BITTER MELON FARM

Bitter Melon Farm
Bitter Melon Farm
Compilation album by the Mountain Goats
Released	1999; April 23, 2002
Recorded	1992–1996
Genre	Folk-rock, lo-fi, rock
Length	66:57
Label	Ajax; 3 Beads of Sweat
Producer	John Darnielle
The Mountain Goats chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Pitchfork	7.5/10^[3]

Bitter Melon Farm is the second in a three-part series of compilations by the Mountain Goats, released in 1999 by Ajax Records. It is preceded by Protein Source of the Future...Now!, and followed by Ghana.^[4]^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Darnielle, except where noted

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

Personnel

John Darnielle – vocals, guitar
Rachel Ware – vocals, bass

References

^ DiBlasi, Alex; Willis, Victoria (August 14, 2014). Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442229761 – via Google Books.
^ "Bitter Melon Farm - The Mountain Goats | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
^ "Mountain Goats: 'Protein Source of the Future... Now!', 'Bitter Melon Farm', 'Ghana': Pitchfork Review". Archived from the original on 15 June 2004. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
^ Inc, CMJ Network (April 8, 2002). "Upcoming". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. – via Google Books. {{ cite web}}: |last= has generic name ( help)
^ "The Mountain Goats: 'Protein Source of the Future... Now!', 'Bitter Melon Farm' and 'Ghana'". Pitchfork.

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[1] DiBlasi, Alex; Willis, Victoria (August 14, 2014). Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442229761 – via Google Books.

[2] "Bitter Melon Farm - The Mountain Goats | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.

[3] "Mountain Goats: 'Protein Source of the Future... Now!', 'Bitter Melon Farm', 'Ghana': Pitchfork Review". Archived from the original on 15 June 2004. Retrieved 2024-03-09.

[4] Inc, CMJ Network (April 8, 2002). "Upcoming". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. – via Google Books. {{ cite web}}: |last= has generic name ( help)

[5] "The Mountain Goats: 'Protein Source of the Future... Now!', 'Bitter Melon Farm' and 'Ghana'". Pitchfork.

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v t e The Mountain Goats
John Darnielle Peter Hughes Jon Wurster Matt Douglas
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 Goths In League with Dragons Songs for Pierre Chuvin Getting Into Knives Dark in Here Bleed Out Jenny from Thebes
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 and 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 Hex of Infinite Binding
Individual songs	" Lovecraft in Brooklyn" " No Children" " Sax Rohmer #1"
Collaborations	Why You All So Thief? (with Simon Joyner) Orange Raja, Blood Royal (with Alastair Galbraith) Black Pear Tree (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 collaborators	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

v t e The Mountain Goats
John Darnielle Peter Hughes Jon Wurster Matt Douglas
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 Goths In League with Dragons Songs for Pierre Chuvin Getting Into Knives Dark in Here Bleed Out Jenny from Thebes
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 and 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 Hex of Infinite Binding
Individual songs	" Lovecraft in Brooklyn" " No Children" " Sax Rohmer #1"
Collaborations	Why You All So Thief? (with Simon Joyner) Orange Raja, Blood Royal (with Alastair Galbraith) Black Pear Tree (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 collaborators	Franklin Bruno Richard Colburn Nora Danielson Lalitree Darnielle Alex Decarville Maggie Doyle Alastair Galbraith Erik Friedlander Christopher McGuire Scott Solter John Vanderslice Rachel Ware
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