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Pretzel Logic was released by ABC Records on February 20, 1974, [15] and it sold well. [9] In the United States, it charted at number 8 on the Billboard 200 and became Steely Dan's third album to be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [16]
Steely Dan FAQ author Anthony Robustelli describes "Pretzel Logic" as a bluesy shuffle about time travel. [7] Fagen has stated that the lyrics, including anachronistic references to Napoleon and minstrel shows, are about time travel. [8] [7] According to Robustelli, the "platform" referred to in the song's bridge is the time travel machine. [7]
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" is a single released in 1974 by rock/jazz rock group Steely Dan and the opening track of their third album Pretzel Logic. It was the most successful single of the group's career, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1974. [3]
"Any Major Dude Will Tell You" is a song written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker that was first released by Steely Dan on their 1974 album Pretzel Logic. It was also released as the B-side of the first single from that album "Rikki Don't Lose That Number". It was later released on several of the band's compilation albums.
In The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Rob Sheffield said the album completed a trilogy of Steely Dan albums (the other parts being Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) and Pretzel Logic) that is "a rock version of Chinatown, a film noir tour of L.A.'s decadent losers, showbiz kids, and razor boys". [17]
Citizen Steely Dan is a four-CD box set compilation album by ... Pretzel Logic (1974) 4:07: 4. "Night by Night" ... Walter Becker – bass, guitar, harmonica, trumpet ...
With Steely Dan. Can't Buy a Thrill (ABC, 1972) Countdown to Ecstasy (ABC, 1973) Pretzel Logic (ABC, 1974) Katy Lied (ABC, 1975) The Royal Scam (ABC, 1976) Aja (ABC, 1977) With others. Soundtrack to You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat (1971) with Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, credited as Denny Diaz
Baxter appeared with Steely Dan on their first three albums, Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972, Countdown to Ecstasy in 1973, and Pretzel Logic in 1974. He contributed the guitar fills and signature solo heard on the group's highest charting hit "Rikki Don't Lose That Number." [12]