Steely Dan, Pretzel Logic (1974)
![Pretzel](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F213ef1be-d466-4da2-a2f2-8ceb03229042_223x226.jpeg)
A key album this – for both the band and me. It was the first Steely Dan LP I heard – the first album away from all the singles I knew and a couple of Greatest Hits-type compilations. It’s also the bridging album for the band between being an actual group and being whatever Walter Becker and Donald Fagen as musical-auteur…
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