This is tremendous, considering the last "album" by Steely Dan was done some 20 odd years from their last release, "Two Against Nature"!

"Two Against Nature" was a fantastic release a couple years ago...some great vocals and of course the writing!

The new release titled, "Everything Must Go" is due in May. I can't wait. I love these guys!

Read this:

January 22, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

REPRISE RECORDS TO RELEASE EVERYTHING MUST GO, STEELY DAN'S FIRST ALBUM SINCE 2000'S GRAMMY®-WINNING TWO AGAINST NATURE

In Stores Tuesday, May 6

Steely Dan is releasing Everything Must Go (Reprise) on May 6. It is Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's first release since 2000, when their Two Against Nature -- the duo's first studio release in 20 years -- garnered multiple Grammy® awards including "Album Of The Year".

Listeners anticipating Steely Dan's patented amalgam of sonic perfection, sinuous musicality, and subversive storytelling will not be disappointed by the new release, whose musical allusions range from Pharaoh Sanders to Tommy James, and whose literary echoes bound from William Gibson to Burmashave. Featured lyrics include such catchy phrases as "and that's when she jumped the turnstile" and "hey -- is that a horseshoe crab"?

Everything Must Go took roughly a year to record -- a veritable wind sprint given Becker and Fagen's legendary meticulousness in the studio. "We went for live tracking this time and got great, in-the-pocket tracks," says Becker. Donald Fagen adds "It's mad: it's wiggy: I love it".

The core band included Keith Carlock (drums), Ted Baker (keyboards), jazz sensation Bill Charlap (keyboards), and Jon Herington and Hugh McCracken (guitars). Becker played bass and guitar, while Fagen contributed keyboards, organs, Rhodes, synths, and -- on all but one cut -- lead vocals. Becker's solo singing on one tune marks the first such credit for him in Steely Dan's studio oeuvre.

Engineering were Elliot Scheiner, Dave Russell, Roger Nichols -- all of whom received Best Engineering Grammys® for Two Against Nature -- along with newcomer T.J. Doherty. Superstar tracking and mixing engineer Elliot Scheiner comments on the process, saying "We did a few things differently -- including tracking and mixing in analog instead of digital. That contributed to giving this album a really rich and satisfying sound".

Steely Dan's official website -- Becker and Fagen's personal internet playpen since 1996 -- can be found at www. steelydan.com, and will be running news, updates, and commentary throughout this promotional season and beyond.

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Steely Dan inveigled themselves onto the soundtrack of the '70s with radio hits such as "Reeling in the Years", "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," "Peg", and "Hey Nineteen" culled from their seven platinum albums issued between 1972 and 1980 (including 1977's groundbreaking Aja). Both their sound and their notoriety survived the '80s despite Becker and Fagen's only occasional surfacing for a solo project. They reunited as Steely Dan in the early '90s, touring successfully throughout the decade and releasing a live album in 1995 (Alive In America).
In 2000 they released their multi-Grammy® winner Two Against Nature, and were awarded ASCAP's prestigious Founders Award. The year 2001 saw Steely Dan's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; no one is entirely sure if the honor was because of or in spite of Becker and Fagen's intensive 3-year "campaign" on steelydan.com to catch the Hall's attention -- a campaign during which they proffered various inducements to Hall voters, such as a 3-M digital recorder, Mr. Fagen's childhood piano, and a case of honey mustard.

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Ur thoughts?




(edits made were against nature!!!)
[This message was edited Fri Jan 24 1:47:31 PST 2003 by June7]

June7 said:

i can't wait... excellent music with great lyrics... rare in today's "music".

Yeah, I was gonnna post this info yesterday!!! But I had exceeded the amount of posts for the day.

This is good news!!!

Brother915 said:

definately worth picking up

you just made my day - thank you!!

The 'Dan just fucking rocks!!!

No Gadd, no Rainey, no Purdie, no Greene, no Marotta, no Carlton, no Keltner, no Feldman...just like on Two Against Nature. Makes me skeptical.

Supernova said:

I thought you liked Two Against Nature

i posted this News earlier this week in here&I'm looking toward at what they got.I heard that walter Becker is gonna do a Song on here with Him on Lead VOcals.that should be interesting.

rdhull said:

I do, but it's not one of their top tier albums. I don't feel it's award worthy, like some of their 70s albums were, but never got the recognition for. The reason for the Grammy hype is the same reason for the Santana Grammy hype, the Bonnie Raitt Grammy hype, the Eric Clapton Grammy hype, i.e...Grammy voters many times award who they know they have neglected for most or all of their career. It's more a body of work recognition than for the album the award says it's for.

Two Against Nature has some good material on it, but I don't find myself playing it like I do most of their other albums. And the production is pretty antiseptic.
[This message was edited Fri Jan 24 16:55:17 PST 2003 by Supernova]

Supernova said:

I agree...

... but still, it's good 2 have new music from Donald and Walter than no music from Donald and Walter...no?

Anything 2 detract me from the current state of musical affairs...

June7 said:

Indeed.

Let's face it, though, the important thing is the heart of Steely Dan is still there- and the heart has always been Becker and Fagen.

Although, for me personally, Two Against Nature was just as great as any of their 70s work, except for maybe Aja and Pretzel Logic... It was my favorite album of 2000.

jtgillia said:

True, but The Dan is known for its musicianship as much as anything else. And as good as Becker & Fagen are, they're not as accomplished as musicians as those they employed. They admit that themselves. Although I do think Fagen is underrated as a keyboard man.

Supernova said:

I agree on Fagen He is tight.but the Band&Session Cats they get truly take there Sound too a whole different level.yep that Last Album was Pay Back at the Grammys.there Win though was so low key nobody outside of Steely Dan Fans hardly remembers though.

2vN was a bit bland. I liked a couple of songs. Cousin Dupree and the 2nd track. What A Shame About Me? It just sounded really really musey and was pure wine bar territory. Like Aja without the flourishes or songs. I can't wait for the new album though, they're a band always worth listening too. Actually im now gonna stick on Glamour Profession...i love that song..

WildheartXXX said:

great song picks."Cousin Dupree" is so twisted&Cleaver the best track Eminem hasn't tried or 2pac didn't release yet."Glamour Profession" has outside the Forum with a Laker Game going on feel too it.I think Fagen&Becker might have saw that Laker game when Spence Haywood was knocked out on the sidelines as well?they got alot of story lines from that scene.Peace

Check out "Gaslighting Abbey" and "West of Hollywood" from the 2 against nature album. Those are great as well.

jtgillia said:

true on "Gaslighting Abbey" especially Live Man.Great Point Man.