CAN'T BUY A THRILL

Steely Dan has their own status in the world of tasteful music. People who never heard about prog-rock, and who even don't care about it, like their music. And music fanatics, who can speak about Trey Gunn's importance in KC MkIII, like them as well. So, just take it easy...

Debut album of these two guys (plus huge team of other musicians, as usual for them) is real Steely Dan. Golden melodies, well calculated and well crafted songs,warm sound.

OK, you can hear much more r'n'b or blues-rock roots there. And still less jazz, as it will happens later. But you can't make a mistake, no way - it's Steely Dan's music from very first sound.So, if you like them, you will accept this album with pleasure. If not - you will stay with your opinion as well.

I don't think that discussion about how proggy are Steely Dan has any sense. They have their own style, intelectual pop/soft rock , well arranged, often with jazzy clothes. It variates from album to album,getting it's peak in "Aja" album. All other their works are the same formula with some different nuances.

For sure, the first album isn't perfect, but even there you can hear some perfect things (near very average things). I think, they just show us example what quality pop-rock should be.