Protein Source of the Future...Now!

Protein Source of the Future...NOW!

Compilation album by the Mountain Goats

Released

1999,
April 23, 2002

Recorded

1993-1995

Genre

Folk-rock, Lo-fi, Rock

Length

50:25

Label

Ajax,
3 Beads of Sweat

Producer

John Darnielle

the Mountain Goats chronology

Protein Source of the Future...Now!
(1999)

Bitter Melon Farm
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(8.0/10)^[2]
Stylus Magazine	A−^[3]

Protein Source of the Future...Now! is the first in a three-part series of compilations by the Mountain Goats, released in 1999 by Ajax Records. The two compilations that follow Protein Source of the Future...Now! are Bitter Melon Farm and Ghana.

Notes

The album's title is derived from the book The Book of Tofu: Protein Source of the Future...Now! by William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by John Darnielle.

No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Going to Tennessee"	Why You All So Thief?	2:45
2.	"Pure Heat"	Why You All So Thief?	2:31
3.	"Hand Ball"	Our Salvation Is in Hand	2:37
4.	"The Window Song"	Pawnshop Reverb	2:20
5.	"Night of the Mules"	Chile de Árbol	1:39
6.	"Going to Malibu"	Chile de Árbol	2:02
7.	"Billy the Kid's Dream of the Magic Shoes"	Chile de Árbol	2:06
8.	"Fresh Berries for You"	Chile de Árbol	3:32
9.	"Alphabetizing"	Chile de Árbol	2:00
10.	"Third Snow Song"	Philyra	1:44
11.	"The Monkey Song"	Philyra	2:00
12.	"Love Cuts the Strings"	Philyra	2:22
13.	"Pure Honey"	Philyra	1:44
14.	"Duke Ellington"	The Long Secret	2:31
15.	"Seed Song"	Yam, the King of Crops	2:16
16.	"Quetzalcoatal Comes Through"	Yam, the King of Crops	1:59
17.	"Omega Blaster"	Yam, the King of Crops	2:05
18.	"Coco-Yam Song"	Yam, the King of Crops	1:53
19.	"Alagemo"	Yam, the King of Crops	2:23
20.	"Two Thousand Seasons"	Yam, the King of Crops	1:40
21.	"Chinese Rifle Song"	Yam, the King of Crops	1:55
22.	"Yam, the King of Crops"	Yam, the King of Crops	2:00
23.	"Alpha Omega"	Our Salvation Is in Hand	2:21

Personnel

John Darnielle - vocals, guitar, keyboard

References

The Mountain Goats

John Darnielle Peter Hughes Jon Wurster

Albums	Zopilote Machine Sweden Nothing for Juice Full Force Galesburg The Coroner's Gambit All Hail West Texas Tallahassee We Shall All Be Healed The Sunset Tree Get Lonely Heretic Pride The Life of the World to Come All Eternals Deck Transcendental Youth Beat the Champ

Released demos	Come, Come To The Sunset Tree Heretic Pride Demos The Life of the World in Flux All Survivors Pack

Cassette releases	Taboo VI: The Homecoming The Hound Chronicles Transmissions to Horace Hot Garden Stomp Taking the Dative Yam, the King of Crops

EPs & singles	Songs for Petronius Chile de Árbol Beautiful Rat Sunset Philyra Songs for Peter Hughes Songs About Fire Nine Black Poppies New Asian Cinema Isopanisad Radio Hour On Juhu Beach Devil in the Shortwave Jam Eater Blues See America Right Palmcorder Yajna Letter from Belgium Dilaudid EP Babylon Springs EP Satanic Messiah

Collaborations	Why You All So Thief? (with Simon Joyner) Orange Raja, Blood Royal (with Alastair Galbraith) Tropical Depression EP (with Furniture Huschle) Bedside Recordings Vol. 1.2 (with John Vanderslice) Black Pear Tree EP (with Kaki King) Moon Colony Bloodbath (with John Vanderslice)

Compilation albums	Protein Source of the Future...Now! Bitter Melon Farm Ghana The Hound Chronicles/Hot Garden Stomp

Unreleased	Hail and Farewell, Gothenburg Jack and Faye

Former members	Franklin Bruno Richard Colburn Nora Danielson Lalitree Darnielle Alex Decarville Maggie Doyle Alastair Galbraith Erik Friedlander Christopher McGuire Scott Solter John Vanderslice Rachel Ware

Related articles	Discography