Audio CD review:
Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Wise Guy

Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Wise Guy

Band: Kid Creole & the Coconuts Title: Wise Guy Rating: Release Date: 02 August, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy 2: I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby 3: Imitation 4: I'm Corrupt 5: Loving You Made a Fool Out of Me 6: Stool Pigeon 7: Love We Have 8: No Fish Today

Customer Reviews A "wise" purchase (somehow that's all I could come up with) I bought this record on recommendation of Robert Christgau, the literate, renowned, perennially caustic Village Voice "Dean of Rock Critics", and couldn't've been more pleasantly surprised by the excellent opener "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" - not because the lyrics were witty, though they were indeed amusing, but because of its instant melodicism and gripping Island rhythms. I had heard of August Darnell and his prestige as a formidable lyricist and highly entertaining musical personality simply by exposure to a wide variety of music, but I'd never been previously acquainted with his own music. This is something akin to island-pop, an ideal summer mixture. The music is very slick but that sort of thing has never bothered me, in fact sometimes I prefer a little gloss and it makes each track more immediate in this context. The rest of Wise Guy continues to grow on me each day; this record is a pleasure sans guilt, and I'd recommend starting your Kid Creole collection here, without having become acquainted with any of his other albums, simply because I've become so hooked by it. Plus it's remastered. So why not get going?. At Last! Along with Lord Upminister by Ian Dury and Speaking in Tongues by The Talking Heads, these three albums made 1983 a very fun musical year. I have waited a long, long time for this album to come out on CD. Incredibly humorous lyrics, great beats and The Coconuts. . . What more could anybody want? 'Stool Pigeon', 'Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy', 'Imitation', 'Loving You Made a Fool Out Of Me' all great songs. If you ever were lucky enough to see Kid Creole in concert, you will know what I mean. . You can see a complete list of all Kid Creole & the Coconuts discography, or go back to the Kid Creole & the Coconuts tabs