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{{Infobox album
| name       = Coke Machine Glow
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Gord Downie|Gordon Downie]]
| cover      = coke-machine-glow.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 3 July 2001
| recorded   = May 2–12, 2000
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]], [[Spoken Word]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=63|s=40}}
| label      = [[Zoë Records]]
| producer   = [[Gord Downie|Gordon Downie]], [[Josh Finlayson]], [[Steven Drake]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Battle of the Nudes (album)|Battle of the Nudes]]
| next_year  = 2003
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r536868}}</ref>
}}

'''''Coke Machine Glow''''' is the first solo album released by [[Gord 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. The book included photographs by Toronto-based artist Michael Adamson. 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.<ref>"Tragically unhip okay with guitarist: Not hits, no vids no big whoop to Rob Baker. The music is what matters". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', September 19, 2002.</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cokemachineglow.com/about/explain-yourselves/|title=Explain Yourselves!|publisher=Coke Machine Glow|date=November 25, 2012|accessdate=January 24, 2016}}</ref>

In 2021, [[Arts & Crafts Productions]] announced the release of ''Coke Machine Glow: Songwriters' Cabal'', an expanded 20th anniversary reissue of the album.<ref name=cabal>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2021/07/20/gord-downies-coke-machine-glow-to-be-re-issued-with-bonus-record-audiobook.html "Gord Downie’s ‘Coke Machine Glow’ to be re-issued with bonus record, audiobook"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 20, 2021.</ref> The reissue will feature a bonus disc of unreleased demos, alternate versions and outtakes, as well as an [[audiobook]] version of the poetry book read by figures such as singer-songwriter [[Sarah Harmer]] and actors [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[Bruce McCulloch]].<ref name=cabal/>

==Track listing==
All tracks written by [[Gord Downie]] unless otherwise noted.
# "Starpainters" (Downie, Morningstar)
# "Vancouver Divorce"
# "SF Song"
# "Trick Rider"
# "Canada Geese"
# "Chancellor"
# "The Never-Ending Present"
# "Nothing but Heartache in Your Social Life" (Downie, Egoyan)
# "Blackflies"
# "Lofty Pines"
# "Boy Bruised by Butterfly Chase" (Perez, Downie)
# "Mystery" (Downie, Egoyan)
# "Elaborate"
# "Yer Possessed"
# "Every Irrelevance"
# "Insomniacs of the World, Goodnight" (Downie, Morningstar)

==References==
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{{The Tragically Hip}}
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[[Category:2001 debut albums]]
[[Category:Gordon Downie albums]]
[[Category:Canadian poetry collections]]
[[Category:Zoë Records albums]]


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