Archers Of Loaf - Icky Mettle Album

Tracklist

1	Web In Front	2:04
2	Wrong	3:40
3	You And Me	3:10
4	Hate Paste	2:46
5	Learo, You're A Hole	3:51
6	Icky Side
7	Plumb Line	2:04
8	Might	2:04
9	Backwash	3:27
10	Mettle Side
11	Last Word	3:35
12	Sick File	1:42
13	Fat	1:19
14	Slow Worm	3:32
15	Toast	4:38

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
A-049	Archers Of Loaf	Icky Mettle ‎(Cass, Album)	Alias	A-049	US	1993
A-049	Archers Of Loaf	Icky Mettle ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Alias	A-049	US	Unknown
FIRELP238	Archers Of Loaf	Icky Mettle ‎(LP, Album, Blu)	Fire Records	FIRELP238	UK	2011
FIRECD238	Archers Of Loaf	Icky Mettle ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Comp, RM)	Fire Records	FIRECD238	UK	2011
MRG415	Archers Of Loaf	Icky Mettle ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Blu)	Merge Records	MRG415	US	2011

Credits

• Art Direction [Art Coordination] – Greg Stata
• Bass, Vocals – Matt Gentling
• Design – Lane Wurster
• Drums – Mark Price
• Guitar – Eric Bachmann, Eric Johnson
• Lead Vocals, Guitar – Eric Bachmann
• Painting – Mark Griffiths
• Producer – Caleb Southern
• Vocals – Matt Gentling
• Written-By – Archers Of Loaf

Notes

Recorded and mixed at Kraptone Studios, Chapel Hill, NC.

Track lengths for both A1 and A5 are given as 2:04 on sleeve, but as 2:09 on disc label.

Barcodes

• Barcode: 0 9371-60049-1 2
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): A049 A KDISC 34254...
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): A049 B KDISC 34255...
• Rights Society: BMI

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Alias Records
• Copyright (c) – Alias Records
• Copyright (c) – ARRA Music
• Recorded At – Kraptone Studios
• Mixed At – Kraptone Studios
• Lacquer Cut At – K Disc Mastering

Video

Album

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