No Goats, No Glory

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]

No Goats, No Glory
Studio album by
The Goats
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]

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

Critical reception

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
  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. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 784.
  2. "No Goats No Glory - Goats | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. "Robert Christgau: CG: The Goats". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. "Album Review: 'No Goats, No Glory'". EW.com.
  5. MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 236.
  6. 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. "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.
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