Mobile Estates Explained

Mobile Estates
Type:	Album
Artist:	Citizen King
Cover:	Mobileestatescovermpegman.jpg
Released:	March 9, 1999
Recorded:	1998
Length:	42:32
Label:	Warner Bros.^[1]
Producer:	Dave Cooley, Matt Sims, Eric Valentine
Prev Title:	Brown Bag LP
Prev Year:	1995

Mobile Estates is the second and final album by Citizen King, released in 1999.^{[2] [3]} It was the band's only album for a major label.^[4]

Production

The album was produced by Dave Cooley, Matt Sims, and Eric Valentine.^[5]

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that "even at Citizen King's most engagingly relaxed ('Jalopy Style', 'Long Walk Home'), the band just sounds like the Red Hot Beastie Spin Doctors."^[6] Rolling Stone thought that "if a finer vintage—say, Beck circa 1998—is unavailable, Citizen King are just dope and dopey enough to feed your faux funk habit."^[7] The San Antonio Express-News called the album "a tuneful, low-fi and quirky major-label debut."^[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Matt Sims and Dave Cooley, except where noted.

1. "Under the Influence" (Sims) - 4:22
2. "Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)" - 3:38
3. "Safety Pin" (Sims) - 3:45
4. "Jalopy Style" - 3:11
5. "Basement Show" - 3:48
6. "Smokescreen" - 3:24
7. "The Milky Way" - 0:46
8. "Long Walk Home" - 2:58
9. "Skeleton Key" - 4:37
10. "Closed for the Weekend" (Sims) - 2:56
11. "Salt Bag Spill" - 2:15
12. "Billhilly" - 3:27
13. "Checkout Line" - 3:36

Personnel

• Matt Sims - lead vocals, bass guitar
• Kristian Riley - guitar, backing vocals
• Dave Cooley - keyboards
• Malcolm Michiles - turntables
• DJ Brooks - drums, programming, backing vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Citizen King Stretches Out On WB's 'Mobile'. Billboard. February 6, 1999. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
2. Web site: Citizen King | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Citizen King Keeps The Rhythm Steady. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403021444/http://www.mtv.com/news/1427130/citizen-king-keeps-the-rhythm-steady/. dead. April 3, 2015. MTV News.
4. News: Carter . Nick . Citizen King is ready for the big time . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . December 25, 1998 . E20.
5. Gensler . Andy . Nine for 1999 . Spin . Feb 1999 . 15 . 2 . 84.
6. News: Jenkins . Mark . CITIZEN KING 'Mobile Estates' Warner Bros. . The Washington Post . 30 Apr 1999 . N16.
7. Chonin . Neva . Mobile Estates WARNER BROS . Rolling Stone . May 27, 1999 . 813 . 64.
8. News: Johnson . Robert . Quick Spins . San Antonio Express-News . May 19, 1999 . 10G.