, it was great again. This doesn't stay 5* throughout but what it does do is stay catchy, musically interesting and generally enjoyable. So, good for you Steely Dan, you made two great albums, and a sprinkling of great tracks through the rest of your career. Not many bands can say that if we are brutally honest.

Not their best, but definitely good.

Only reason this isn’t a 5 is because i gotta save my 5’s for the Goats But i love this shit and listen to it every time i golf or day drinkkk!!!!!

Not much needed to say. One of the best of all time.

Well, I really like this much to my surprise tbh. Far better than the other offering I have had from them on here. I suspect I dislike them as they got more polished. Still not particularly memorable though

Shit

Awesome album so groovy

Soft rock? Yacht rock? Nah, I don’t hear it. What comes across instead is some surprisingly funky rhythms with complex yet accessible chord progressions. Throw in some tunes that talk about the grungy side of life and not typical pop topics, and I’m all in.

A little less flighty in this one but I still don't understand the fascination. 1.5 stars

love

It's been a long time since hearing this album in its entirety. Nice take back

no notes, no skips. it's the best

It’s dad rock ain’t it, gets an extra star for reeling in the years excellent guitar work,

Seventies Rock / Modern Jazz fusion may not be my “go to” genre, but it’s hard not to enjoy this: good songs, and great musicianship. They find the zone in each song. Favorite deep cuts are “Kings” and “Change of the Guard.”

This doesn't seem like a first album. The music is so clean, tight, and captivating in a such a melodramatic way, it just seems impossible that this is a first effort. Each track is instrumentally dense, yet almost everyone has their chance to shine from track to track. The lyrics are sometimes haunting, contemplative, or even witty, but they are always poetic and pushing you beyond a casual listen. This is the first album in a while where I looked up in shock when there were no more tracks to enjoy. Really fun album!

Unfortunate case where the singles are all the best songs.

Album still slaps! For a bands first album it’s solid. Dirty work is a standout.

Can't Buy a Thrill is personally one of my favorite albums on this list, and Steely Dan is unarguably one of the most iconic bands from the 70's. Their fusion of rock and jazz is impeccable creates a style like none other. Can't Buy A Thrill is their best album for many (I prefer Aja, but that's personal preference) and it's clear why. They choose understandable lyrics and licks while fusing in a little jazz every now and then. The production is immaculate as well. Every instrument can be clearly heard and the sounds are very clean, which adds this clean rock feel that you find in so many Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Beatles, etc. albums. What's the most interesting to me is that they covered up the repetitiveness of typical rock music unlike most other bands do. Instead of forcing an awkward form or purposely creating dramatic changes in order to hide the formulaic rock that was so common. Instead they use great production and jazz harmonies to cover up their rather formulaic style. Great album, 5 stars.

1. bon solo de guitarra, synth i organ/synth, a nivell ritmic i melodic no em flipa, bons sithes em mola, c'est trés belle. 2. Em mola molt el rollo instrumental a priori, també la veu i melodia cantada; solo mes fluix pero bon saxo; acaba sent una mica repetitiu. 3. Bon ritme, bon flow, bona instrumental i melodia. m'agrada l'estribillo 5. De moment la millor, ritmillo, bon solo amb trets funkis. 6. Prou bé comença, no em mola tant per ser la mes escoltad pero esta b, bon solo final. ... es fa ameno escoltar el disc... Si m'agues de quedar amb alguna canço serien la 2 i la 3 galifardeu!

The yacht is rockin' ladies and gentlemen!

Not great, not terrible, just a bit boring, but nice background music

pretty solid rock, enjoyable to the ears Would I listen again: not actively Deserves to be on this list: probably 3.7

great album

Most groups take about 4-5 albums to get this good but Steely Dan leads with an absolute masterpiece chock full of hits and great album tunes… and then they ONLY GET BETTER!

Pretty solid with some hits

This sounds like what you think of as the ‘70s. A lot of songs I had heard before, but never listened to intentionally. Reelin’ in the Years is really good and sounds like a template for Thin Lizzy’s The Boys are Back in Town. At times they remind me of Supertramp, The Zombies, and The Eagles. Fire in the Hole sort of sounds like The Zombies.

I was positively surprised

Putting aside the fact that this is a very misleading album title (there are, in fact, plenty of thrilling records you can buy - it’s just that none of them are made by Steely Dan), you’d think a band as smug as Steely Dan would at least be capable of making music that has a little bit of emotion or intensity to it. Nope. Instead, they were content to put out the most calculated, anodyne and consistently mid-tempo albums that, at best, might inspire some gentle hip shaking and shuffling-in-place from their listeners. To their credit, this band at least lives up to their namesake…This is dildo rock, made by dildos. Just take a look at this quote from the band, about the recording of this album (from the Apple Music album blurb): As the duo put it in the album’s belated liner notes, Fagen and Becker had arrived in California with a book of songs that had to be “adjusted and refined to take into account the new musical environment in which we found ourselves operating, and also to reflect our belated understanding of the aesthetic shortcomings of some of our less-than-accessible, more doggedly surrealist efforts.” …and you lot have the gall to call Sonic Youth “pretentious”.

Okay, solid middle-of-the-road bluesy pop rock album. Not amazingly groundbreaking but what's here works really well, solid collection of songs even if I've heard this style a bit too often.

First time to listen to Steely Dan purposely. The only way to listen is in the backyard with the fire going. Perfection.

1. Do It Again - 8/10 2. Dirty Work - 9/10 3. Kings - 8.5/10 4. Midnite Cruiser - 9/10 5. Only A Fool Would Say That - 8.4/10 6. Reelin' In The Years - 8/10 7. Fire in the Hole - 8.2/10 8. Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) - 8/10 9. Change of the Guard - 8/10 10. Turn That Heartbeat Over Again - 8.5/10 8/10

Didn't know who steely Dan was, not sure I do now but the album was pretty good.

Pretentious lyrics, bad singing. Complex mixing with interesting choices.

It’s hard to believe that this was their debut album. The lyrics challenged me yet still respected my intelligence.

Wouldn't say there are any hidden gems beyond the hits, but it was mostly pleasant to listen to

Hell yeah Yacht Rock

Classic. Need I say more

The first few songs on the album were awesome!

It is good genre music but it doesn't transcend that for me.

This isn’t dad rock, this is grandpa rock. I have a love/hate relationship with some of the hits from Steely Dan. But I think after hearing this album I get why they were so popular and still are to a degree. Enjoyed more than I expected!

steely dan king of the fade out. i think this genre (low energy "rock" music) just really isn't for me.

Super talented musicians but too many misses on the LP. I could do without the LP but without the historic tunes

Flawless groovy musical shit

Once again not my favourite Dan album but every time I listen I find more stuff to enjoy, this time I was vibing a lot to Fire in the Hole. Highlight: Reelin in the Years (some genuinely excellent guitar work which you can forget when you hear the song 100 times)

Enjoyable album. Some great songs but occasional forgetable song.

I love a couple of songs from these fellas already so I knew I was in for some heat. It also helps that a majority of those songs are straight from this album. This was a blast to listen to. You got amazing production, an iconic vocal performance from Donald Fagan, and insane replayability across most if not all of the songs on this. Top tier soft rock album. Top 3 Favorite: Only A Fool Would Say That, Do It Again, and Dirty Work No bad songs 4.6/5

Classic

Had no idea I would like this as much as I did. Great listen form start to finish and such a fun album! Side note - didn’t realise I knew so many Steely Dan songs.

I've never actually really LISTENED to Steely Dan. It's always been on in the background. This is a really good and interesting album. Do it again is a classic. King is also a really good track - you can really hear the bongo drums get to it. It has a good groove too. Midnight cruiser? Also an absolute banger which starts slow. Reelin in the years? That distroed guitar at the start? Amazing.

Steely Dan is one of the big influences of many of my favourite artists that took me a long time to dive into. Really incredible stuff. Aja is definitely my preferred Steely Dan, but this is right up there with it. I have a very vivid memory of being 8 or 9 years old at my Grandma’s house, ready to go to bed, and my Uncle bringing me out to his truck to play me the greatest hits of Steely Dan. A real life changing moment.

Pas de quoi déchirer sa chemise, mais une bonne musique de fond.

This album is so sick. Everyone knows Do It Again, Dirty Work, and Reelin’ In The Years they are timeless classics. I think Kings is the under appreciated song of the album. Tracks 7-10 not as strong as the first six but still respectable

So good

This is Steely Dan’s first album, which seems very polished for a debut. Steely Dan is one of those groups that sounds much better on headphones because of their sound mixing. Anyhow, I always enjoyed Steely Dan, although their later albums were better in my opinion. Still this was pretty good, good enough to bump to four stars.

Our second, and, hopefully, final Steely Dan album. Again, it's aggressively fine. I think I've heard 'Do it Again' before, but it's so boring that I'm not even completely sure about that. I have definitely heard 'Dirty Work' before! It's not terrible. Still excessively chill, but at least the lyrics provide some emotive contrast. The fact that 'Only a Fool Would Say That' is about John Lennon is funny and good, but somehow the song itself is neither funny nor good. Yep, overall it's not offensive or unpleasant, and more enjoyable than their other album, but nothing I'd ever choose to listen to myself.

Better than I expected! I don’t know why I don’t listen to Steely Dan more often.. I really like all of their stuff.

So far enjoyed this album the most. Never listened to steely dan before but could see myself listening to this later on too!

I've been obsessed with Steely Dan for over a decade. This album slaps super hard. Not a weak track on it. Only album featuring SD as a "band" beyond Fagan and Becker. More rock tinged than jazz at this point. "Do It Again" is one of the better album openers out there. CBAT is the first SD album I heard and fell in love with, sending me down a massive rabbit hole not only when it comes to the band's own catalog, but other yacht rock/jazz rock/jazz fusion groups in general. 5/5

Absolutely love the distinctive sound of Steely Dan. The unmistakable vocals of Donald Fagen. A class of its own and deserves to be on this influential list. Brilliant 👏

Honestly feel like I got this more than ever before! It rules! Maybe I’m cracking into my long-awaited Steely Dan phase

Hell yes!

This is my fav band... their music makes so happy and makes me wanna move

no notes

Never loved Steel Dan but I can appreciate this album for what it is

I've only been vaguely aware of Steely Dan but have always been amused by the anecdote that the band is named after the steam-powered dildo in Naked Lunch. "Do It Again" is pretty good, but the rest of this album is mostly forgettable. This type of soft rock isn't my thing.

Pet fav songs: The classics Do It Again; Dirty Work; Reelin' in the Years. This was an easy album to listen to. It seemed to breeze by. As a younger person I likely would not be so tolerant, but I'm middle aged and listening to aggressive music constantly is losing its appeal. Sometimes it's just nice to listen to a competently made album. It also reminds me of childhood radio listening because these songs were on a lot even 8 years after the album came out. Good times.

Enjoyable

Good old Steely Dan. I don't know their albums but it's great to listen to.

Studio craftmanship at its finest, almost a perfect record.

Good boomer rock. The highlights are the popular songs though, the rest of the album is good but not amazing. Still a solid 4

Good album with some nice hits. I can see why they are popular.

Really good debut from Steely Dan. This one competes with Aja for my favorite SD album. Cool easy listening/ jazz instrumentals, with awesome vocal performances. Every song here was at least a 3/5, most were 4/5, and at least 4 songs were 5/5. I will come back to this for sure.

7/10

As a dad who is nearing 40, I am contractually obligated to enjoy Steely Dan. In all seriousness, Steely Dan is always polished and listenable. Nothing ground breaking, but a good time to be had here.

This album was very enjoyable - light hearted and fun. I would especially like to point out one of the songs “Fire in the hole” - the lyrics are very important to me since I feel the exact same way right now, this was a great album :))

After three steely Dan albums I really think there are few groups with the same level of detail in instrumentation that they have. I loved a lot of this, had some of the hits but felt like they took some songs off too.

Very good, very good vibes, hits perfectly.

tony soprano singing along to dirty work

As I suddenly got unexpectedly drunk off a triple Last Word [equal parts gin, fake green chartreuse [a.k.a. Faccia Brutto], Maraschino liqueur, and lime juice] in an attempt to finish off 2/4 of the bottles on my bar cart, my GOD did listening to this feel like witnessing the heavens part!!! Being cocktail drunk in your apartment on a random Tuesday is the best setting to listen to Steely Dan, and just taps into a certain vibe that only they can realistically achieve. Once I sobered up a few hours later, I gave it a fair[er], more critical relisten, and yeah– this holds the fuck up. It's hooky and pop-centric, but also jazzy and ✨weird✨, and it's never too much on either side to piss off fans who prefer one or the other. It strikes the perfect balance, and nearly 500 albums in, I think that immediately qualifies it as something special. The fact that there are SO MANY timeless hits on here– like, Grade-A songs everyone still knows, songs that are literally TikTok trends!– underlines Can't Buy A Thrill's influence and general enjoyability. When I noticed this had the highest average rating of any Steely Dan album on here, even above Aja (which I feel is a flawless record), I was skeptical, but after multiple listens, I get it. This is not only better than Aja, it's better than most albums I've heard in my life. This is infectious, it's fun, it's bright, it's positive, it's a vibe, but it's also nuanced, complex, intriguing, and serious as shit. You can hear everyone from Sade to Thundercat to Jack Antonoff to James Blake on here. The beauty lies in the fact that Can’t Buy A Thill is able to be flawlessly fun while also being flawlessly nerdy, and, most importantly, it delivers 10 amazing songs while doing so. Catch me in Brooklyn cocktail drunk vibing to Steely Dan this summer, clearly ✨

Likte da ikkje

Really liked a couple songs on here. Not my all time favorite but I enjoyed it

Very good Steely Dan

Steely Dan do excellent things in snippets. But you have to wad through some pretty mudance and ordinary stuff to get there.

An exceptional debut. "Change of the Guard" is a standout but the whole album is quite enjoyable. "Reelin..." and "Do It Again" suffer some from overexposure. Signs of great things to come!

It's funny I was just talking last week to a friend about how, outside a handful of songs, I've never been able to get into Steely Dan despite trying many times. I can tell the compositions and production are masterful, but it sounds like dad rock made by jazz professors to me--but like not as cool as that sounds. But I probably dig this album more than like Aja or something, because it has more obvious radio-friendly tracks.

Steely Dan never quite had the sound i like, their sound always puts into that cigarette stained beige corporate cube farm from the 70's. Just Typewriters and Shirt Pocket Protected Pen Holders and Mustaches galore space. and a shitty fluorescent lighting, with stained ceiling tiles...just that icky beige.

"Do It Again" is why audiophile stereos were invented, but then audiophile stereos are what gave us the subsequent Steely Dan albums which gave us the 80's Wall Street greed era which begat tech bros and Elon Musk. So despite "Do It Again" being a stone jam, one must gaze at the album through the dolorous lens of history and stall the waterwheel of unlearned-from mistakes. Let us not be the fools doing the Dan's dirty work. Plus the non-single tracks are so-so.

TIL the song "Dirty Work" was performed by Steely Dan, and I think it says something that I was never curious to learn more about it despite being fed a steady diet from FM rock radio while growing up. "Do It Again" evokes some nostalgia for whittling away hours in video game arcades. The rest of this album is just an occasionally depressing document of the soft middle of the '70s: The hippie idealism of the '60s has been dead and buried, everyone's numbed on quaaludes and TV dinners, and punk rock can't arrive soon enough.

Some of Steely Dan's all-time bops plus a little filler. A solid record.

After this record was done, Spotify gave me Peace Frog by the Doors. yep, seems about right.

This is the 'band' Steely Dan vs. every other album which was the 'duo' Steely Dan. That's neither good nor bad. Just different. "Rolling In The Years" is was of those songs I loathed growing up for whatever reason (likely it's constant playing on classic rock stations was pretty much the only exposure I had to music in my early years). But as a part of the broader album, I have an appreciation for it now. More weird Wikipedia trivia (I think I'm having more fun just finding weird shit on Wikipedia for each album: *** Sometime after recording Can't Buy a Thrill, Steely Dan wrote and recorded a jingle for Schlitz Beer that was rejected and never aired. Long considered lost, it was rediscovered in July 2023 by Cimcie Nichols in the archive of her late father Roger Nichols.[24] The 1 minute and 50 second jingle has a distinct Steely Dan sound with layered vocals by Fagen, after a spoken word introduction in Spanish by Baxter (in a squeaky inhaled helium voice), with Fagen speaking an English translation. Recording took place in Studio A at The Village in Los Angeles. At the session, a photo was taken of Fagen in reindeer sweater and Dias in overalls and sombrero while holding a tank of helium that subsequently appeared on the back cover of Katy Lied. ***

I was almost enjoying this until 'Reeling in the years', which I like almost as much as Talking Heads (see prev). Again, I understand this isn't technically bad, it's just so not for me in a really profound way I don't fully understand.

Don't

didnt listen

They put jazz chords in my pop rock?

джаз фанк рок 70-х, пара довольно хороших песен присутствует

Good listen.. Good album.

Dirty Work is such a banger. And Reelin' in the Years.... the rest were pretty dang enjoyable as well. But those two... genius.

2/5. You know when a movie comes out and you watch and maybe even enjoy it, but it was 100% made to win an Oscar? That's what this album feels like. Like, to be fair, it is enjoyable and the hits are great of course, but it kind of keeps the same energy throughout, chill soft rock with a similar sounding chorus for each song. It's fine but it's not classic worthy. Steely Dan just does not do it for me most of the time. Best Song: Do It Again, Reelin' In The Years, Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)

I must be a dad already because Steely Dan is my jam. These are all great. Dirty Work is iconic and soothing, Kings is funky as. Overall this album is awesome. 3/5

I NEED A BEER, I NEED A JOINT, AND I NEED THIS ALBUM!

Just the other day I saw a listing for a Steely Dan cover band. I said to myself “really? They have enough songs that people care about to warrant a cover band. ?” So, as it turns out, I have a lot of these songs before. They’re ok. Not great, not terrible.

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Realized while listening to this that I know a lot more steely dan than I realized Solid album, jams all around, light 4 from me

Instant 5 I don’t NEED to listen to this album to give an accurate review, but don’t mind if I do. Hell I might even do it again 😝 Happy fucking friday The boys can cook

#1 Steely Dan apologist right here. Bought this in a used bin freshman year of high school and never looked back. Potentially the most pretentious band of all time but I'll be damned if Do It Again doesn't slap. Do It Again unironically domino effected me studying music composition in college and led me down the demon path of AV, all thanks to the steam powered dildo. The hits on this album hit and the fodder are all fun. I won't lie and say they're all incredible, but I love this album all the way through.

This album ruuuuuuuuuuules. This album is love making music. Even though the solos throughout the album are generally longer that most songs, they fit the vibe so well. I've listened to this album a number of times, so nothing was really surprising. Just a great 70s album. Struggling between a 4 and 5, but I think I'm landing on a strong 4. Besides the obvious great songs (Do it Again, Reelin in the Years, and Dirty Work), I really enjoyed Turn That Heartbeat Over Again and Kings. Thank God we didn't get another electronic album.

These songs are great, not a dud on this record. Close to a 5 on this, but this just isn’t what I’d reach for when I’m putting something on. With enough listens this’ll probably become a 5 for me. Strong 4

Impossibly chill and smooth, it's just genuinely fun to listen to this. Incredible musicianship, crisp songwriting and a suite of singles and legendary songs, I cannot think there exists a human on earth that can't jam to reeling in the years.

6/5 ich weiß nicht ob es daran liegt, dass mein Vater Steely Dan Fan ist, aber für mich ist fast jeder Song auf diesem Album ein Hit. Das Album fühlt sich an wie ein sonniger Samstagmorgen, wo du dir gerade einen Kaffee machst und weißt, dass du heute absolut nichts zu tun hast! (Genau wie ich heute). Voll mit mellow Gitarrenklängen - wunderbar. Lieblingssong: „Do It Again“, aber eigentlich sind alle großartig!

I'm a dad, but not a dad-rock dad. Still, wise enough to never say never, pop-cultured enough to say NOT TODAY.

A couple of pass over tracks, but the rest are pure greatness. I knew a few tracks beforehand, but the rest were pleasant surprises.

[4]

++: Do It Again, Dirty Work, Kings, Only a Fool Would Say That, Reelin' In the Years, Fire in the Hole, Change of the Guard, Turn That Heartbeat Over Again +: Midnite Cruiser, Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) 9,1/10

A bit of a hit and miss album for me…some great tracks on here - Do it Again & Reelin’ in the years are particular stand outs. Not an album I was thrilled to have pop up, but have a new appreciation of the band - certainly great production values throughout

Stu!! Your boys! LOL.. I wrote to Mike yesterday, saying isn't it funny how what sounds like genius to some is unlistenable to others..I LOVE SD! They are/were like Gods to me. Can't buy a thrill is an album that takes you on a journey, proper 70s - I can't imagine life w/o tracks 1,2,5,6,&10