As we’ve covered earlier in the reviews of this album, there are a number of new players and even a new strategy represented by Two Against Nature. You May Also Like: No related posts.

If Two Against Nature was a somewhat unlikely winner Grammy winner for 2001, Album of the Year, the song “Cousin Dupree” was an even more unlikely winner for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. You May Also Like: Steely Dan, “Glamour Profession” from ‘Northeast Corridor’ (2021):Read More

If Two Against Nature came out as a L.P. the song “Jack of Speed” would have made a perfect side two opener. It’s funky, it rocks, it’s sophisticated. You May Also Like: Walter Becker, “Hard Up Case (Live at Slim’s 1995)” (2024): Steely Dan Sunday

<<< BACKWARD (“Janie Runaway”) ||| ONWARD (“Jack Of Speed”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** Not many Billboard top 10 albums have a homage to hookers, but Two Against Nature continues the Steely Dan tradition You May Also Like: Steely Dan, “Glamour Profession” from ‘Northeast Corridor’ (2021): Steely DanRead More

Keith Carlock was under the impression he would never be used as a Steely Dan drummer again. Of course, the rest is history.

It’s interesting to note that Alive in America ends the way the 1994 concerts actually started. The title song from the album Aja made its complete debut on Steely Dan’s second tour of the 90’s in 1994. You May Also Like: Steely Dan, “Kid Charlemagne” from ‘Northeast Corridor’ (2021): SteelyRead More

<<< BACKWARD (“Kid Charlemagne [Live]”) ||| ONWARD (“Aja [Live]”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** How do you follow-up an iconic rock, funk rave-up like “Kid Charlemagne”? You May Also Like: Steely Dan, “Kid Charlemagne” from ‘Northeast Corridor’ (2021): Steely Dan Sunday Steely Dan, “Reelin’ in the Years [Live]”Read More

<<< BACKWARD (“Third World Man [Live]”) ||| ONWARD (“Sign In Stranger [Live]”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** Let’s face it, last week was a bit of a snoozer. The live version of “Third World Man” proves that you can take a great song and file down the edges.Read More

<<< BACKWARD (“Peg [Live]”) ||| ONWARD (“Kid Charlemagne [Live]”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** (S. Victor Aaron: “Babylon Sisters” and “Third World Man” stand apart from the rest of the fare found on Goucho and perhaps they’re being the two songs representing for that album on Alive InRead More

<<< BACKWARD (“Book Of Liars [Live]”) ||| ONWARD (“Third World Man [Live]”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** Perhaps one of the two or three songs to make every Steely Dan set list since the guys started touring again in ’93 You May Also Like: Steely Dan, “Peg” fromRead More