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AUDIO: Steely Dan (1999)

Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages audio, 9 December 1999

The dynamic duo on their comeback album, Two Against Nature; their isolation from the rock mainstream in the '70s; being a "band" in the early years; their audience, and those who don't "get" them; William Burroughs; the Katy Lied technical disaster; their collective identity and collaboration; how they view their early records, and Steely Dan's place in the modern pop world.

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