Label: Geffen Records (Japan), UICY-93517
Style: Jazz Rock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock
Country: New York, U.S.
Time: 34:03
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 227 Mb
Charts: US #8, AUS #18, CAN #5, NZ #23, UK #37. UK: Silver; US: Platinum.
Pretzel Logic contains shorter songs and fewer instrumental jams than Steely Dan's previous album, Countdown to Ecstasy (1973), as the group had decided to attempt to produce complete musical statements within the three-minute pop-song format. Music critic Robert Christgau wrote that the album's solos are "functional rather than personal or expressive, locked into the workings of the music".
The music on the album is characterized by harmonies, counter-melodies, and bop phrasing, and often relies on straightforward pop influences. The syncopated piano line that opens "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" develops into a pop melody, and the title track transitions from a blues song to a jazzy chorus.
Steely Dan often incorporated jazz into their music during the 1970s. For example, on this album, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" appropriates the bass pattern from Horace Silver's 1965 song "Song for My Father", and "Parker's Band" features riffs influenced by Charlie Parker and a lyric that invites listeners to "take a piece of Mr. Parker's band." Baxter's guitar playing drew on jazz and rock and roll influences, and on the instrumental cover of Duke Ellington's "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo", he recreates a classic Tricky Sam Nanton trombone solo on pedal steel. On that same track, Walter Becker uses talk box guitar to recreate James "Bubber" Miley's famous plunger-muted trumpet melody. Certain songs on the album incorporate additional instrumentation, including exotic percussion, violin sections, bells, and horns. Victor Feldman played a flapamba solo to introduce the song "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" on the album, but this intro was removed from the single release upon orders from Geffen Records.
"Charlie Freak" recounts the tale of a vagrant drug-addict who sells his only possession—a gold ring—to the narrator so he can buy a fix, which kills him.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretzel_Logic)
01. Rikki Don't Lose That Number (04:33)
02. Night By Night (03:40)
03. Any Major Dude Will Tell You (03:08)
04. Barrytown (03:22)
05. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (02:49)
06. Parker's Band (02:45)
07. Through With Buzz (01:34)
08. Pretzel Logic (04:32)
09. With A Gun (02:18)
10. Charlie Freak (02:44)
11. Monkey In Your Soul (02:34)
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