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Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places

Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places is the second album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released in 1981.[1]

Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
Studio album by
Kid Creole and the Coconuts
ReleasedJune 1981
StudioElectric Lady Studios, New York City; The Hit Factory, New York City
GenreRock, disco
LabelZE
Island
Sire
ProducerAugust Darnell, Andy Hernandez (co-producer)
Kid Creole and the Coconuts chronology
Off the Coast of Me
(1980) 		Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
(1981) 		Tropical Gangsters
(1982)
Singles from Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
  1. "Latin Music" b/w "Music Americana"
    Released: 1981
  2. "I Am" b/w "Dario"
    Released: August 1981
  3. "Going Places" b/w "In The Jungle""
    Released: September 1981
  4. "Christmas In B'Dilli Bay (lead track: "Dear Addy")"
    Released: November 1982

Overview

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Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places is a concept album in the form of a musical travelogue. Describing the album's concept to The New York Times, band leader August Darnell said:

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.[2]

Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places was reissued 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.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
Record Mirror     [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide     [5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[6]
The Village VoiceA−[7]

Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places 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".[2] It was voted one of the best albums of the year in The Village Voice's influential Pazz & Jop critics' poll,[8] and was ranked among the top ten albums of 1981 by NME.[9]

Track listing

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All songs written by August Darnell except as indicated.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Going Places" 3:16
2."In the Jungle" 3:09
3."Animal Crackers"Darnell, Giampietro Fanero3:33
4."I Stand Accused" 3:07
5."Latin Music" 2:57
6."Musica Americana"Andy Hernandez2:53
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."I Am"Andy Hernandez3:47
8."Schweinerei"Darnell, Adriana Kaegi4:20
9."Gina, Gina"Darnell, Ronnie Rogers3:55
10."With a Girl Like Mimi" 3:28
11."Table Manners" 4:01
12."Dear Addy" 3:50

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1981–1982) Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 40
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 99
US Billboard 200[12] 180

References

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  1. ^ "Artist Biography by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Palmer, Robert (June 10, 1981). "The Pop Life; Kid Creole: He Mixes a Heady Brew of Styles". The New York Times. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
  3. ^ Carpenter, Bil. "Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places – Kid Creole & the Coconuts". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Gardner, Mike (May 30, 1981). "Kid Creole and the Coconuts: Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places". Record Mirror. p. 16.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 392.
  6. ^ Cooper, Carol (1995). "Kid Creole and the Coconuts". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 207–09. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  7. ^ Christgau, Robert (August 4, 1981). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "The 1981 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. February 1, 1982. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
  9. ^ "1981 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year". NME. October 10, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  10. ^ "Discography Kid Creole & the Coconuts". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  11. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Kid Creole And The Coconuts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  12. ^ "allmusic ((( Kid Creole & the Coconuts > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
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