The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project

[TrainFan73]

But is it a beige wall you are staring at?

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I have to agree with Lee on this, 3/5. The foundation is there (lyrics) but the music is not quite.

 

[jt4527]

Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
I scored another record down previously in the list for being too polished and too well constructed, and I think I shall have to do the same here.

I initially scored this a 3 when I listened to it (for the first time ever) in my solo listen through, but I think it is only fair and consistent that I score it a 2 on a re-listen. It is all a bit boring at the end of the day.

2 / 5 stars.

 

[Poly-Rythmo]

This contains perhaps my favourite Steely Dan song in "Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me) so it is an album that I have a big soft spot for. Still remember buying the CD boxset as a 14yo and one of my first ever solo purchases. I'm not doing the project any more but it would have to be a 4.5 for me

 

[dbarila]

I don't know much Steely Dan. But this album is just going to be a "oh, I recognize that song" isn't it? (Probably mostly from the in store music when I worked at Sears back in the day)

 

[Bohnjaggs]

I still regret not going to see Steely Dan when they played Coachella. I didn't know much of their material at the time.

 

[Hemotep]

4/24/23

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill



Allmusic Review:

Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan | Album | AllMusic

Can't Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan released in 1972. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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This one even has a Steely Dan song I like on it. 1/5

 

[dbarila]

I actually enjoyed that Steely Dan album a lot more than I thought I would. It's been a pretty solid week of 3/5's.

 

[Hemotep]

This one even has a Steely Dan song I like on it. 1/5

I feel like one ok song maybe edges this toward a 2, but this is only the third album I've desperately not wanted to listen to on this list so far.

 

[avecigrec]

4/24/23

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill



Allmusic Review:

Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan | Album | AllMusic

Can't Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan released in 1972. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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So, if these dildos are named after a sex toy, is "Dirty Work" about a sex toy going on strike?

I don't know yet if this is a 1 or 2 for me but it's definitely not something I plan to listen to again other than when it comes up in my personal project - and even then, begrudgingly.

Yeah, 1/5 for me.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

So, if these dildos are named after a sex toy, is "Dirty Work" about a sex toy going on strike?

it’s not too far off. The song is about a dude that is tired of being “the other man”.

 

[Bohnjaggs]

I listened to T Rex and Steely Dan today, since I own both of them on vinyl. I give them a 4 and 3 respectively.

I'm honestly surprised by all the Steely Dan hate here.

 

[TrainFan73]

4/25/233

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy



Allmusic review:

Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain | Album | AllMusic

Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain released in 1985. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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[TrainFan73]

paging @Yer Ol' Uncle D

 

[TrainFan73]

Until Palmer starts singing, Dirty Work could be a Wallflowers song.

 

[TrainFan73]

Midnight Cruiser is like some lost Tom Petty song until it gets to the refrain.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I listened to T Rex and Steely Dan today, since I own both of them on vinyl. I give them a 4 and 3 respectively.

I'm honestly surprised by all the Steely Dan hate here.

As a former Steely Dan hater myself, I get it. They are an easy band to rag on. Once I allowed myself to give them an honest listen I finally understood the appeal and embraced there clinically pristine production of easy listening jazz-rock fusion cut against biting sardonic witty lyrics. It works for me.

 

[TrainFan73]

I like Steely Dan, this album is weak, but Steely Dan is good. Aja is an all time classic. I have slowly been checking out their other albums and they are all better than Can't Buy a Thrill and I gave it a 3, so I don't hate it. It just is (mostly) not as inspired as their later albums.

 

[TrainFan73]

Probably because I have not spent as much time with Psychocandy as I should, I never made the Velvet Underground connection until right now...

 

[Whiteout75]

I don't really hate Steely Dan either. It just isn't my genre, I guess.

Now Psycho Candy: This i probably an easy five for me, but I realized I haven't listened to it in a long time, so I'll do that first, and will probably write something about it låter.