To Travel Sideways (1995)

About this title: After a four-year absence, Kid Creole & the Coconuts suddenly returned in 1995 (in Japan, anyway, with their efforts later made available in the U.S. and elsewhere), releasing two albums within two months. The first and less impressive one was To Travel Sideways. As ever, Kid Creole maintained his tropical dance sound (with forays into harder rock and disco) and his lyrical persona of a gigolo philosopher, warning, in "Baby, I'm Real," that the likelihood of his being faithful was slight and complaining, "You Shoulda Told Me You Were Catholic" before concluding "Life Is Always Good." But the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Let It Slide [Darnell]
2. You Shoulda Told Me You Were Catholic [Darnell]
3. Gorgeous [Darnell]
4. Things We Said Today [Lennon/McCartney]
5. Baby I'm Real [Darnell]
6. Callin' Out to Marlboro [Darnell/Rogers]
7. The Anniversary Medley: Annie I'm Not Your Daddy/Stool Pigeon/Endicott [Darnell/Smallwood]
8. Get Together [Powers]
9. Runnin' Out of Scapegoats [Darnell]
10. Abu [Darnell]
11. What a Work of Art Man Is [Darnell/Smallwood]
12. Life Is Always Good [Darnell/Browder]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.