The Coroner's Gambit

Infobox Album |
Name = The Coroner's Gambit
Type = Album
Artist = The Mountain Goats
Released = October 17, 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Folk-rock, Rock
Length = 43:00
Label = Absolutely Kosher
Producer = John Darnielle
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wmf8zfd2ehak link]
*Pitchfork (8.5/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20058-the-coroners-gambit link]
*Splendid (ezine) (favorable) [http://www.splendidezine.com/reviews/dec-4-00/mountain.html link] |
Last album = "Full Force Galesburg"
(1997)
This album = "The Coroner's Gambit"
(2000)
Next album = "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.

Track listing:

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

Personnel

* John Darnielle: Vocals, Guitar

External links

* [http://www.themountaingoats.net/lyrics/coroner_lyr.html Complete lyrics to the album]
* [http://www.themountaingoats.net/music/coroner.html Coroner's Gambit Information Page from themountaingoats.net]