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1993 studio album by Archers of Loaf
Icky Mettle is the debut
studio album recorded by the
indie rock band
Archers of Loaf . It was produced and engineered by
Caleb Southern at Kraptone Studios in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina , and released by
Alias Records on September 7, 1993. A deluxe reissue of the album was released by
Merge Records in 2011.
[1]
The album was recorded and mixed in seven days. According to
Eric Bachmann , "We spent like $5,000 to make it."
[2]
Reception
Icky Mettle received generally positive reviews.
Interview declared it the "Best Indie Rock Album of the Year".
[1]
Legacy
Icky Mettle ranked number 32 in
Pitchfork ' s original Top 100 Albums of the 1990s list,
[12] and
Blender ranked it at number 56 in their 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever list.
[13] In a retrospective review,
Spin ' s Mike Powell describes it as "an album of boyish fits and noisy guitar flurries. It's indie rock as hearty and art-free as oatmeal, before the line separating it from the mainstream dissolved, before it became so... eclectic."
[11]
In a 2005 interview with
The Triangle , Eric Bachmann reflected on the album: "When we first came out we had that energy. It's a weird thing that you can't put your finger on... I listened to Icky Mettle , and I almost cringe when I hear it. But what the people probably liked when they heard that record was the energy we were putting out."
[14]
In 2011,
Chris Carrabba of
Dashboard Confessional covered "Web in Front" on his album
Covered in the Flood .
[15]
Track listing
All songs written by Eric Bachmann, Eric Johnson, Matt Gentling and Mark Price.
"
Web in Front " – 2:09
"Last Word" – 3:35
"Wrong" – 3:40
"You and Me" – 3:10
"Might" – 2:04
"Hate Paste" – 2:46
"Fat" – 1:19
"Plumb Line" – 2:09
"Learo, You're a Hole" – 3:51
"Sick File" – 1:42
"Toast" – 4:38
"Backwash" – 3:27
"Slow Worm" – 3:32
"Audiowhore" — Japanese bonus track
"Lowest Part is Free" — Japanese bonus track
Personnel
Eric Bachmann – vocals, guitar
Matt Gentling – bass
Eric Johnson – guitar
Mark Price – drums
Notes
^ Brown, Liz.
"ROCK REVIEW: Archers Revolution" . WWeek.com . Archived from
the original on February 27, 2005. Retrieved June 7, 2006 .
^ Hawthorne, Mark.
"ARCHERS OF LOAF VS. TINNITUS: A three week vacation in Paradise" . The Online Daily of the
University of Washington . Archived from
the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved September 3, 2006 .
^ Carrelli, Jon.
"Bachmann spills beans to Triangle" .
The Triangle . Retrieved September 3, 2006 .
References
^
a
b LeMay, Matt (August 1, 2011).
"Archers of Loaf: Icky Mettle" .
Pitchfork . Retrieved October 8, 2011 .
^ Marc Hawthorne (March 28, 1996).
"ARCHERS OF LOAF VS. TINNITUS" . The Daily of the
University of Washington . Archived from
the original on 2007-02-02.
^ Heaney, Gregory.
"Icky Mettle – Archers of Loaf" .
AllMusic . Retrieved October 8, 2011 .
^ Murray, Noel (August 2, 2011).
"Archers Of Loaf: Icky Mettle" .
The A.V. Club . Retrieved October 8, 2011 .
^
Christgau, Robert (2000).
"Archers of Loaf: Icky Mettle" .
Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s .
Macmillan Publishers .
ISBN
0-312-24560-2 . Retrieved October 8, 2011 .
^ Anderson, Kyle; Maerz, Melissa; Wood, Mikael; Wete, Brad (July 29, 2011).
"Albums: Aug. 5, 2011" .
Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved September 12, 2016 .
^ Hughes, Tom (December 15, 2011).
"Archers of Loaf: Icky Mettle – review" .
The Guardian . Retrieved October 8, 2011 .
^ "Archers of Loaf: Icky Mettle".
NME : 28. October 30, 1993.
^ Pearlman, Mischa (December 2011).
"Archers Of Loaf – Icky Mettle" .
Record Collector (395). Retrieved November 11, 2018 .
^ Dolan, Jon (August 2, 2011).
"Archers of Loaf: Icky Mettle (Reissue)" .
Rolling Stone . Retrieved October 8, 2011 .
^
a
b Powell, Mike (August 2, 2011).
"Archers of Loaf, 'Icky Mettle' (Merge)" .
Spin . Archived from
the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2011 .
^
"pitchforkmedia.com | album 90's top lists" . Tclub.obninsk.ru. Retrieved 2011-10-08 .
^
"The 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever" . www.stereogum.com . Blender Magazine. December 2007. Archived from
the original on 2013-10-04.
^ Jon Carrelli (April 8, 2005).
"Bachmann spills beans to Triangle" . www.thetriangle.org . Archived from
the original on 2010-08-06.
^ Ableson, Jon.
"Chris Carrabba To Release "Covered In The Flood" Solo Album" . Alter The Press! . Retrieved 17 June 2013 .