5 Facts About Steely Dan’s Two Against Nature Going Platinum

The album went platinum 20 years into Steely Dan’s career. This was a major achievement for a band that had been dormant for two decades.

It peaked at number six on the Billboard 200. The album sold over a million copies in the United States.

The band had not released new material for 20 years. Two Against Nature was their first studio album since 1980’s Gaucho.

The album won four Grammy Awards. It took home Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, among others.

Its commercial success was unexpected. Most bands that go dormant for two decades do not return with a platinum-selling album.