The Inevitable (album)

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

The Inevitable
Studio album by Squirrel Nut Zippers
Released	1995
Studio	Wavecastle, North Carolina
Genre	Jazz swing
Length	34:44
Label	Mammoth
Producer	Brian Paulson
Squirrel Nut Zippers chronology
Roasted Right (1994) The Inevitable (1995) Hot (1996)

Critical reception

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AllMusic

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