Two Against Nature

How can this album have no reviews? It won a grammy for "Album of the Year" in 2000!

I disagree with those who say this music is "sterile" and "too digital". It's pure genius! And those lyrics... ""Maybe it's the skeevy look in your eyes/ Or your mind has turned to applesauce/The dreary architecture of your soul..." It doesn't get better than this folks. And just like they made a trippy disco number about wearing a condom ("The Fez", The Royal Scam, 1976) and made it work, here they do a country-beat fusion about a player trying to seduce his younger cousin ("Cousin Dupree"), or a twisted, catchy tune about a man and his mistress working a plan to drive his wife crazy ("Gaslighting Abbie") and make THAT work. Crazy-assed, dark , taboo subjects juxtaposed with bright, popping, sunny sounds? No problem. Want smooth jazz with double and triple entendres in the lyrics? No problem. Want something so dark you pray for sunlight? No problem. After all, this is Steely Dan.

Who the hell makes a comeback after twenty years, keeps what was best and build on it? Becker and Fagen.

This record sounds parched, thin, and insanely digital. I just wish they had recorded to analog tape like Aja or Gaucho because these songs just feel sterile as an operating table and equally soulless. My 2c.

This album continues not where Gaucho left off, but where Fagen (and Becker) left off with their solo releases. There are many catchy melodies and hooks, and of course the usual studio perfectionism. It is nice to see Steely Dan continuing to move forward with a new sound, while remaining solidly entrenched in their own unique style and brand of music.

All the time

Musicianship and studio wizardry aside, there are no memorable melodies or hooks on this release. For a Steely Dan fan, it's hard to put this in the canon. The fact that this may have won Album of the Year means little (to me, at least) as it sure appeared to be an award for simply getting the Dan back together.

Who is kidding who here? It ain't the Steely Dan of yore….some tunes are OK….sorry - and I was/am a big fan….

I was so blown away as a kid when this album first came out. My parents always listened to Steely Dan so I grew up listening to their stuff from the 70's. I was a big fan of Eminem back in the "Marshall Mathers LP" days, but I still remember that Grammy night and being absolutely excited and completely shocked that this beat it out for Album of the Year. Oh and 'Janie Runaway' is my favorite song off this album.

They're dope, I used to listen to this album when I was a little kid. Now I'm a young up and coming rapper that's influenced by this great work. I love it..