The Coroner's Gambit

The Coroner's Gambit
Studio album by the Mountain Goats
Released October 17, 2000
Genre Folk-rock, Rock, lo-fi
Length 43:00
Label Absolutely Kosher
Producer John Darnielle
the Mountain Goats chronology

Full Force Galesburg
(1997)
The Coroner's Gambit
(2000)
All Hail West Texas
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media 8.5/10 [2]
Splendid (ezine) (favorable) [3]

The Coroner's Gambit is the fifth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released on October 17, 2000 by Absolutely Kosher Records.

Recording

The album 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.

Track listing

No. Title Length
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
Total length:
43:00

Personnel

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