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I, Too, Have Seen the Woods

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

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. 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.

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.

Track listing

Personnel

The Kid
  • King Creole – lead vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
The Coconuts
  • Adriana Kaegi – background vocals, sweet inspiration
  • Bongo Eddie – percussion
  • Carol Colman – bass
  • Cheryl Poirier – background vocals
  • Coati Mundi – lead vocals, vibes, social work and psychiatric counseling for all band members
  • Coffee Keeps – background vocals
  • Dave Span – drums
  • Eugene Grey – guitar
  • Haitia Fuller – introducing, female lead vocals
  • Janique Swedberg – background vocals
  • Jimmy Rippetoe – guitar
  • Peter Schott – synthetic and real keyboards, bass synth
Pond Life orchestra
  • Charlie Lagond – saxophones, clarinets, flutes
  • Ken Fradley – trumpets, flugel horns
  • Lee Robertson (The Professor) – trombones, French horns
The Dayenites
  • Cory Daye, Gichy Dan, Lourdes Cotto – background vocals
Special performances rendered
Technical credits
  • August Darnell – producer
  • Ronnie Rogers – producer (7)
  • Coati Mundi – producer (5, 10)
  • Carol Colman – production co-ordination
  • Dave Wittman, Michel Sauvage, Steven Stanley – mixing
  • Clive Smith – programming (Fairlight Sessions)
  • Michel Sauvage – engineering (1–4, 6 to 9, 11)
  • Julian McBrowne – engineering (5, 10)
  • Judy Kirschner – assistant engineer
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Janet Perr – art director
  • Albert Sanchez – photographer
  • Adriana Kaegi – cover design
  • Andreas Bernhardt – hair and make-up

Charts

Singles

References