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Only a Fool Would Say That" is a song by the American rock band Steely Dan from their 1972 debut album Can't Buy a Thrill, written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker 1973 song by Steely Dan "Only a Fool Would Say That"
Two songs recorded during the Can't Buy a Thrill sessions were left off the album and released as a single: "Dallas" b/w "Sail the Waterway". [6] This is the only Steely Dan album to include David Palmer as a lead vocalist, having been recruited after Donald Fagen expressed concerns over singing live.
The set is not a complete compilation of every track released by Steely Dan up to 1993. Missing are both sides of the band's 1972 debut single ("Dallas" b/w "Sail the Waterway"), neither of which has ever been re-issued on CD, because of the band's dislike of the songs. The compilation was the first release of the remastered versions of Steely ...
All songs are written and composed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Side one; No. Title Album taken from Length; 1. "Do It Again" Can't Buy a Thrill, 1972: 5:51: 2.
All songs by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, unless otherwise noted. Disc one ... "Only a Fool Would Say That" Can't Buy a Thrill: 2:57: 5. "Change of the Guard"
He also sang lead on most of Steely Dan's songs when performed live during their early concerts because of Fagen's early-career stage fright before audiences. [6] Fagen eventually took lead vocals and Palmer left the band, although Palmer did contribute backing vocals on the band's subsequent release, Countdown to Ecstasy .
The song was included on the band's 1972 debut album Can't Buy a Thrill.The same year it was released as a single on the Probe label in the Netherlands. [6]AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes "Dirty Work" as a "terrific pop song that subvert[s] traditional conventions" and is one of the best songs on Can't Buy a Thrill, [7] while MusicHound author Gary Graff refers to it as being ...
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