Two Against Nature | ||||
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Studio album by Steely Dan | ||||
Released | February 29, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1997–99 | |||
Genre | Jazz rock | |||
Length | 51:25 | |||
Label | Giant | |||
Producer | Walter Becker, Donald Fagen | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 77/100 |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Robert Christgau | (A) |
Entertainment Weekly | (A) |
The Guardian | positive |
Mojo | |
NME | |
Pitchfork | 1.6/10 |
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Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music |
Two Against Nature is the eighth album by Steely Dan, released in 2000. The album won the group four Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. It marked the first Steely Dan studio album in 20 years, following 1980's Gaucho. It has been certified platinum in the United States.
Two Against Nature marked Steely Dan's long-awaited debut for Warner Bros. Records - through a sub-label, Giant Records. They intended to release Gaucho on Warner Bros. after their longtime label ABC Records merged with MCA Records, but MCA claimed ownership of the master recordings. As a result, the band was forced to release Gaucho on MCA (which has since been absorbed into Geffen Records). The group's leaders, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, accepted all four Grammys the album won, including Album of the Year.
All songs written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.