The Full Wiki

Two Against Nature: Wikis
  

Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles.

Encyclopedia

Updated live from Wikipedia, last check: May 18, 2013 15:25 UTC (45 seconds ago)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Two Against Nature
Studio album by Steely Dan
Released February 29, 2000
Recorded 1997-1999
Genre Rock
Length 51:25
Label Giant
Producer Walter Becker,
Donald Fagen
Professional reviews
Steely Dan chronology
Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party
(2000)		 Two Against Nature
(2000)		 Everything Must Go
(2003)

Two Against Nature is an album by Steely Dan, released in 2000. The album won the group four Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, and marked the first Steely Dan studio album in 20 years, following 1980's Gaucho. It has been certified platinum twice in America.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

  1. "Gaslighting Abbie" – 5:53
  2. "What a Shame About Me" – 5:17
  3. "Two Against Nature" – 6:17
  4. "Janie Runaway" – 4:09
  5. "Almost Gothic" – 4:09
  6. "Jack of Speed" – 6:17
  7. "Cousin Dupree" – 5:28
  8. "Negative Girl" – 5:34
  9. "West of Hollywood" – 8:21

Personnel

Production

  • Producers: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
  • Executive engineer: Roger Nichols
  • Engineers: Phil Burnett, Per-Christian Nielsen, Johan Edlund, Anthony Gorman, Roger Nichols, Ken Ross, Dave Russell, Jay A. Ryan, Elliot Scheiner, Peta Scriba
  • Mixing: Roger Nichols, Dave Russell
  • Mastering: Scott Hull
  • Assistants: Suzy Barrows, Reaann Zschokke
  • Technician: Roger Nichols
  • Editing: Jan Folkson
  • Horn arrangements: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, Michael Leonhart
  • Project Manager: Jill Dell'Abate
  • Project Coordinator: Suzana Haugh
  • Consultant: Michael Leonhart
  • Piano Tuner: Sam Berd
  • Design: Carol Bobolts
  • Photography: Walter Becker
  • Copyist: Michael Leonhart

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
The Billboard 200 6
Top Internet Albums 2

Awards

2001 Grammy Awards

Winner Category
"Cousin Dupree" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Two Against Nature Album of the Year
Two Against Nature Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
Two Against Nature Best Pop Vocal Album

External links

Steely Dan
Walter Becker • Donald Fagen
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter • Denny Dias • Jim Hodder • Michael McDonald • David Palmer • Jeff Porcaro • Royce Jones
Studio albums
Can't Buy a Thrill (1972)  • Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)  • Pretzel Logic (1974)  • Katy Lied (1975)  • The Royal Scam (1976)  • Aja (1977)  • Gaucho (1980)  • Two Against Nature (2000)  • Everything Must Go (2003)
Live albums
Compilations
Greatest Hits • Steely Dan • Gold • A Decade of Steely Dan • Reelin' In the Years • Do It Again • Citizen Steely Dan • Then and Now • Showbiz Kids • Definitive Collection
Songs
"Do It Again" • "Reelin' In the Years" • "Dirty Work" • "My Old School" • "Pretzel Logic" • "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" • "Charlie Freak" • "Bad Sneakers" • "Kid Charlemagne" • "The Royal Scam" • "Black Cow" • "Aja" • "Deacon Blues" • "Peg" • "Home at Last" • "FM (No Static At All)" • "Hey Nineteen" • "Time Out of Mind" • "Babylon Sisters" • "Everything You Did" • "Cousin Dupree" • For more, see discography.
Related articles







Got something to say? Make a comment.
Your name
Your email address
Message