Pretzel Logic [Original recording remastered]

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Pretzel Logic marked a transition for Steely Dan from a studio-bound rock band producing hits such as "Reeling in the Years" and "Do It Again" to a looser constellation of studio musicians under the direction of songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. That later version of Steely Dan would paint its masterpiece with Aja. Pretzel Logic is much more playful than that, and also jazzier than the albums that came before. The jazz intentions are made perfectly clear on "Parker's Band," a swinging tribute to bebop titan Charlie Parker, and a crafty cover of Duke Ellington's "East St. Louis Toodle-oo." The lyrics displayed their own twisted logic, presenting a tumble of images in search of a unifying principle that most often remained elusive. Steely Dan was that rare act that could work such purposeful obscurity to its advantage: "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" was a top-five hit even though nobody had a clue as to what it was about. Or, perhaps, everybody had a clue, but nobody could agree. --John Milward --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Pretzel Logic, Music, Steely Dan, Pop, Rock, Rock/Pop
Pretzel Logic
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • order has not arrived as yet
  • Steely Dan take me back!!!!
  • 4 1/2 stars.
  • Rikki don't lose that number
  • DE COMO EL POP SE VISTE DE ETIQUETA
 Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IPAC
Release Date: 1999-05-11

Tracks:

  1. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
  2. Night By Night
  3. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
  4. Barrytown
  5. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
  6. Parker's Band
  7. Through With Buzz
  8. Pretzel Logic
  9. With A Gun
  10. Charlie Freak
  11. Monkey In Your Soul

Amazon.com essential recording

Pretzel Logic marked a transition for Steely Dan from a studio-bound rock band producing hits such as "Reeling in the Years" and "Do It Again" to a looser constellation of studio musicians under the direction of songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. That later version of Steely Dan would paint its masterpiece with Aja. Pretzel Logic is much more playful than that, and also jazzier than the albums that came before. The jazz intentions are made perfectly clear on "Parker's Band," a swinging tribute to bebop titan Charlie Parker, and a crafty cover of Duke Ellington's "East St. Louis Toodle-oo." The lyrics displayed their own twisted logic, presenting a tumble of images in search of a unifying principle that most often remained elusive. Steely Dan was that rare act that could work such purposeful obscurity to its advantage: "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" was a top-five hit even though nobody had a clue as to what it was about. Or, perhaps, everybody had a clue, but nobody could agree. --John Milward

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars order has not arrived as yet.......2007-06-03

Dear Amazon,

As a first time user to your company , its hard to reveiw it when your products have yet not arrived in the Est time you posted,But I have not given up.As per a e-mail sent last week to Amazon I was told to wait unti June 6th to see if they arrived.When this happens as per my cart I will place my next order.The reason for using your company was a Sydney radio person John Stanley Radio 2UE who gave you people big Wraps,But I will wait and see what happens this week if they arrive.


Regards,

Owen Turner
Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5 stars Steely Dan take me back!!!!.......2007-05-17

Whenever I feel the need to go back to the 70's, I think of Steely Dan Pretzel Logic. He was the best of the best and one of a kind. No one will ever come close to his musical talent and lyrics. Makes me remember those care-free days as a teenager...Friday night parties and Steely Dan was always there. Wouldn't trade one day during that time of my youth!!!!!

4 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 stars........2007-04-13

1972 through 1975 was steely dan's greatest streak. "countdown to ecstasy," is my favorite work by this great band, but "pretzel logic" is there nipping at its heels. this is exquisite pop/rock music, best heard through headphones, because the songs are alive with complexity, beautifully constructed pieces. lot's of great guitar here, too. and the good time cheer of "east st louis toodle-do," and "parker's band," is infectious. freaky lyrics, strange harmonics, and melodies that go every which way, but always down roads that are accessible and a joy to follow. this album is something special, indeed.

5 out of 5 stars Rikki don't lose that number.......2007-03-25

There's a lot more than that. I recall a reviewer once said this was the album he'd want on a desert island with him, mainly because so many different genres are represented, so you wouldn't get bored. Works for me.

5 out of 5 stars DE COMO EL POP SE VISTE DE ETIQUETA.......2007-03-14

MAGNIFICA OBRA, FESTIVA Y ALTANERA, TREPIDANDO ENTRE EL JAZZ, EL DISCO Y EL ROCKNROLL...TAMAÑA MEZCLA PODRIA TRAER EFECTOS SECUNDARIOS...NO TE PREOCUPES,LA MEDICINA TODAVIA NO PUEDE CURAR LA ADICCION A ESTA PLACA..PROBALO YA!!
Pretzel Logic
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • order has not arrived as yet
  • Steely Dan take me back!!!!
  • 4 1/2 stars.
  • Rikki don't lose that number
  • DE COMO EL POP SE VISTE DE ETIQUETA
 Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002PCT
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
  2. Night By Night
  3. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
  4. Barrytown
  5. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
  6. Parker's Band
  7. Through With Buzz
  8. Pretzel Logic
  9. With A Gun
  10. Charlie Freak
  11. Monkey In Your Soul

Amazon.com essential recording

Pretzel Logic marked a transition for Steely Dan from a studio-bound rock band producing hits such as "Reeling in the Years" and "Do It Again" to a looser constellation of studio musicians under the direction of songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. That later version of Steely Dan would paint its masterpiece with Aja. Pretzel Logic is much more playful than that, and also jazzier than the albums that came before. The jazz intentions are made perfectly clear on "Parker's Band," a swinging tribute to bebop titan Charlie Parker, and a crafty cover of Duke Ellington's "East St. Louis Toodle-oo." The lyrics displayed their own twisted logic, presenting a tumble of images in search of a unifying principle that most often remained elusive. Steely Dan was that rare act that could work such purposeful obscurity to its advantage: "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" was a top-five hit even though nobody had a clue as to what it was about. Or, perhaps, everybody had a clue, but nobody could agree. --John Milward

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars order has not arrived as yet.......2007-06-03

Dear Amazon,

As a first time user to your company , its hard to reveiw it when your products have yet not arrived in the Est time you posted,But I have not given up.As per a e-mail sent last week to Amazon I was told to wait unti June 6th to see if they arrived.When this happens as per my cart I will place my next order.The reason for using your company was a Sydney radio person John Stanley Radio 2UE who gave you people big Wraps,But I will wait and see what happens this week if they arrive.


Regards,

Owen Turner
Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5 stars Steely Dan take me back!!!!.......2007-05-17

Whenever I feel the need to go back to the 70's, I think of Steely Dan Pretzel Logic. He was the best of the best and one of a kind. No one will ever come close to his musical talent and lyrics. Makes me remember those care-free days as a teenager...Friday night parties and Steely Dan was always there. Wouldn't trade one day during that time of my youth!!!!!

4 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 stars........2007-04-13

1972 through 1975 was steely dan's greatest streak. "countdown to ecstasy," is my favorite work by this great band, but "pretzel logic" is there nipping at its heels. this is exquisite pop/rock music, best heard through headphones, because the songs are alive with complexity, beautifully constructed pieces. lot's of great guitar here, too. and the good time cheer of "east st louis toodle-do," and "parker's band," is infectious. freaky lyrics, strange harmonics, and melodies that go every which way, but always down roads that are accessible and a joy to follow. this album is something special, indeed.

5 out of 5 stars Rikki don't lose that number.......2007-03-25

There's a lot more than that. I recall a reviewer once said this was the album he'd want on a desert island with him, mainly because so many different genres are represented, so you wouldn't get bored. Works for me.

5 out of 5 stars DE COMO EL POP SE VISTE DE ETIQUETA.......2007-03-14

MAGNIFICA OBRA, FESTIVA Y ALTANERA, TREPIDANDO ENTRE EL JAZZ, EL DISCO Y EL ROCKNROLL...TAMAÑA MEZCLA PODRIA TRAER EFECTOS SECUNDARIOS...NO TE PREOCUPES,LA MEDICINA TODAVIA NO PUEDE CURAR LA ADICCION A ESTA PLACA..PROBALO YA!!
Pretzel Logic
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • "Weaker" effort but still good Dan! Too bad about the Sound though!
 Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Manufacturer: Mca Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004S8BD
Release Date: 2000-07-11

Tracks:

  1. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
  2. Night by Night
  3. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
  4. Barrytown
  5. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
  6. Parker's Band
  7. Through with Buzz
  8. Pretzel Logic
  9. With a Gun
  10. Charlie Freak
  11. Monkey in Your Soul

Album Description

Limirted edition Japanese reissue of the 1974 album. Featuring the original artwork reproduced in a miniature gatefold LP sleeve. 2000 release.

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring an LP Style Slipcase for Initial Pressing. Digitally Remastered

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars "Weaker" effort but still good Dan! Too bad about the Sound though!.......2006-10-22

Did Steely Dan ever really release a bad album? Although each album had its own little idiosyncracy and in this case, the third effort, we get a little less rock and roll than in their brilliant debut album and even a little country music too! Where the debut album had that brilliant guitar track "Reelin' In the Years" and the second album had the excellent guitar playing on the opening track "Bodhisattva", we don't get any blistering guitar playing here as that instrument now blends into a supporting role where the keyboards and bass take on more of a starring role.

This album furthers upon the change in the musical direction of the Dan that started with the second album. There is an even less dependence upon rock and a greater focus on what would eventually become their recognisable trademark of jazz-rock-pop on future albums.

Why the 4 stars you may ask? Well it's nothing to do with the quality of the content with regards the brilliant songwriting and musicianship but although the mini-lp sleeve replica is very well done and includes the lyrics of all the tracks in both English and Japanese with typically humorous liner notes written in 1999 by Fagen and Becker themselves, the disc isn't remastered and so the volume levels and overall clarity of the disc is not exactly what you'd expect given the high quality sound engineering technology that is currently out there.

The good thing is that the original production quality of which the Dan has always been renowned for as being close to perfection means that the sound quality is still quite good. Still, it would have been nice given the high price of this version of the album if the powers that be had invested in a remastering from the best possible masters in the vault.

If the slightly less than optimal un-remastered sound and the expensive price doesn't deter you, this comes recommended.
Pretzel Logic
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Pretzel Logic

    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000H5TY28
    Release Date: 2006-10-03
    Can't Buy a Thrill/Pretzel Logic/The Royal Scam
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Can't Buy a Thrill/Pretzel Logic/The Royal Scam
      Steely Dan
      Manufacturer: Umvd Import
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000050W0A
      Release Date: 2005-12-06

      Tracks:

      1. Do It Again
      2. Dirty Work
      3. Kings
      4. Midnight Cruiser
      5. Only a Fool Would Say That
      6. Reelin' the Years
      7. Fire in the Hole
      8. Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)
      9. Change of the Guard
      10. Turn That Heartbeat Over Again

      Tracks:

      1. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
      2. Night by Night
      3. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
      4. Barrytown
      5. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
      6. Parker's Band
      7. Through with Buzz
      8. Pretzel Logic
      9. With a Gun
      10. Charlie Freak
      11. Monkey in Your Soul

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      1. Kid Charlemagne
      2. Caves of Altamira
      3. Don't Take Me Alive
      4. Sign in Stranger
      5. Fez
      6. Green Earrings
      7. Haitian Divorce
      8. Everything You Did
      9. Royal Scam

      Album Details

      All Albums Packaged in Separate Jewel Cases with Original Artwork.
      Pretzel Logic
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Pretzel Logic
        Steely Dan
        Manufacturer: ABC
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00005HMF9

        Tracks:

        1. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
        2. Night by Night
        3. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
        4. Barrytown
        5. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
        6. Parker's Band
        7. Through with Buzz
        8. Pretzel Logic
        9. With a Gun
        10. Charlie Freak
        11. Monkey in Your Soul

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