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

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