On their third album, Steely Dan got a little weirder, funnier, and more obscure. Pretzel Logic, released in 1974, is way out there much of the time, making the moments when Donald Fagen and Walter ...

A Vulture series in which studio musicians select their best performances. “We were baffled because, to us, it was very much a ‘Here’s the 11th-hour, late-bloomer song that went on the record.’” Photo ...