Album
Bitter Melon Farm
2002 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Bitter Melon Farm is an Alt/Indie album by The Mountain Goats, originally released in 2002. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
About
This is the second of a three-volume set that pulls together singles, cassette releases, and compilation tracks that never made it to a proper Mountain Goats album. (The other two sets are <i>Protein Source of the Future…Now!</i> and <i>Ghana</i>.) These collections represent some of John Darnielle's most unusual work alongside some lost gems. Many songs here are from the cassette-only release <i>Transmissions to Horace</i> and the vinyl EPs <i>Songs for Petronius</i> and <i>Songs for Peter Hughes</i>. Included are covers of "The Sign" by Ace of Base and "Sail On" by The Commodores, as well as several tracks from Darnielle's continuous "Going To" series, with Bangor, Cleveland, Monaco, and Santiago touched on here. "Early Spring" is an excellent example of the magic Darnielle can create with just his voice and a hastily strummed guitar. He gets up early for a 9:34 a.m. recording of "No, I Can't" (which also appears in a full-band version later in the collection) just before the touching "Song for Dana Plato," about the <i>Diff'rent Strokes</i> teen actress who later died from a prescription-drug overdose.
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Tracklist
- 1Noche del Guajolote2:03
- 2Going to Bangor1:36
- 3Against Agamemnon2:10
- 4Going to Cleveland3:07
- 5Early Spring2:20
- 6Historiography2:53
- 7No, I Can't3:25
- 8Alpha Desperation March2:51
- 9Going to Monaco2:40
- 10Star Dusting2:15
- 11Teenage World2:27
- 12Going to Santiago2:27
- 13Sail On2:57
- 14Black Molly2:24
- 15Rain Song1:54
- 16The Bad Doctor3:39
- 17Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina2:43
- 18Pure Intentions2:14
- 19The Lady from Shanghai2:10
- 20Pure Love2:19
- 21Song for an Old Friend2:25
- 22Snow Song2:04
- 23Faithless Bacchant Song1:59
- 24Short Song About the 10 Freeway1:47
- 25No, I Can't. (Alternate Version)3:36
- 26Song for Dana Plato1:54
- 27The Sign2:28
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Lo-Fi
- lo-fi
- anxious
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Cory RaybornRECORDED BY
2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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