All the Nations Airports

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All the Nations Airports
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1996
August 7, 2012 (reissue)
Recordedat Ironwood Studios, Seattle, WA, March - April 1996
Genre Indie rock
Length47:51
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
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club A− [2]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [3]
Pitchfork 7.5/10 [4] / 7.6/10 [5]
The Record Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [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.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Archers of Loaf

All the Nations Airports track listing
No.TitleLength
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
Total length:46:43

Personnel

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