I, Too, Have Seen the Woods
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Released | 1987 | |||
Studio | New York City at a studio on West 46th Street (#151–Ground Floor) | |||
Genre | New wave, disco | |||
Length | 40:26 | |||
Label | Sire | |||
Producer | August Darnell, Ronnie Rogers, Coati Mundi | |||
Kid Creole and the Coconuts chronology | ||||
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Singles from I, Too, Have Seen the Woods | ||||
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I, Too, Have Seen the Woods is the sixth studio album released by the American musical group Kid Creole and the Coconuts. It was released in 1987 and includes the single "Dancing at the Bain Douches".
Reception
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The Village Voice | A−[3] |
I, Too, Have Seen the Woods received mixed reviews from critics. In a negative review, AllMusic's Vince Ripol described the group as artistically stranded. He wrote that the band was still capable of brilliant moments, but that the album lacked the focused direction of prior efforts like Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places and the group's tour de force, Wise Guy.[1] He describes Darnell as too clever for his own good, but does single out "Dancin' at the Bains Douches" for setting a standard that the surrounding material fails to meet, although "Agony...Ecstasy" and "Call It a Day" are close runners-up.[1]
In a positive review, Robert Christgau, in The Village Voice, praises Darnell for his consistency and calls the album a typically elegant and literate dance album in which mortality impinges attractively.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by August Darnell; except where indicated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Buttermilk Channel" | 1:58 | |
2. | "Part of My Design" | 3:33 | |
3. | "Agony...Ecstasy" | Darnell, Peter Schott, William Shakespeare | 3:23 |
4. | "Dancin' at the Bains Douches" | 5:25 | |
5. | "El Hijo" | C. M. A. Hernandez | 4:17 |
6. | "Cold Wave" | 0:43 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | "So Far So Good" | Darnell, Ron Rogers | 4:46 |
8. | "Midsummer Madness" | 4:24 | |
9. | "Consider Me" | Darnell, Schott | 3:37 |
10. | "Boxed Out" | Hernandez | 3:40 |
11. | "Call it a Day" | 4:00 |
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References
- ^ a b c Ripol, Vince. Review: I, Too, Have Seen the Woods. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2012-08-05.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 392.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert. Consumer Guide: Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Robert Christgau. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
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- Kid Creole: August Darnell
- The Coconuts: Fonda Rae
- Cory Daye
- Cheryl Poirier
- Adriana Kaegi
- Taryn Hagey
- Eva Tudor-Jones
- The Band: Coati Mundi
- Jimmy Rip (Rippetoe)
- Mark Anthony Jones
- Scott Johnson
- Peter Schott
- Carol Coleman
- Winston Grennan
- Andrew Lloyd
- "Bongo" Eddie Folk
- Simon "Franco" Frost
- Off the Coast of Me
- Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
- Tropical Gangsters
- Doppelganger
- In Praise of Older Women... and Other Crimes
- I, Too, Have Seen the Woods
- Private Waters in the Great Divide
- You Shoulda Told Me You Were...
- KC2 Plays K2C
- To Travel Sideways
- Kiss Me Before the Light Changes
- The Conquest of You
- Too Cool to Conga!
- I Wake Up Screaming
- Don't Take My Coconuts
- Killer Bees
- Cre~Olé: The Best of Kid Creole & the Coconuts
- Kid Creole Redux
- Haiti
- Classic Kid Creole & The Coconuts - The Universal Masters Collection
- Oh! What a Night
- Wonderful Thing
- The Ultimate Collection
- "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby"
- "Stool Pigeon"
- "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy"