Pretzel Logic  for me  

FM was written for the 1978 movie of the same name, I don't recall that it was suppose to be on Aja since that came out in 1977. For sure they could have written it at the same time. The FM movie soundtrack was a hit fest of songs, somewhere I have that record that became a platinum selling album.

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Aja.  When this came out, I loved the title song and especially Steve Gadd's work on the drums.  But I always found the album too restrained, pleading for the rocking guitar solo that never came.  As I aged,  I really started to appreciate this album and SD in general.  

Likewise.  Scam just has that jazz-fusion fizz I like.  And amazing leads.  Not that Aja doesn't, but a bit more amazing on Scam.

I find that all my favorite tracks by them could each be found on different albums.

If I had a limited number of desert island LPs, I would say everything but Everything Must Go must go.

Countdown to Ecstasy (1973), but the rest are also good

Gaucho is very overlooked album from their catalogue, the piece Glamour Profession is among their best pieces for sure and one of my fav aswell

That's kind of how I feel about the Beatles. I think they were more of a singles band. Not that the Beatles made bad albums but I think their music worked better as compilations or individual songs rather than whole albums(Sgt. Pepper being a possible exception). I suppose you could say that about a lot of bands though. Sooner or later most bands fizzle out and aren't really capable of making great albums front to back (imo). 

No I agree about THE BEATLES but I think the music industry back then was so focussed on singles over albums, especially their earlier ones. Rubber Soul and Revolver is where it started to change and like you said Sgt Peppers sees them full into album music.
I'm a big fan of three songs off that Can't Buy A Thrill record but it's still only a 3 star record for me.

The ones that were heard on the radio? I like most of it. I think side one is more or less perfect with "Kings" being a  very underrated song by them. Side two is a bit hit or miss but it starts out good with "reeling in the years." I need to add a few SD to my collection. I think they were a pretty solid band and I will say that there's really no other band who sounds like them. Also, I think radio stations had a hard time with trying to figure out how to promote them and label them. Were they jazz? Were they rock? They weren't really fusion and they weren't really typical jazz rock either but I suppose if pressed jazz rock would fit the best imo. Actually much of their music could probably be considered a precursor to what became known as smooth jazz. Some fans might be insulted by that but some of the smooth jazz stuff really was actually pretty decent until Kenny G ruined it. Lol. Listen to those early Spyro Gyra albums for example.

Reelin' In The Years is one I remember hearing on the radio a lot when I was a kid and I always liked it. Dirty Work and Do It Again were almost as enjoyable but without the energy. And Rikki Don't Lose That Number from Pretzel Logic is such a feel good track for me. There's others but for me they aren't an album band, it was about a few great songs and the rest. I'm so not into highs and lows when it comes to records.