Tropical Gangsters

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Tropical Gangsters
Tropical Gangsters cover
Studio album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Released May 1982
Recorded 1981-1982
Genre Rock
Length 72:28
Label Island
Producer(s)  ?
Professional reviews
Kid Creole and the Coconuts chronology
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
(1981)
Tropical Gangsters
(1982)
Doppelganger
(1983)


Tropical Gangsters is the 1982 album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts. It was their most successful release, peaking at #2 in the UK and spinning off the hit singles "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy", "Stool Pigeon" and "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby". In the US the album was retitled Wise Guy and while nowhere as successful (peaking at #145) it still represented their commercial breakout. "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby" also briefly hit the US dance charts.

The 2002 CD reissue added numerous bonus tracks of rare 12" versions and B-sides, notably "Double on Back" from the flipside of the "Stool Pigeon" 12" release.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" – 6:16
  2. "I'm a Wonderful Thing Baby" – 5:15
  3. "Imitation" – 4:11
  4. "I'm Corrupt" – 4:11
  5. "Loving You Made a Fool Out of Me" – 4:50
  6. "Stool Pigeon" – 5:00
  7. "The Love We Have" – 5:13
  8. "No Fish Today" – 4:56

CD bonus tracks:
9. "Christmas on Riverside Drive" 4:20
10. "You Had No Intention" 4:48
11. "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" [12"] 6:27
12. "I'm a Wonderful Thing Baby" [12"] 6:12
13. "Stool Pigeon" [12"] 6:22
14. "Double on Back" 4:27