Bitter Melon Farm

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Bitter Melon Farm
Bitter Melon Farm cover
Compilation album by The Mountain Goats
Released 1999,
April 23, 2002
Recorded 1993-1996
Genre Folk-rock, Lo-fi, Rock
Length 66:57
Label Ajax,
3 Beads of Sweat
Producer(s) John Darnielle
Professional reviews
The Mountain Goats chronology
Protein Source of the Future...Now!
(1999)		 Bitter Melon Farm
(1999)		 Ghana
(1999)


Bitter Melon Farm is the second in a three-part series of compilations of songs by The Mountain Goats that have appeared on various releases. It is preceded by Protein Source of the Future...Now!, and followed by Ghana.

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Personnel


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