Off the Coast of Me explained

Off the Coast of Me
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Cover:	Kidcreole_off_the_coast_of_me.jpg
Released:	August 1980
Studio:	Chappell Hall and Blank Tapes, New York City
Genre:	Disco, Latin, Rock
Label:	ZE^[1] Island
Producer:	August Darnell
Next Title:	Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
Next Year:	1981

Off the Coast of Me is the debut album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released in 1980.^{[2] [3]} The album was reissued in 2003 with additional bonus tracks by Universal Island Records.

Production

The album kicked off a loose narrative—Kid Creole's search for good times and his "dream babe," Mimi—that continued over the course of the next few albums.^{[4] [5]} It was produced by August Darnell.^[6]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that the album's "uniqueness and danceability, along with the Kid's occasionally risqué wordplay, are enough to suggest the band's potential."^[7]

Personnel

Performers

• Kid Creole – vocals
• The Coconuts (Adriana Kaegi, Brooksie Wells, Fonda Rae, Lourdes Cotto) – vocals
• Peter Schott – piano
• Franz Krauns – guitar
• Coati Mundi – vibes
• Andrew Lloyd – percussion
• Winston Grennan – drums
• Tommy Browder – bass

Technical credits

• August Darnell – producer
• Michael Zilkha – directed by (executive producer)
• Sugar-Coated Andy Hernandez (1–6, 8) – orchestrations
• Stony Browder Jr. – orchestrations (7)
• Bobby Blank and Jules McBrown – engineering
• August Darnell and Robert Blank – mixing
• Tony Wright – art direction
• George Dubose – photography
• Richard Cramer – typography and graphics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kid Creole – a classic NME feature from the vaults. March 6, 2012. the Guardian.
2. Web site: Kid Creole & the Coconuts | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Kid Creole - Record Collector Magazine.
4. Web site: Props. Vibe. May 20, 2000. Vibe Media Group. Google Books.
5. News: Tucker . Ken . KID CREOLE IS OUT TO CONQUER AMERICA . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 2 Apr 1986 . E1.
6. Book: MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide . 1999 . Visible Ink Press . 628.
7. Web site: Kid Creole and the Coconuts . Trouser Press . 20 May 2021.