Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
| Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places | ||||
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| Studio album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts | ||||
| Released | June 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Electric Lady Studios, Hit Factory | |||
| Genre | Rock, Disco | |||
| Label |
ZE Records Island Sire Records | |||
| Producer | August Darnell, Andy Hernandez (co-producer) | |||
| Kid Creole and the Coconuts chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places | ||||
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places is the second album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts and was released in 1981.
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| Robert Christgau | A- [5] |
Overview
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places is a concept album in the form of a musical travelogue. It was very well received critically upon its release. New York Times pop music critic Robert Palmer called it "an extraordinary album" and "the freshest and most intelligent fusion of pop styles and dance rhythms in a long time".[6] It also was voted one of the best pop albums of the year in the Village Voice's influential Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[7] It was ranked among the top ten "Albums of the Year" for 1981 by NME.[8]
Describing the album's concept to the New York Times, band leader August Darnell said:[6]
| “ | One way of looking at the journey Kid Creole undertakes on the record is as a justification of the many strains that coexist in our music. The journey is autobiographical in that it explains how the music came to be the music that it is. Kid Creole and his crew visit various islands and are influenced by the music and culture of each one. ...You don't just leave your influences behind when you move on in life; you take them with you. | ” |
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places was rereleased in 2002 by Universal Island Records with 12" mixes of "Table Manners" and "Que Pasa / Me No Pop I" (although the latter is not the full version. It has been edited down from 7:11 to 6:18). The album replaced the original mix of "Dear Addy" with the 1982 single remix.
Track listing
All songs written by August Darnell except as indicated.
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Going Places" | 3:16 | |
| 2. | "In the Jungle" | 3:09 | |
| 3. | "Animal Crackers" | Darnell, Giampietro Fanero | 3:33 |
| 4. | "I Stand Accused" | 3:07 | |
| 5. | "Latin Music" | 2:57 | |
| 6. | "Musica Americana" | Andy Hernandez | 2:53 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 7. | "I Am" | Andy Hernandez | 3:47 |
| 8. | "Schweinerei" | Darnell, Adriana Kaegi | 4:20 |
| 9. | "Gina, Gina" | Darnell, Ronnie Rogers | 3:55 |
| 10. | "With a Girl Like Mimi" | 3:28 | |
| 11. | "Table Manners" | 4:01 | |
| 12. | "Dear Addy" | 3:59 | |
Personnel
- Kid Creole
- Coati Mundi
- Peter Schott
- Mark Mazur
- Carol Coleman
- Andrew Lloyd
- Winston Grennon
- Yogi Horton
- Lori Eastside
- Adriana Kaegi
- Cheryl Poirier
- Don Arnone
- Theodore "Dutch" Robinson
- Beverly Britton Brown
- Don Hamilton
- Angelica de la Luna
- Erroll Cornin
- Rubens Bassini
- Sam Turner
- Steve Kroon
- David Charles
- Conjunto Libre (Andy Gonzalez, Dan Reagan, Jerry Gonzalez, Manny Oquendo)
- Freddie Harris
- The Charles Lagond's Horns
- The Jill Jeffe's Strings
- Dominic Cortese
- Sal Gallina
Art direction by Tony Wright
References
- ↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/wip6728
- ↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/sre49811us
- ↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/wip6840
- ↑ Carpenter, Bil. Review: Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. Review: Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places. Robert Christgau. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
- 1 2 Palmer, Robert. Article: The Pop Life; KID CREOLE: HE MIXES A HEADY BREW OF STYLES. New York Times. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
- ↑ Village Voice, Feb. 1, 1982. Article: The 1981 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. Village Voice. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
- ↑ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.