The Coroner's Gambit

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The Coroner's Gambit
Studio album by The Mountain Goats
Released	October 17, 2000
Genre	Folk-rock, Rock
Length	43:00
Label	Absolutely Kosher
Producer(s)	John Darnielle
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com[1] Pitchfork Media Splendid Magazine
The Mountain Goats chronology
Full Force Galesburg (1997)	The Coroner's Gambit (2000)	All Hail West Texas (2002)

The Coroner's Gambit is an album by The Mountain Goats. It is mostly John Darnielle and his acoustic guitar, but it has sparse auxiliary instrumentation as well. Most of the songs were recorded on John's Panasonic RX-FT500 boom box, but due to either mechanical failure or desire for clearer sound quality, he used a 4-track recording machine for some tracks.

[edit] Track listing:

1. "Jaipur" – 3:13
2. "Elijah" – 3:07
3. "Trick Mirror" – 2:40
4. "Island Garden Song" – 2:27
5. "The Coroner's Gambit" – 2:55
6. "Baboon" – 2:16
7. "Scotch Grove" – 1:37
8. "Horseradish Road" – 2:28
9. "Family Happiness" – 2:57
10. "Onions" – 2:15
11. "Bluejays And Cardinals" – 3:03
12. "Shadow Song" – 2:45
13. "There Will Be No Divorce" – 2:51
14. "Insurance Fraud #2" – 3:02
15. "The Alphonse Mambo" – 2:44
16. "We Were Patriots" – 2:40

[edit] Personnel

• John Darnielle: Vocals, Guitar

[edit] External links

• Complete lyrics to the album