Coke Machine Glow

Coke Machine Glow
Studio album by Gordon Downie
Released	3 July 2001
Recorded	2001
Genre	Alternative rock, Spoken Word
Length	63:40
Label	Zoë
Producer	Gordon Downie, Josh Finlayson, Steven Drake
Gordon Downie chronology
Coke Machine Glow (2001) Battle of the Nudes (2003)

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Coke Machine Glow is the first solo album released by Gordon Downie, the singer for The Tragically Hip. It was released in 2001.

Early copies of the album were released as a joint package with a book by Downie, also titled Coke Machine Glow. The book included the song lyrics from the album and other poetry. As a result of the album's sales, the book is one of the best-selling volumes of poetry ever published by a Canadian writer.

Downie's backing band on Coke Machine Glow was credited as "the Goddamned Band". Participating musicians included Julie Doiron, Josh Finlayson, Atom Egoyan and members of The Dinner Is Ruined.

An online music publication formed in 2002 was named after the album.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Gordon Downie unless otherwise noted.

1. "Starpainters" (Downie/Morningstar)
2. "Vancouver Divorce"
3. "SF Song"
4. "Trick Rider"
5. "Canada Geese"
6. "Chancellor"
7. "The Never-Ending Present"
8. "Nothing but Heartache in Your Social Life" (Downie/Egoyan)
9. "Blackflies"
10. "Lofty Pines"
11. "Boy Bruised by Butterfly Chase" (Perez/Downie)
12. "Mystery" (Downie/Egoyan)
13. "Elaborate"
14. "Yer Possessed"
15. "Every Irrelevance"
16. "Insomniacs of the World, Goodnight" (Downie/Morningstar)

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