{"product_id":"two-against-nature","title":"Two Against Nature","description":"Amazon.com\n\nNever so much a band as the slyly crafted specter of one, Steely Dan's mid-1990s \"return\" to live performance was as surprising as it was perverse. They'd previously toured only once, round about the era of Watergate, pet rocks, and Shaft. A half-decade after their concert comeback and a mere 19 years after Gaucho seemingly closed out their recording career, the jazz-pop conceit of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen deliberately dropped back into a recording landscape where they weren't so much seasoned vets as alien ambassadors. Two Against Nature, indeed. The tack is instantly familiar: a musical\/lyrical reconciliation of Monk and Newman, with familiar harmonic flourishes, nimble studio chops, and an icy, world-class cool, as willfully insulated from hip-hop and techno as it was from disco and Top 40. Less concerned with melodic hooks than a canny sophistication of mood and manner, Becker and Fagen never let a trite melody get in the way of a good story, whether their protagonists are plotting some nefarious obliquity (\"Gaslighting Abby\"), Southern-fried incest (the deliciously funky \"Cousin DuPree\"), or bleakly confronting dashed expectations (\"What a Shame About Me\"). A little more musically languorous perhaps, its trademark cynicism now undercut by hints of sadness and regret, this is nonetheless a Steely Dan album worthy of the name, and like the best of them, one whose subtle charms reveal themselves in surprising ways. -Jerry McCulley\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B00004GOXS\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B00004GOXS.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Steely Dan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41037957824570,"sku":"DBV.B00004GOXS.G","price":4.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B00004GOXS-0.jpg?v=1759425929","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/two-against-nature","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}