| Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places | |||||
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| Studio album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts | |||||
| Released | 1981 | ||||
| Recorded | Electric Lady Studios, Hit Factory | ||||
| Genre | Rock, Disco | ||||
| Label | ZE Records Island | ||||
| Producer | August Darnell, Andy Hernandez (co-producer) | ||||
| Kid Creole and the Coconuts chronology | |||||
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Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places is a 1981 concept album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts in the form of a musical travelogue. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created and led by August Darnell Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street in New York City 's Greenwich Village, is a Recording studio originally built by Jimi Hendrix and Hit Factory was a Recording studio in New York City famous for its clientele A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music ZE Records (originally always written with two capital letters was a New York -based Record label, started in 1978 by Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created and led by August Darnell Coati Mundi is the stage name of Andy Hernandez vibraphone player and member of Kid Creole and the Coconuts as well as Dr Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created and led by August Darnell Tropical Gangsters (released in the US as Wise Guy) is the 1982 album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created and led by August Darnell A travel journal, also called road journal or travelogue, is a record made by a voyager 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" [1]. Robert Franklin Palmer Jr ( June 19, 1945 &ndash November 20, 1997) was a 20th century American writer Musicologist, It also was voted one of the best pop albums of the year in the Village Voice's influential Pazz & Jop critics' poll [2]. This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. The Pazz & Jop critics' poll is a highly influential poll of music critics run by The Village Voice newspaper
Describing the album's concept, 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. Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created and led by August Darnell 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. " [3]
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All songs written by August Darnell except as indicated. Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created and led by August Darnell