Discography

Kid Creole has a very extensive discography

 Albums Discography

Off the Coast of Me (1980)

Off The Coast Of Me is a studio album released in 1980. It is the début studio release of the August Darnell fronted group. The album was reissued in 2003 with additional bonus tracks by Universal Island Records.

offthecoastofme

  1. Mister Softee
  2. Maladie d’Amour
  3. Yolanda
  4. Off the Coast of Me
  5. Darrio
  6. Lilli Marlene
  7. Bogota Affair
  8. Calypso Pan American
  9. There But For The Grace Of God Go I (12″ Mix)
  10. He’s Not A Such A Bad Guy After All (12″ B-side)
  11. Darrio (12″ B-side)
  12. Yolanda (12″ Mix)
  13. Maladie D’Amour (Mutant Disco Version)

Tracks 9-13 – 2003 Reissue Bonus tracks

Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places

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”. It also was voted one of the best pop albums of the year in the Village Voice’s influential Pazz & Jop critics’ poll.

freshfruitsinforeignplaces

  1. Going Places
  2. In the Jungle
  3. Animal Crackers
  4. I Stand Accused
  5. Latin Music
  6. Musica Americana
  7. I Am
  8. Schweinerei
  9. Gina, Gina
  10. With a Girl Like Mimi
  11. Table Manners
  12. Dear Addy

Tropical Gangsters

Tropical Gangsters is the third album in Kid Creole and the Coconuts’ discography, released on May 10, 1982. Originally conceived as a solo album by band leader August Darnell and titled Wise Guy. Tropical Gangsters made Darnell a worldwide star, and the album remains both his and the ZE label’s most successful record by far.

tropical gangsters

  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. The Love We Have
  8. No Fish Today
  9. Christmas on Riverside Drive
  10. You Had No Intention
  11. Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy (Remix)
  12. I’m a Wonderful Thing, Baby (Original 12″ Mix)
  13. Stool Pigeon (12″ Mix)
  14. Double on Back

Tracks 9-14 – 2002 Reissue Bonus tracks

Doppelganger

Doppelganger is the fourth studio album in Kid Creole and the Coconuts’ discography, released in 1983. It was reissued by Universal Island Records with bonus tracks added to album in 2002.

doppleganger

  1. The Lifeboat Party
  2. Underachiever
  3. If You Wanna Be Happy
  4. Distractions
  5. Survivors
  6. Call Me The Entertainer
  7. There’s Something Wrong In Paradise
  8. It’s A Wonderful Life
  9. Bongo Eddie’s Lament
  10. Broadway Rhythm
  11. Back In The Field Again
  12. The Seven Year Itch
  13. Fireside Story (Fireside Chat)
  14. There’s Something Wrong in Paradise (12″ Mix)
  15. Don’t Take My Coconuts

Tracks 13-15 – 2002 Reissue Bonus tracks

In Praise of Older Women and Other Crimes

In Praise of Older Women and Other Crimes is the fifth studio album released in Kid Creole and the Coconuts’ discography. It was released in 1985 and includes the singles “Endicott” and “Caroline Was a Drop-Out”.

in praise of older women

  1. Endicott
  2. Particul’y Int’rested
  3. Name It
  4. (Darlin’ You Can) Take Me
  5. Luv Got Me Dancen’ On My Kneez
  6. Caroline Was a Drop-Out
  7. He Can Have You
  8. The Animal Cop
  9. Dowopsalsaboprock
  10. You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down

I, Too, Have Seen The Woods

I, Too, Have Seen the Woods is the sixth studio album released in Kid Creole and the Coconuts’ discography. It was released in 1987 and includes the single “Dancing at the Bain Douches”.

I too have seen the woods

  1. Buttermilk Channel
  2. Part of My Design
  3. Agony… Ecstasy
  4. Dancin’ at the Bains Douches
  5. El Hijo
  6. Cold Wave
  7. So Far So Good
  8. Midsummer Madness
  9. Consider Me
  10. Boxed Out
  11. Call it a Day

Private Waters in the Great Divide

Private Waters in the Great Divide is the seventh studio album released by the American musical group Kid Creole and the Coconuts. It was released in 1990 and includes the singles “The Sex of It” and “I Love Girls”.

private waters

  1. I Love Girls
  2. (No More) Casual Sex
  3. The Sex of It
  4. Cory’s Song
  5. Dr. Paradise
  6. Takin’ a Holiday”
  7. Lambada
  8. Funky Audrey and the Coconut Rag
  9. When Lucy Does the Boomerang
  10. He’s Takin’ the Rap
  11. Pardon My Appearance
  12. Laughing With Our Backs Against the Wall
  13. My Love

You Shoulda Told Me You Were…

You Shoulda Told Me You Were… is the eighth studio album released in the discography of Kid Creole and the Coconuts. It was released in 1991 and includes the single “(She’s A) Party Girl”.

shoulda told me you were

  1. It’s Automatic!
  2. Baby Doc
  3. My Soul Intention
  4. Oh Marie
  5. Consequently
  6. Your Move!
  7. (She’s A) Party Girl
  8. Something Incomplete
  9. Madison Avenue
  10. How Can I Forget You? (The Benedektion)

To Travel Sideways

To Travel Sideways is the tenth studio album released in the discography of Kid Creole and the Coconuts. It was the first of two albums released by the group in 1995.

sideways

  1. I Let it Slide
  2. You Shoulda Told Me You Were Catholic
  3. Gorgeous
  4. Things We Said Today
  5. Baby, I’m Real
  6. Callin’ Out to Marlboro
  7. The Anniversary Medley” (“Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy”/”Stool Pigeon”/”Endicott”/”What a Work of Art a Man Is”/”My Male Curiosity”)
  8. Get Together
  9. Runnin’ Out of Scapegoats
  10. Abu
  11. What a Work of Art a Man Is
  12. Life is Always Good

Kiss Me Before the Light Changes

Kiss Me Before the Light Changes is the eleventh studio album released in the discography of Kid Creole and the Coconuts. It was the second of two albums released by the group in 1995.

Kiss me before the light changes

  1. But I Got You
  2. What If…
  3. Heaven Knows
  4. Why Didn’t I Pull Out?
  5. Patterdale Way
  6. To Travel Sideways
  7. Kiss Me Before the Light Changes
  8. Simple Mind
  9. Haiti
  10. Hold On! Hold On!
  11. Stop Sweatin’ Me
  12. Grimaldi
  13. God Bless You

The Conquest of You

The Conquest of You is the twelfth studio album released in the discography of Kid Creole and the Coconuts. It was released in 1997.

conquest

  1. Forget About Love
  2. Bi Coastal
  3. Why Why
  4. Too Fat
  5. Conquest of You (Part 1)
  6. I Got My Handy On
  7. Heart of Gold
  8. Girl
  9. Edelweiss
  10. Conquest of You (Part 2)
  11. Money

Too Cool To Conga!

Too Cool to Conga! is the thirteenth studio album released in the discography of Kid Creole and the Coconuts. It was released in 2001.

too cool to conga

  1. Let’s Jam!
  2. Flip, Flop and Fly/My Gal’s A Jockey
  3. Man, Oh Man
  4. Personal Assistant
  5. I Saw Her First
  6. Stingy Brim
  7. Savanna
  8. Who’s Your Daddy Now?
  9. Endicott
  10. Get Rid
  11. Too Cool To Conga
  12. 1+1=1
  13. Choo Choo Cha Boogie

I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming is the fourteenth and most recent studio album released in the discography of Kid Creole and the Coconuts. It was released in 2011 and includes the single “I Do Believe”. The title of the album comes from the 1941 film noir I Wake Up Screaming.

wake up screaming

  1. Stony and Cory
  2. I Wake Up Screaming (In the Tropics)
  3. Somebody’s Got to Lose
  4. I Do Believe
  5. Long Live the King
  6. Verily Verily Verily
  7. Tudor-Jones
  8. Attitude
  9. This is My Life
  10. We’re Rockin’ Out Tonight
  11. Love Remains
  12. Blow Me Up
  13. Just Because I Love You

Off The Coast Of Me
(40th Anniversary Edition)

Off The Coast Of Me (40th) was released by 2C2C Music in 2020 to celebrate 40 years since its first release in 1980 on ZE Records. This version has all the original hits from the first album but also includes some never-before-released original demos and 4 fantastic Bootlegs by Youngr.

  1. Mister Softee
  2. Maladie D’amour
  3. Yolanda
  4. Off the Coast of Me
  5. Dario, Can You Get Me into Studio 54
  6. Lili Marlene
  7. Bogota Affair
  8. Calypso Pan American
  9. Adnaloy
  10. He’s Not Such a Bad Guy After All
  11. Off The Coast of Me (Youngr Bootleg)
  12. Yolanda (Youngr Bootleg)
  13. Dario, Can You Get Me Into Studio 54 (Youngr Bootleg)
  14. Bogota Affair (Youngr Bootleg)
  15. Mister Softee (Live at the Rock Lounge 1981)
  16. Off The Coast of Me (Original Demo)
  17. Bogota Affair (Original Demo)

Nothin’ Left but the Rest

Released in 2011, a might-as-well-be-brand-new album entitled ‘Nothin’ Left but the Rest’.

The limited edition digipack comes with a gold vinyl style disc, a 12 page booklet, contains 14 songs in total, including some bonus demos, and is remastered and ready! The CD is available exclusively through 2C2C Music.

  1. Are you Bad Enough?
  2. Freedom
  3. Monkey
  4. Australia
  5. Chances
  6. I’m a Winner
  7. Once in a While
  8. Nothin’ Left but the Rest
  9. Stand Tall
  10. Yesterday’s Child
  11. One Day at a Time
  12. Song of the Huaorani (a KCC treasure chest demo)
  13. Le Grand Voyage
  14. One Day at a Time (a KCC treasure chest demo)