 Instead of trying to, quote, sound just like a record on the phonograph, the touring that's mentioned is what Becker and Fagan wanted to stop doing. After this album, Steely Dan wouldn't perform in public again for decades. Indeed, after Pretzel Logic, there was no Steely Dan band. It was just Fagan and Becker as creatures of the recording studio, employing an endless variety of esteemed session musicians to execute their tricky compositions.