Steely Dan : Can't Buy a Thrill

YOU GO BACK, JACK

DO IT AGAIN,

WHEEL TURNIN'

ROUND AND ROUND

 Can't Buy a Thrill

 is the debut 

studio album 

by American 

Rock band 

Steely Dan

 released in 

November 1972,

 by ABC Records.

 It was written by

 band members 

Walter Becker 

and

 Donald Fagen, 

and recorded in 

August 1972 

at the Village Recorder

 in Los Angeles 

with producer 

Gary Katz. 

The album is one of 

Steely Dan's 

most stylistically eclectic, 

encompassing the

 sounds of 

soft rock,

 pop rock 

and 

jazz rock, 

alongside philosophical, 

elliptical lyrics.

A commercial success, 

Can't Buy a Thrill 

peaked at number 17

 on the US Billboard

Top LPs & Tape chart, 

bolstered by the

 popular singles 

"Do It Again" 

and 

"Reelin' In the Years", 

and was eventually 

certified platinum 

by the Recording

 Industry Association

 of America (RIAA). 

It was also met with

 positive reviews 

and has appeared on

 many retrospective

 "greatest albums" lists,

 including 

Rolling Stone magazine's 

"500 Greatest Albums 

of All Time" (2003).

Recording

Steely Dan 

recorded the album

 in August 1972

 at the

 Village Recorder

 in Los Angeles.

 Two songs recorded 

during the 

Can't Buy a Thrill 

sessions 

were left off the album 

and released as a single:

 "Dallas" b/w "Sail the Waterway". 

This is the only 

Steely Dan album 

to include

 David Palmer

 as a lead vocalist, 

having been recruited

 after 

Donald Fagen 

expressed concerns

 over singing live.

Drummer 

Jim Hodder 

contributes lead vocals 

on one song, 

"Midnite Cruiser"

 (sometimes spelled "Midnight Cruiser");

 he also sang

 "Dallas".

 By the time recording

 of the next album began,

 the band and producer

 Gary Katz

 had convinced

 Fagen to assume

 the full lead

 vocalist role.

TRACKLIST

Do It Again

Dirty Work

Kings

Midnite Cruiser

Only A Fool Would Say That

Reelin' In The Years

Fire In The Hole

Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me)

Change Of The Guard

Turn That Heartbeat Over Again

Dallas (A Side)

Sail the Waterway (B Side)

Reelin' In The Years (Remix)

Do It Again (Remix)

Dirty Work (Vocal, Bass, Drums)

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