Bitter Melon Farm

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Bitter Melon Farm
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Compilation album by
Released1999
April 23, 2002
Recorded1992–1996
Genre Folk-rock, lo-fi, rock
Length66:57
Label Ajax [1]
3 Beads of Sweat
Producer John Darnielle
The Mountain Goats chronology
Protein Source of the Future...Now!
(1999)
Bitter Melon Farm
(1999)
Ghana
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork 7.5/10 [3]

Bitter Melon Farm is the second in a three-part series of compilations by the Mountain Goats, released in 1999 by Ajax Records. It is preceded by Protein Source of the Future...Now! , and followed by Ghana . [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Darnielle, except where noted

No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Noche del Guajolote" I Like Walt 2:03
2."Going to Bangor" You and What Army? 1:36
3."Against Agamemnon" Howl...a Farewell Compilation of Unreleased Songs 2:10
4."Going to Cleveland" Transmissions to Horace 3:07
5."Early Spring" Transmissions to Horace 2:20
6."Historiography" Transmissions to Horace 2:53
7."No, I Can't" Transmissions to Horace 3:25
8."Alpha Desperation March" Transmissions to Horace 2:51
9."Going to Monaco" Transmissions to Horace 2:40
10."Star Dusting" Transmissions to Horace 2:15
11."Teenage World" Transmissions to Horace 2:27
12."Going to Santiago" Transmissions to Horace 2:27
13."Sail On" (Lionel Richie) Transmissions to Horace 2:57
14."Black Molly" In Release City 2:24
15."Rain Song" I Present This 1:54
16."The Bad Doctor" Songs for Petronius 3:39
17."Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina" Songs for Petronius 2:43
18."Pure Intentions" Songs for Petronius 2:14
19."The Lady from Shanghai" Songs for Petronius 2:10
20."Pure Love" Songs for Petronius 2:19
21."Song for an Old Friend" The Wheel Method 2:25
22."Snow Song" Dog So Large I Cannot See Past It 2:04
23."Faithless Bacchant Song" Those Pre-Phylloxera Years 1:59
24."Short Song About the 10 Freeway" Songs for Peter Hughes 1:47
25."No, I Can't" Songs for Peter Hughes 3:36
26."Song for Dana Plato" Songs for Peter Hughes 1:54
27."The Sign" (Jonas Berggren) Songs for Peter Hughes 2:28

Personnel

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