All the Nations Airports

All the Nations Airports
Studio album by Archers of Loaf
Released	September 24, 1996 August 7, 2012 (reissue)
Recorded	at Ironwood Studios, Seattle, WA, March - April 1996
Genre	Indie rock
Length	47:51
Label	Elektra (original US CD release) Alias (original US LP release) Merge (2012 US reissue) Fire (2012 UK reissue)
Producer	Archers of Loaf, Brian Paulson
Archers of Loaf chronology
Vee Vee (1995) All the Nations Airports (1996) The Speed of Cattle (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	A− [2]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [3]
Pitchfork	7.5/10 [4] / 7.6/10 [5]
The Record	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Spin	7/10 [8]
The Village Voice	A− [9]

All the Nations Airports is the third studio album recorded by the indie rock band Archers of Loaf. Although the band was still signed to Alias Records the album was released by Elektra Records in 1996, making it the first to be distributed by a major label.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Archers of Loaf.

All the Nations Airports track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Strangled by the Stereo Wire"	1:48
2.	"All the Nations Airports"	2:51
3.	"Scenic Pastures"	3:20
4.	"Worst Defense"	1:48
5.	"Attack of the Killer Bees"	2:58
6.	"Rental Sting"	2:39
7.	"Assassination on X-Mas Eve"	3:40
8.	"Chumming the Ocean"	5:05
9.	"Vocal Shrapnel"	2:43
10.	"Bones of Her Hands"	1:59
11.	"Bumpo"	3:04
12.	"Form and File"	3:01
13.	"Acromegaly"	3:52
14.	"Distance Comes in Droves"	5:29
15.	"Bombs Away"	2:26
16.	"Density" (Japanese bonus track)	2:06
Total length:		46:43

Personnel

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

References

1. Abebe, Nitshu. "All the Nations Airports - Archers of Loaf". AllMusic . Retrieved June 27, 2018.
2. Murray, Noel (August 7, 2012). "Archers of Loaf: All the Nations Airports and White Trash Heroes". The A.V. Club . Retrieved January 14, 2018.
3. Falcone, Jon (September 20, 2012). "Album Review: Archers of Loaf - All The Nations Airports (Deluxe Edition)". Drowned In Sound . Archived from the original on January 15, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
4. Josephes, Jason (September 1996). "Archers of Loaf: All the Nation's Airports". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on June 16, 2004. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
5. Thompson, Paul (August 14, 2012). "Archers of Loaf: Reissues Album Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
6. Casey, Michael (December 6, 1996). "Quick Spins". The Record .
7. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon and Schuster. pp.  24. ISBN   9780743201698.
8. Milo, Miles (October 1996). "Archers of Loaf: All the Nations Airports". Spin . p. 138. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
9. Christgau, Robert (October 8, 1996). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved December 29, 2018.

External links

• All The Nations Airports at Discogs