The Inevitable (album)

The Inevitable is the first album by the Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 1995.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Vic Godard, Brian Setzer and other modern nostalgists have tiptoed through these tulips before, but none with the straight-faced charm lofted by this merry bunch of coconuts."

Track listing

1. "Lover's Lane" (Jimbo Mathus) – 3:03
2. "Danny Diamond" (Ken Mosher) – 3:49
3. "I've Found a New Baby" (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) – 2:42
4. "Anything But Love" (Don Raleigh) – 2:38
5. "Good Enough for Granddad" (Mathus, Raleigh) – 2:17
6. "Wished for You" (Mathus) – 2:14
7. "La Grippe" (Mathus) – 3:10
8. "Lugubrious Whing Whang" (Mathus) – 2:38
9. "Club Limbo" (Tom Maxwell) – 2:56
10. "Wash Jones" (Mathus) – 3:04
11. "You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) – 2:46
12. "Plenty More" (Maxwell) – 3:27

Personnel

• Jimbo Mathus – guitar, vocals
• Katharine Whalen – banjo, vocals
• Tom Maxwell – guitar, percussion, vocals
• Ken Mosher – guitar, alto and baritone saxophone, vocals
• Stacy Guess – trumpet
• John Kempannin – violin
• Don Raleigh – bass
• Chris Phillips – drums, percussion
• Steve Balcom – executive producer
• Jay Faires – executive producer
• Brian Paulson – engineer, mixing, producer

References