Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
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| Studio album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts | ||||
| Released | June 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Electric Lady Studios, Hit Factory | |||
| Genre | Rock, Disco | |||
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ZE Records Island Sire Records |
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| Producer | August Darnell, Andy Hernandez (co-producer) | |||
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| Singles from Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | A- |
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places is the second album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts and was released in 1981.
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. It was ranked among the top ten "Albums of the Year" for 1981 by NME.
Describing the album's concept to the New York Times, band leader August Darnell said:
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.
Art direction by Tony Wright
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