Doppelganger (Kid Creole and the Coconuts album)
"Doppelganger" received mixed reviews from critics. Vince Ripol describes the album as entertaining, provided listeners have the prerequisite of an acquired taste for the bizarre, often comical travelogues set to exotic pop which represent the essence of Kid Creole & the Coconuts. The album is compared unfavourably to the group's previous hit album "Tropical Gangsters"/"Wise Guy" noting that nothing on "Doppelganger" can compare to "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" and "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby,", yet nothing will fail to satisfy devoted fans either. For the uninitiated, Doppelganger's peculiar content presents a love-it or hate-it dilemma. Robert Christgau writing for The Village Voice rated the album A−. He calls the album a return to the musical comedy stage for yet another original-cast recording after his previous (and best) album some which Darnell called some kind of sellout because it's held together by a dance groove. Christgau also praises the apparently surface wit of the Kid's lyrical-musical synthesis-pastiche but wants to clarify just what these songs are about. Performer credits Production credits
Critical reception
Doppelganger is the fourth studio album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released in 1983. The album was a relative commercial and critical disappointment following the group's most popular album "Tropical Gangsters/Wise Guy".