In Praise Of Older Women And Other Crimes - Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Crime in Question

Advantages: Great read full of surprises
Disadvantages: No epilogy

jobs around the town of Coxton instead, such as washing cars and gardening. He dreams of joining the Marines when he is old enough. While walking through the town one day he meets up quite by chance with Len who is doing some work at the Church, while being held at the local open prison. Denis is keen to earn to earn quick, easy money so he tells him about the work he does at local houses. Len suggests he copies the front door key so that they can break in and rob the place, sharing the profits from this. This Denis does, without guilt or concern seeing this as a crime that will harm no-one. However, he does not really know Len and he starts a chain of events that will change and affect several other of the inhabitants of Coxton and ultimately ends up in murder. My thoughts on the book: I expected a thought provoking, enjoyable ...

CPTDANIELS 10.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Crime in Question - Margaret Yorke

Unique

Advantages: Completely unique
Disadvantages: Not all of it is good

Kid Creole and the Coconuts won very positive public support for their few live performances in 1980. This encouraged the band to work on a second album, Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places. The album chronicled the Kid?s search for his erstwhile lover, Mimi ( a story loosely based on August Darnell?s own experiences when his first wife left him). Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places was ecstatically received by the British press, and Darnell hailed as a modern day soul genius. Unfortuantely the record got little radio airplay (though Me No Pop I) - a single credited to Kid Creole And The Coconuts Present Coati Mundi - was a minor UK hit). The group were unable to capitalise on the enthusiasm of the press as the Ze label lacke dthe funds to finance a UK tour. Despite the record?s wit and verve, it flopped; the appeal of Darnell?s polished ...

dave27 11.10.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places [Remastered] - Kid Creole & The Coconuts

A taste of paradise

Advantages: Great uplifting tracks; defines summer; soulful; bargain
Disadvantages: NONE

Kid Creole & The Coconuts have to be one of the most under-rated acts of the 1980s - they were fun, sexy, ahead of their time, dynamic and as Kid sang, "at [their] peak and that's a fact!" Tropical Gangsters is for me their best album and certainly the best introduction as it features their three biggest hits - 'Annie I'm not your daddy,' 'stool pigeon' and 'I'm a wonderful thing baby.' It's amazing to think this album is 25 years old but judging from the rest of the stuff out during summer 1982, this would have been the soundtrack for my summer. It was out at the same time as ABC's classic 'The Lexicon of love' but for me, this is far superior. This is one of those albums you'll put on and just think about being on a hot tropical beach. The original album only had 8 songs so this remastered edition is definitely worth it ...

d_w86 30.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Tropical Gangsters [Remastered] - Kid Creole & The Coconuts