I, Too, Have Seen the Woods
Studio album by
Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Released1987
StudioNew York City at a studio on West 46th Street (#151–Ground Floor)
GenreNew wave, disco
Length40:26
LabelSire
ProducerAugust Darnell, Ronnie Rogers, Coati Mundi
Kid Creole and the Coconuts chronology
In Praise of Older Women... and Other Crimes
(1985)		 I, Too, Have Seen the Woods
(1987)		 Private Waters in the Great Divide
(1990)
Singles from I, Too, Have Seen the Woods
  1. "Dancing at the Bain Douches" b/w "Midsummer Madness (The Refrain)"
    Released: 1987

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]
The Village VoiceA−[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

Side one (The Beginning)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Buttermilk Channel" 1:58
2."Part of My Design" 3:33
3."Agony...Ecstasy"Darnell, Peter Schott, William Shakespeare3:23
4."Dancin' at the Bains Douches" 5:25
5."El Hijo"C. M. A. Hernandez4:17
6."Cold Wave" 0:43
Side two (The End)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."So Far So Good"Darnell, Ron Rogers4:46
8."Midsummer Madness" 4:24
9."Consider Me"Darnell, Schott3:37
10."Boxed Out"Hernandez3:40
11."Call it a Day" 4:00

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ripol, Vince. Review: I, Too, Have Seen the Woods. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2012-08-05.
  2. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 392.
  3. 1 2 Christgau, Robert. Consumer Guide: Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Robert Christgau. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
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