Library Rock's Backpages

Steely Dan: Wembley Arena

John L. Walters, The Guardian, 11 September 2000

GREAT GIG, but what a shame not to hear 'What A Shame About Me'. It's the perfect singalong anthem for fans of Steely Dan, since something in it chimes with misfits, jazz-lovers and ill-groomed outsiders everywhere. And there are enough of us around to buy a million copies of Two Against Nature (their first studio album since 1980) and fill the immense Wembley Arena to hear the 13-piece touring manifestation, led by founders and songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

Total word count of piece: 561

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.