Zopilote Machine

Zopilote Machine is the debut studio album by the Mountain Goats. ("Zopilote" is Spanish for buzzard.) It is the only full album to include the entirety of The Bright Mountain Choir.

Zopilote Machine
Studio album by the Mountain Goats
Released	July 11, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Lo-fi
Length	40:45
Label	Ajax, 3 Beads of Sweat
Producer	John Darnielle
The Mountain Goats chronology
Hot Garden Stomp (1993) Zopilote Machine (1994) Sweden (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Sputnikmusic	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Alpha Incipiens"	1:36
2.	"Azo Tle Nelli in Tlalticpac?"	3:02
3.	"Alpha Sun Hat"	1:24
4.	"The Black Ice Cream Song"	2:03
5.	"Sinaloan Milk Snake Song"	2:14
6.	"We Have Seen the Enemy"	1:53
7.	"Standard Bitter Love Song #7"	2:22
8.	"Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums"	2:25
9.	"Orange Ball of Love"	2:12
10.	"Orange Ball of Hate"	2:09
11.	"Bad Priestess"	1:29
12.	"Going to Bristol"	2:02
13.	"Young Caesar 2000"	2:17
14.	"Going to Lebanon"	2:29
15.	"Grendel's Mother"	2:20
16.	"Song for Tura Satana"	2:03
17.	"Alpha in Tauris"	2:09
18.	"Going to Georgia"	2:15
19.	"Quetzalcoatl Is Born"	2:21
Total length:		40:45

All tracks are written by John Darnielle.

Release history

Date	Label	Format	Catalogue number
11 July 1994 (1994-07-11)	Ajax Records	CD	AJAX 036
29 March 2005 (2005-03-29)	3 Beads of Sweat	CD, LP	3BOS 1006

Personnel

John Darnielle — vocals, guitar

The Bright Mountain Choir (Rachel Ware, Amy Piatt, Sarah Arslanian, Roseanne Lindley) — vocals