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
Released	1994
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Ruffhouse 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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A[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