Doppelganger (Kid Creole and the Coconuts album)

Doppelganger

Studio album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Released

September 1983

Label

ZE Records
Island
Sire Records

Producer

August Darnell, Sugar Coated Andy Hernandez

Kid Creole and the Coconuts chronology

Tropical Gangsters/Wise Guy
(1982)

Doppelganger
(1983)

Cre~Olé: The Best of Kid Creole & the Coconuts
(1984)

Singles from Doppelganger

"There's Something Wrong in Paradise" b/w "Fireside Story (Fireside Chat)"
Released: September 1983
"If You Wanna Be Happy" b/w "The Seven Year Itch"
Released: October 1983 (US only)^[1]
"The Lifeboat Party" b/w "Gina Gina"
Released: November 1983

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Robert Christgau	A− ^[3]

Doppelganger is the fourth studio album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released in 1983. It was reissued by Universal Island Records with bonus tracks added to album in 2002.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Lifeboat Party"	August Darnell, Ronnie Rogers (a/k/a Ron Rogers^[4])	2:38
2.	"Underachiever"	Darnell	3:15
3.	"If You Wanna Be Happy"	Frank Guida, Carmela Guida, Joseph Royster	2:29
4.	"Distractions"	Darnell, The Coconuts, Peter Schott	2:56
5.	"Survivors"	Andy Hernandez	3:32
6.	"Call Me The Entertainer"	Darnell, Stony Browder Jr.	3:23

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"There's Something Wrong In Paradise"	Darnell, Mark Mazur	3:22
8.	"It's A Wonderful Life"	Hernandez	3:12
9.	"Bongo Eddie's Lament"	Darnell	3:02
10.	"Broadway Rhythm"	Darnell, Browder Jr.	2:48
11.	"Back In The Field Again"	Darnell, Browder Jr.	3:29
12.	"The Seven Year Itch"	Darnell, Browder Jr.	4:26

2002 Reissue Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Fireside Story (Fireside Chat)"	Hernandez	4:40
14.	"There's Something Wrong in Paradise (12" Mix)" (Remixed by Larry Levan)	Darnell, Mazur	5:45
15.	"Don't Take My Coconuts"	Darnell	2:08

Personnel

The Boys In The Band - Adriana Kaegi, Bongo Eddie, Carol Colman, Charles Lagond, Cheryl Poirier, Coati Mundi, Dave Span, Ken Fradley, Kid Creole, Lee Robertson, Mark Mazur, Peter Schott, Taryn Hagey
Special Appearances - Conjunto Libre, Cory Dave, Dutch Robinson, Gichy Dan, Lori Eastside, Perri Lister
Producer - August Darnell
Associate Producer - Sugar Coated Andy Hernandez
Chief Engineer - Joe Barbaria, Julian McBrowne
Assistant Engineer - Andy Heermans, Gary Hellman, Michael Abbott, Richard McClain, Steve Rinkoff
Mixed By - Michael Brauer

References

↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/729468
↑ Ripol, Vince. Review: Doppelganger. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-01-07.
↑ Christgau, Robert. Review: Doppelganger. Robert Christgau. Retrieved on 2010-01-07.
↑ BMI

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