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Recorded
  
1993

Artist
  
Archers of Loaf

Producer
  
Caleb Southern

Genre
  
Indie rock

Length
  
38:02

Release date
  
23 November 1993

Label
  
Alias Records

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Released
  
November 23, 1993 August 2, 2011 (reissue)

Icky Mettle (1993)
  
Vs The Greatest Of All Time (1994)

Similar
  
Archers of Loaf albums, Indie rock albums

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Icky Mettle is the first 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 November 23, 1993.

Contents

The album was recorded and mixed in seven days. According to Eric Bachmann, "We spent like $5,000 to make it."

The album spent 22 weeks on the CMJ charts. Interview declared it the "Best Indie Rock Album of the Year". [1] Also, it ranked #32 in Pitchfork Media's original Top 100 albums of the 1990s list. Blender ranked it at #56 in their 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums ever list.

In a 2005 interview with The Triangle, 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."

Reception

The album has received generally positive reviews. Spin gave Icky Mettle a score of 8/10. Reviewer 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."

Track listing

All songs written by Eric Bachmann, Eric Johnson, Matt Gentling and Mark Price.

  1. "Web in Front" – 2:09
  2. "Last Word" – 3:35
  3. "Wrong" – 3:40
  4. "You and Me" – 3:10
  5. "Might" – 2:04
  6. "Hate Paste" – 2:46
  7. "Fat" – 1:19
  8. "Plumb Line" – 2:09
  9. "Learo, You're a Hole" – 3:51
  10. "Sick File" – 1:42
  11. "Toast" – 4:38
  12. "Backwash" – 3:27
  13. "Slow Worm" – 3:32

Personnel

  • Eric Bachmann - vocals, guitar
  • Matt Gentling - bass
  • Eric Johnson - guitar
  • Mark Price - drums

    • Cover versions

  • In 2011, Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional covered "Web In Front" on his album Covered In The Flood.

    • Songs

    1Web in Front2:04
    2Last Word3:36
    3Wrong3:41

    References

    Icky Mettle Wikipedia
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