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
Protein Source of the Future...Now!
(1999)
Bitter Melon Farm
(1999)
Ghana
(1999)
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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.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Darnielle, except where noted. 

No. TitleOriginal 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

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