Can't Buy a Thrill
Can't Buy a Thrill is the debut studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released by ABC Records in November 1972. 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, folk rock, jazz-rock and pop, alongside philosophical, elliptical lyrics.
| Can't Buy a Thrill | ||||
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| Studio album by Steely Dan | ||||
| Released | November 1972 | |||
| Recorded | August 1972 | |||
| Studio | Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California | |||
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| Length | 40:57 | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Producer | Gary Katz | |||
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A commercial success, in the United States Can't Buy a Thrill peaked at number 17 on the Billboard albums 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. 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).