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| Artist: | Steely Dan |
| Title: | Steely Dan Two Against Nature Analogue Productions 180gm vinyl 2LP 45rpm |
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| Released: | 04/06/2022 |
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| Format: | 180GM VINYL 2LP AUDIOPHILE |
| Country | US |
| Barcode: | 753088014178 |
| Catalogue number: | AAPP141-45 |
| SKU: | HOM00976 |
| Condition: | NEW |
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| Genre: | Classic Rock |
| Categories: | New Vinyl In This Week , Vinyl Arrivals Just In |
Two Against Nature — Steely Dan's Grammy winner for Album of the Year!
The brilliance of Steely Dan remastered and reissued by Analogue Productions!
Recorded to a multi-track analog tape, mixed to 24/96 and mastered and cut by Scott Hull at Masterdisk.
180-gram 45 RPM double LP pressed by Quality Record Pressings!
Tip-on old style gatefold jacket by Stoughton Printing
Two Against Nature brought Steely Dan renewed commercial and critical success. Their first studio album after a 20-year hiatus, the album was released on February 29, 2000. At Metacritic.com, which assigns a rating on a scale of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album drew a "generally favorable" average score of 77, based on 13 reviews.
Writing in March 2000 for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau applauded the music as an excellent "rock comeback" and a "jumpier and snappier, sourer and trickier and less soothing" iteration of the jazz pop featured on Steely Dan's 1977 album Aja, describing it as "postfunk." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic appreciated the "sharp humor" in the lyrics, but was especially impressed by the music's "depth and character," as he observed "nearly endless permutations within their signature sound."
Analogue Productions is honored to reissue this Steely Dan album in a way that best shares the group's unmistakable sound with decades of devoted fans. This reissue is newly remastered from the original source and cut at 45 RPM. The dead-quiet double-LP, with the music spread over four sides of vinyl, reduces distortion and high frequency loss as the wider-spaced grooves let your stereo cartridge track more accurately. The result is more sonic punch and more expression is captured. The Quality Record Pressings 180-gram vinyl ensures a virtually silent playing surface.
Founded by core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan's popularity rose throughout the late 1970s on, and their seven albums over that period of time blended elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop. Steely Dan created a sophisticated, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the recording studio. Becker and Fagen, with producer Gary Katz, gradually changed Steely Dan from a performing band to a studio project, hiring session musicians to record their compositions. The duo didn't perform live between 1974 and 1993. But their popularity nevertheless grew throughout the '70s as their albums became critical favorites and their singles became staples of Adult Oriented Radio and pop radio stations.
Becker (bass) and Fagen (vocals, keyboards) were the core members of Steely Dan throughout its incarnations. Since reuniting in 1993, Steely Dan has toured steadily and released two albums of new material, the first of which, Two Against Nature (2000) earned a Grammy Award at the 2001 ceremony for Album of the Year as well as three other Grammys: Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Engineered Album — Non-Classical, and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (for the single "Cousin Dupree"). Commercially, it peaked at No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and sold more than 1 million copies, earning a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.
After a brief battle with esophageal cancer, Walter Becker died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 67. Steely Dan has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2001. VH1 ranked Steely Dan at No. 82 on their list of the 100 Greatest Musical Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone ranked them No. 15 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time.
| A1 | Gaslighting Abbie Arranged By [Horns] - Donald Fagen Arranged By [Horns] - Michael Leonhart Arranged By [Horns] - Walter Becker Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Carolyn Leonhart Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Cynthia Calhoun Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Michael Harvey Bass - Tom Barney Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg Clarinet - Lawrence Feldman Drums - Ricky Lawson Electric Piano [Rhodes], Clavinet - Donald Fagen Guitar [Guitars] - Walter Becker Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax Solo], Soloist - Chris Potter (2) Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] - Dave Tofani Trombone - Jim Pugh Trumpet - Michael Leonhart |
5:54 |
| A2 | What A Shame About Me Arranged By [Horns] - Donald Fagen Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Carolyn Leonhart Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Cynthia Calhoun Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Michael Harvey Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] - Roger Rosenberg Bass, Guitar [Guitars] - Walter Becker Drums - Michael White (5) Electric Piano [Rhodes], Piano - Donald Fagen Percussion - Gordon Gottlieb Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] - Lou Marini Trombone - Jim Pugh Trumpet - Michael Leonhart |
5:15 |
| B1 | Two Against Nature Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Carolyn Leonhart Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Cynthia Calhoun Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Michael Harvey Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg Bass, Lead Guitar - Walter Becker Clarinet - Ken Hitchcock Drums - Keith Carlock Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Donald Fagen Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Trumpet, Arranged By [Horns] - Michael Leonhart Percussion - Gordon Gottlieb Rhythm Guitar - Jon Herington Saxophone - Dave Tofani Saxophone - Lawrence Feldman Timbales, Percussion - Daniel Sadownick Trombone - Jim Pugh Vibraphone [Vibes] - Steve Shapiro |
6:18 |
| B2 | Janie Runaway Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax Solo], Soloist - Chris Potter (2) Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] - Lou Marini Backing Vocals [Backup Vocal] - Carolyn Leonhart Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg Bass, Guitar [Guitars] - Walter Becker Drums - Leroy Clouden Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Ted Baker Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Arranged By [Horns] - Donald Fagen Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] - Lawrence Feldman Trumpet - Michael Leonhart |
4:08 |
| B3 | Almost Gothic Acoustic Guitar - Jon Herington Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Carolyn Leonhart Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Michael Harvey Bass - Walter Becker Bass Clarinet - Roger Rosenberg Clarinet, Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] - Lawrence Feldman Drums - Leroy Clouden Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Ted Baker Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Arranged By [Horns] - Donald Fagen Guitar - Hugh McCracken Percussion - Gordon Gottlieb Trombone - Jim Pugh Trumpet - Michael Leonhart |
4:10 |
| C1 | Jack Of Speed Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] - Lou Marini Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Cynthia Calhoun Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Michael Harvey Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] - Roger Rosenberg Bass, Guitar [Guitars] - Walter Becker Drums - Michael White (5) Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Arranged By [Horns] - Donald Fagen Percussion - Gordon Gottlieb Percussion - Will Lee Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] - Lawrence Feldman Trombone - Jim Pugh Trumpet - Michael Leonhart |
6:19 |
| C2 | Cousin Dupree Backing Vocals [Backup Vocal] - Carolyn Leonhart Bass, Guitar [Guitars] - Walter Becker Drums - Leroy Clouden Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Ted Baker Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] - Donald Fagen Rhythm Guitar - Jon Herington Whistling [Whistler] - Amy Helm |
5:28 |
| D1 | Negative Girl Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Carolyn Leonhart Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Cynthia Calhoun Bass - Tom Barney Drums - Vinnie Colaiuta Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Ted Baker Guitar [Guitars] - Dean Parks Guitar [Guitars] - Paul Jackson Jr. Vibraphone [Vibes] - Dave Schenk |
5:35 |
| D2 | West Of Hollywood Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Carolyn Leonhart Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Cynthia Calhoun Backing Vocals [Backup Vocals] - Michael Harvey Bass - Tom Barney Drums - Sonny Emory Lead Guitar - Walter Becker Organ - Donald Fagen Percussion - Gordon Gottlieb Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Ted Baker Rhythm Guitar [Rhythm Guitars] - Jon Herington Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax Solo], Soloist - Chris Potter (2) |
8:21 |
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