The Coroner's Gambit is the fifth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released on October 17, 2000, by Absolutely Kosher Records. John Darnielle was the only Mountain Goat performing on this album, as it was released in the several year period before Peter Hughes had joined the band, but after Rachel Ware had left. Darnielle offers up an alternative title for the album - 'Slavonic Dances, if you prefer'.