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No Goats, No Glory

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No Goats, No Glory
Studio album by
Released1994
GenreHip hop
LabelRuffhouse Records/Columbia Records[1]
The Goats chronology
Tricks of the Shade
(1992)
No Goats, No Glory
(1994)
Live at Khyber Pass
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(choice cut)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
Entertainment WeeklyA[4]
MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Seventeen[7]

No Goats, No Glory is the second album by the American hip hop group the Goats, released in 1994 through Ruffhouse Records.[8][9] It was the group's final studio album.[10]

Production

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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.[8] Compared to the debut, the album contained fewer lyrics that dealt with politics, instead embracing "gangster" and party themes.[11]

Critical reception

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Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Musically fluid and lyrically poetic, choice cuts like 'Lincoln Drive' exemplify these Philadelphians’ punk-funk sound."[4] Robert Christgau singled out "Butcher Countdown" for praise.[3] 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."[6]

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."[2]

Track listing

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  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

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  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 784.
  2. ^ a b "No Goats No Glory - Goats | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b "Robert Christgau: CG: The Goats". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ a b "Album Review: 'No Goats, No Glory'". EW.com.
  5. ^ MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 236.
  6. ^ a b Diehl, Matt (Dec 1, 1994). "Recordings -- No Goats, No Glory by The Goats". Rolling Stone (696): 127–128.
  7. ^ Farber, Jim (Nov 1994). "No Goats, No Glory". Seventeen. 53 (11): 94.
  8. ^ a b "Goats | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  9. ^ "Philly Blunt: The Goats". Magnet. January 29, 2010.
  10. ^ DeLuca, Dan (31 Mar 1995). "GOATS' FAREWELL SHOW, AT KHYBER PASS PUB". The Philadelphia Inquirer. FEATURES WEEKEND. p. 23.
  11. ^ "Goats". Trouser Press. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  12. ^ "SHAKY BIG CHIEF, LACKADAISICAL GOATS". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 August 2021.