Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places

Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
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
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[1]
  3. "Going Places" b/w "In The Jungle""
    Released: September 1981[2]
  4. "Christmas In B'Dilli Bay (lead track: "Dear Addy")"
    Released: November 1982[3]

Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places is the second album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts and was released in 1981.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Robert ChristgauA- [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]

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.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" 3:59

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

  1. ↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/wip6728
  2. ↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/sre49811us
  3. ↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/wip6840
  4. ↑ Carpenter, Bil. Review: Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert. Review: Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places. Robert Christgau. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ Village Voice, Feb. 1, 1982. Article: The 1981 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. Village Voice. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
  8. ↑ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
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