No Goats, No Glory

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No Goats, No Glory
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Studio album by
the Goats
Released1994
Genre Hip hop
Label Ruffhouse/Columbia [1]
The Goats chronology
Tricks of the Shade
(1992)		No Goats, No Glory
(1994)		Live at Khyber Pass
(2019)

No Goats, No Glory is the second album by the American hip hop group the Goats, released in 1994 through Ruffhouse Records. [2] [3] It was the group's final studio album. [4]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by the Goats and Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo. Oatie Kato had left the group; Madd and Swayzack recorded the album as a duo, incorporating more of a live band sound. [2] Compared to the debut, the album contained fewer lyrics that dealt with politics, instead embracing "gangster" and party themes. [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Robert Christgau Scissors icon black.svg [7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly A [8]
MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Seventeen Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Musically fluid and lyrically poetic, choice cuts like 'Lincoln Drive' exemplify these Philadelphians’ punk-funk sound." [8] Robert Christgau singled out "Butcher Countdown" for praise. [7] The Washington Post thought that "because they're following the trend toward softer, jazzier beats, most of the album has little urgency." [12] Rolling Stone opined that "the athletic scratching and murky, bass-heavy rumble of 'Mutiny' recall prime Eric B. and Rakim jams." [10]

AllMusic thought that "for a perfect example of the hip-hop slide—the notion that an artist's sophomore effort is vastly inferior to the debut—start here." [6]

Track listing

  1. "Wake 'n' Bake"- 4:24
  2. "Philly Blunts"- 4:04
  3. "The Boom"- 3:47
  4. "Lincoln Drive"- 4:16
  5. "Butcher Countdown"- 0:57
  6. "Mutiny"- 4:30
  7. "Rumblefish"- 3:01
  8. "Blind with Anger"- 3:49
  9. "Revolution 94"- 8:24
  10. "Times Runnin Up"- 2:50
  11. "Idiot Business- 6:33

References

  1. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 784.
  2. 1 2 "Goats Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Philly Blunt: The Goats". Magnet. January 29, 2010.
  4. ↑ DeLuca, Dan (31 Mar 1995). "Goats' Farewell Show, at Khyber Pass Pub". Featurs Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 23.
  5. ↑ "Goats". Trouser Press. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. 1 2 "No Goats No Glory Goats". AllMusic.
  7. 1 2 "The Goats". Robert Christgau.
  8. 1 2 "Album Review: 'No Goats, No Glory'". Entertainment Weekly.
  9. ↑ MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 236.
  10. 1 2 Diehl, Matt (Dec 1, 1994). "Recordings — No Goats, No Glory by the Goats". Rolling Stone. No. 696. pp. 127–128.
  11. ↑ Farber, Jim (Nov 1994). "No Goats, No Glory". Seventeen. Vol. 53, no. 11. p. 94.
  12. ↑ "Shaky Big Chief, Lackadaisical Goats". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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