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.
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Released | July 11, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Genre | Lo-fi | |||
Length | 40:45 | |||
Label | Ajax, 3 Beads of Sweat | |||
Producer | John Darnielle | |||
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All tracks are written by John Darnielle.
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
Date | Label | Format | Catalogue number |
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11 July 1994 (1994-07-11) | Ajax Records | CD | AJAX 036 |
29 March 2005 (2005-03-29) | 3 Beads of Sweat | CD, LP | 3BOS 1006 |
John Darnielle — vocals, guitar The Bright Mountain Choir (Rachel Ware, Amy Piatt, Sarah Arslanian, Roseanne Lindley) — vocals
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