Zopilote Machine

Zopilote Machine
Studio album by the Mountain Goats
Released	July 11, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Lo-fi
Length	40:45
Label	Ajax, 3 Beads of Sweat
Producer	John Darnielle
The Mountain Goats chronology
Hot Garden Stomp (1993) Zopilote Machine (1994) Sweden (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Sputnikmusic	[2]

Zopilote Machine is the debut studio album by the Mountain Goats. ("Zopilote" is Spanish for buzzard.) Note, however, that the Mountain Goats had been active since 1991, and before releasing this album had issued multiple long-playing cassette releases, as well as EPs (extended play records) and songs contributed to compilations. Zopilote Machine was originally released on CD only by Ajax Records in July 1994. In March 2005, it was re-released in CD and LP formats by the 3 Beads of Sweat label. It is the only full Mountain Goats 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
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

Personnel

John Darnielle — vocals, guitar

The Bright Mountain Choir (Rachel Ware, Amy Piatt, Sarah Arslanian, Roseanne Lindley) — vocals

References

1. Stewart Mason. "Zopilote Machine - The Mountain Goats". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
2. valrus (January 7, 2009). "The Mountain Goats - Zopilote Machine (album review )". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved June 13, 2014.

External links

• Complete lyrics to the album