Episode Details

In this episode of CLASSIC ROCK ALBUM OLYMPICS, music historians Gary Wenstrup and Robert Rodriguez pull Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy A Thrill off the shelf and discuss which songs earn their gold, silver and bronze medals.  Can’t Buy A Thrill was the band’s 1972 debut.   It reached #17 on the album charts and placed two songs in the Top Twenty: Do It Again and Reelin’ in the Years.  Songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen delivered a gender-bending album with jazz and Latin rhythm tones, pop/rock hooks and cryptic lyrics.  Steely Dan made pop music for people who did not think they liked pop music. 

Medal Winners:

Reelin’ In The Years

Only A Fool Would Say That

Midnite Cruiser

Do It Again

Dirty Work

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