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, and marked the first Steely Dan studio album in 20 years, following 1980's Gaucho. It has been certified 2× Platinum in the US.
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). It beat The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem and Kid A by Radiohead for Album of the Year at the Grammys, which led to much criticism.
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Metacritic | 77/100 |
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Robert Christgau | (A) |
Entertainment Weekly | (A) |
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