Song · Archers of Loaf
“Web In Front” by Archers of Loaf
From the album Icky Mettle (1993)
“Web In Front” by Archers of Loaf appears on 8 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1993 and 2024. It was first released in 1993 on the album Icky Mettle. Its best result is #23 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #151 alternative song of 1993.
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"Web in Front" was Archers of Loaf's first single from their debut album Icky Mettle and their first release for Alias Records, a 1993 seven-inch backed with "Bathroom" and "Tatayana". The writing credit goes to Eric Bachmann, Matt Gentling, Eric Johnson and Mark Price.
It's a scrappy, lopsided little firecracker, and critics lumped it in with Pavement and Superchunk, with Spin hearing it as a looser, friskier cousin of a Pavement tune and the New York Times calling it frontman Bachmann's wry take on a love song. College radio and MTV played it regularly, it pushed Icky Mettle to #18 on the CMJ New Music Report chart, and its video turned up on Beavis and Butthead. Two years later it landed in Kevin Smith's Mallrats.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 23 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1993 | 50 |
| 1994 | 72 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 604 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2019 | 568 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2021 | 249 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 332 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2022 | 526 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 702 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2024 | 712 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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