Pretzel Logic

1. 01Rikki Don't Lose That Number4:09
2. 02Night by Night3:40
3. 03Any Major Dude Will Tell You3:08
4. 04Barrytown3:22
5. 05East St. Louis Toodle-Oo2:50
6. 06Parker's Band2:45

Pretzel Logic is the third studio album by the American jazz-rock band Steely Dan, originally released in 1974. The album's opening song, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", became the band's biggest hit, reaching #4 on the charts soon after the release of the album. The album itself went gold, and then platinum, reaching #8 on the charts. The album was also highly regarded critically, appearing near the top of several end-of-year polls including the number one slot on NME Album of the Year and the number two spot on the Village Voice end-of-year list compiled by Robert Christgau. In 2003, it was placed at number 385 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Steely Dan was still considered a true “group” at the time this, their third album, was released; in addition to core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, guitarists Jeff “Skunk” Baxter and Denny Dias and drummer Jim Hodder (as well as multi-instrumentalist Victor Feldman) had appeared on both previous Steely Dan releases along with a host of session aces; all five appeared on the inside cover of the album, though Hodder was replaced on drums by Jim Gordon and Jeff Porcaro for the recordin…