| Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Kid Creole and the Coconuts |
| Cover: | Kidcreoleffifp.jpg |
| Released: | June 1981 |
| Studio: | Electric Lady Studios, New York City; The Hit Factory, New York City |
| Genre: | Rock, disco |
| Label: | ZE Island Sire |
| Producer: | August Darnell, Andy Hernandez (co-producer) |
| Prev Title: | Off the Coast of Me |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Tropical Gangsters |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places is the second album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released in 1981.[1]
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places is a concept album in the form of a musical travelogue. Describing the album's concept to The New York Times, band leader August Darnell said:
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places was reissued 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.
Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places 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 was voted one of the best albums of the year in The Village Voices influential Pazz & Jop critics' poll,[2] and was ranked among the top ten albums of 1981 by NME.[3]
All songs written by August Darnell except as indicated.
| Chart (1981–1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[4] | 40 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[5] | 99 |
| US Billboard 200[6] | 180 |