PRETZEL LOGIC

Well, we have soft pop tunes impeccably played, fluid, and conventional (i think of Rikki don't lose that number, which is a nice ballad).

Oftentimes, we have what I would call standard rock-soft songs, pleasant to listen to, fast-paced and I noticed some chorus similar to Crosby, Stills, Nash (we can feel it, especially in Rikki Don't Lose That Number and With a gun).

And some off-the-beaten-track tunes like East St Louis, a pure traditional instrumental that seems out of place but is very welcome as an interlude (Btw, it is the single jazz-grounded track on this album), or intimist song ( Any Major Dude Will Tell You), or a saddening ritornello (Charlie freak).

Overall, it is a very pleasant album to listen though it contains several songs appreciable but unmemorable ( Night By Night, Barrytown or Parker's land) and others more atypical, more "hidden".

This is not so jazzy, kinda soft pop/rock. I saw a wink to Chicago Transit Authority, same period, similar style, in the eponym song Pretzel Logic, but excepting that, it fails to fall into the category of jazz rock for me.

I'll give this album a 3 with the desirable critic of rather an ordinary album but nice to listen to plus a few real gems.

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