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Zopilote Machine is the debut studio album by the Mountain Goats. ("Zopilote" is Spanish for buzzard.) It is the only full album to include the entirety of The Bright Mountain Choir.
Track listing
All tracks are written by John Darnielle.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Alpha Incipiens" | 1:36 |
| 2. | "Azo Tle Nelli in Tlalticpac?" | 3:02 |
| 3. | "Alpha Sun Hat" | 1:24 |
| 4. | "The Black Ice Cream Song" | 2:03 |
| 5. | "Sinaloan Milk Snake Song" | 2:14 |
| 6. | "We Have Seen the Enemy" | 1:53 |
| 7. | "Standard Bitter Love Song #7" | 2:22 |
| 8. | "Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums" | 2:25 |
| 9. | "Orange Ball of Love" | 2:12 |
| 10. | "Orange Ball of Hate" | 2:09 |
| 11. | "Bad Priestess" | 1:29 |
| 12. | "Going to Bristol" | 2:02 |
| 13. | "Young Caesar 2000" | 2:17 |
| 14. | "Going to Lebanon" | 2:29 |
| 15. | "Grendel's Mother" | 2:20 |
| 16. | "Song for Tura Satana" | 2:03 |
| 17. | "Alpha in Tauris" | 2:09 |
| 18. | "Going to Georgia" | 2:15 |
| 19. | "Quetzalcoatl Is Born" | 2:21 |
| Total length: | 40:45 | |
Release history
| Date | Label | Format | Catalogue number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Ajax Records | CD | AJAX 036 |
| 29 March 2005 | 3 Beads of Sweat | CD, LP | 3BOS 1006 |
Personnel
John Darnielle — vocals, guitar
The Bright Mountain Choir (Rachel Ware, Amy Piatt, Sarah Arslanian, Roseanne Lindley) — vocals
References
- ^ Stewart Mason. "Zopilote Machine - The Mountain Goats". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
- ^ valrus (7 January 2009). "The Mountain Goats - Zopilote Machine (album review )". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
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