Título: Steely Dan
Seção: Pretzel Logic and Katy Lied (1974-1976)
Background: Steely Dan is an American rock band founded by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972. Blending elements of jazz, traditional pop, R&B, and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial success starting from the early 1970s until breaking up in 1981. Throughout their career, the duo recorded with a revolving cast of session musicians, and in 1974 retired from live performances to become a studio-only band. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies".

Conteúdo: Pretzel Logic was released in early 1974. A diverse set, it includes the group's most successful single "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (No. 4) and a note-for-note rendition of Duke Ellington and James "Bubber" Miley's "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo".  During the previous album's tour, the band had added vocalist-percussionist Royce Jones, vocalist-keyboardist Michael McDonald, and session drummer Jeff Porcaro (of Sonny & Cher). Porcaro contributed significantly to Pretzel Logic (as he would on future Steely Dan recordings), reflecting Steely Dan's increasing reliance on session musicians (including Dean Parks and Rick Derringer). Drummer Jeff Porcaro and Katy Lied pianist David Paich would go on to form Toto. Striving for perfection, Becker and Fagen sometimes asked musicians to record as many as forty takes of each track.  Pretzel Logic was the first Steely Dan album to feature Walter Becker on guitar. "Once I met (session musician) Chuck Rainey", he explained, "I felt there really was no need for me to be bringing my bass guitar to the studio anymore".  A rift began growing between Becker-Fagen and Steely Dan's other members (particularly Baxter and Hodder), who wanted to tour. Becker and Fagen disliked constant touring and wanted to concentrate solely on writing and recording. The other members gradually left the band, discouraged by this and by their diminishing roles in the studio. However, Dias remained with the group until 1980's Gaucho and Michael McDonald contributed voca

user: what was pretzel logic

assistant: Pretzel Logic was released in early 1974. A diverse set,

user: was it succesful?

assistant: it includes the group's most successful single

user: what was the single?

assistant: "Rikki Don't Lose That Number

user: did it win any awards

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: When was Katy lied released

assistant: Becker and Fagen recruited a diverse group of session players for Katy Lied (1975),

user: who produced it

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: did it have any singles?

assistant: "Black Friday" and "Bad Sneakers",

user: how did they do on the charts?

assistant: The album went gold

user: dd you find anything else interesting?

assistant: Becker and Fagen were so dissatisfied with the album's sound (compromised by a faulty DBX noise reduction system) that they publicly apologized for it

user: which album?

assistant: Katy Lied

user: did they do anything else besides apologize?

assistant: for years refused to listen to it in its final form.