Archers of Loaf vs. The Greatest of All Time (often shortened to either "Greatest of all Time" or simply GOAT) is the first EP by North Carolina indie rock band Archers of Loaf. The EP was recorded shortly after their first album ''

Icky Mettle ''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 September 7, 1993. A ...

'', and the styles are very similar. The cover art for the EP includes a photograph of former

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star King Clancy.

Critical reception

Robert Christgau Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and ...

gave the EP an A− grade, writing that the Archers of Loaf "...sound like a live band ready to service a living audience, their gleeful anger felt rather than assumed." When asked if this remark meant that the Archers of Loaf had fooled Christgau through their performance on the EP, the band's frontman

Eric Bachmann Eric Bachmann is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer. He rose to prominence as the frontman of Archers of Loaf and Crooked Fingers. Originally a saxophone major at Appalachian State University, Bachmann’s music is disti ...

told '' CMJ New Music Monthly'', "Yeah...it probably just means we're good at it." In 2012, ''

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s Paul Thompson wrote that the EP ranked "among indie rock's finest short-players", describing it as "17 utterly riveting minutes of bloodletting."

Track list

All songs written by Eric Bachmann, Eric Johnson, Matt Gentling and Mark Price. # "Audiowhore" # "Lowest Part Is Free!" # "Freezing Point" # "Revenge" # "All Hail the Black Market" "Freezing Point" and "Revenge" are also features on ''

The Speed of Cattle ''The Speed of Cattle'' is a compilation album recorded by the indie rock band Archers of Loaf. It was recorded in Seattle over a three-week period, the longest the band had taken to record an album at the time. Track listing # "Wrong" - 3:50 # " ...

'' LP. The song "Greatest of all Time" was not featured on this release but rather their second full length, ''

Vee Vee ''Vee Vee'' is the second studio album by the American indie rock band Archers of Loaf, released in March 1995 by Alias Records. The album received very positive reviews from critics. Recording and release ''Vee Vee'' was recorded in Chicago, Ill ...

''.

References

{{Authority control 1994 EPs Archers of Loaf albums Alias Records albums