Kid Creole and the Coconuts discography

The discography of American musical group Kid Creole and the Coconuts created and led by August Darnell includes fourteen studio albums, one live album, seven compilations, one extended play and twenty-seven singles. The small discography of The Coconuts – Kid Creole's backing singers – consisting of two studio albums and three singles is included on this page.

Kid Creole and the Coconuts discography
Studio albums	14
EPs	1
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	7
Singles	27

Studio albums

Year	Title	Chart positions										Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US [1]	US R&B [1]	FR	GER [2]	NL [3]	NOR [4]	NZ [5]	SWE [6]	SWI [7]	U.K. [8]
1980	Off the Coast of Me Labels: ZE Records, Island Records	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1981	Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places Labels: ZE, Island, Sire Records	180	–	–	–	–	–	–	40	–	99
1982	Tropical Gangsters Labels: ZE, Island, Sire (released in the U.S. as Wise Guy)	145	43	9	18	6	18	6	22	–	3	UK: Platinum[9]
1983	Doppelganger Labels: ZE, Island, Sire	–	–	–	54	46	–	44	13	–	21
1985	In Praise of Older Women... and Other Crimes Labels: Sire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1987	I, Too, Have Seen the Woods Labels: Sire	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1990	Private Waters in the Great Divide Labels: Columbia Records	–	–	–	–	56	–	–	–	39	–
1991	You Shoulda Told Me You Were... Labels: Columbia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1993	KC2 Plays K2C Labels: Sony (Japan only, collaboration with Kome Kome Club)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1995	To Travel Sideways Labels: Hot Productions	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Kiss Me Before the Light Changes Labels: Hot Productions	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1997	The Conquest of You Labels: SPV Recordings	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	Too Cool to Conga! Labels: BMG Ariola München GmbH	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	I Wake Up Screaming Labels: Strut Records	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Live albums

• Oh! What a Night (Prism Platinum, 2000)
• Live at the B-Spot (Esquires, 2016)

Compilation albums

• Cre~Olé: The Best of Kid Creole & the Coconuts (ZE, Island, 1984) UK #21^[8] (Re-released in 1993 with a bonus track)
• Kid Creole Redux (Sire, London, Rhino, 1992)
• Haiti (Viceroy Music Europe, 1996) (Compilation of tracks from 1995's To Travel Sideways and Kiss Me Before the Light Changes)
• Classic Kid Creole & The Coconuts - The Universal Masters Collection (Island, 1999)
• Wonderful Thing (Spectrum Records, 2000)
• The Ultimate Collection (CCM, 2003)
• Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1976-1983 (Strut Records, 2008) (Compilation of August Darnell's work with Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band and production work)
• Kid Creole & The Coconuts: Anthology Vols. 1 & 2 (Rainman Records/RED, 2009) (Compilation of remixed and/or re-imagined Kid Creole and Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band selections)
• Nothin' Left But The Rest (2C2C, 2021) (Reissue of August Darnell's 1996 solo album The Kid and I, with bonus tracks. This compilation was issued under the Kid Creole & The Coconuts band name, despite no musical participation from the Coconuts.)

Extended plays

• Christmas in B'Dilly Bay with Kid Creole and the Coconuts (Island, 1982)^[B]

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions										Album
		US Hot 100	US Club Play [10]	US R&B [10]	AUS[11]	FR [12]	GER [13]	IRL [14]	NL [3]	NZ [5]	UK [8]
1980	"He's Not Such a Bad Guy (After All)"	–	53 [A]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	—
	"There But For the Grace of God Go I"	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Maladie D'Amour"	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Off the Coast Of Me
	"Que Pasa" / "Me No Pop I"[B]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	48	–	32 [15]	Mutant Disco: A Subtle Discolation of the Norm
1981	"Latin Music"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
	"I Am"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	76[16]
	"Going Places" [C]	–	51 [C]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1982	"I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby"	–	18 [E]	44	82	–	–	–	21	49	4	Tropical Gangsters/Wise Guy
	"Stool Pigeon"	–	25	–	–	–	–	15	19	8	7
	"Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy"	–	18 [E]	–	89	–	45	4	4	13	2
	"Dear Addy" [F]	–	–	–	–	–	–	22	–	–	29	Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
1983	"There's Something Wrong in Paradise"	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	–	–	35	Doppelganger
	"If You Wanna Be Happy"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"The Lifeboat Party"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	49	–	49
1984	"My Male Curiosity"	110	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	83	Against All Odds (soundtrack)
	"Don't Take My Coconuts"[D]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	86	Cre~Olé - The Best of Kid Creole and the Coconuts
1985	"Caroline Was a Drop-Out"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	In Praise of Older Women and Other Crimes
	"Endicott"	–	21	–	–	28	–	–	28	–	80
1987	"Dancing at the Bain Douches"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	I, Too, Have Seen The Woods
1988	"Hey Mambo" (with Barry Manilow)	90	–	–	–	–	20	–	16	–	–	Swing Street (Barry Manilow album)
	"Pepito"	–	–	–	–	24	–	–	–	–	–	—
1989	"People Will Talk"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	New York Stories (soundtrack)
1990	"The Sex of It"	–	19	85	–	–	–	–	31	–	29	Private Waters in the Great Divide
	"I Love Girls"	–	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1991	"(She's A) Party Girl"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	You Shoulda Told Me You Were...
1993	"I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby (Brothers In Rhythm Remix)"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	60	Cre~Olé - The Best of Kid Creole and the Coconuts (Re-issue)
1997	"UFO"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	—
2011	"I Do Believe"	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	I Wake Up Screaming

Notes

• A^ "He's Not Such a Bad Guy (After All)", "There But For the Grace of God Go I" and "Maladie D'Amour" charted together as a triple-sided single on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
• B^ "Que pasa" / "Me No Pop I" is credited as 'Kid Creole and the Coconuts presents Coati Mundi'. It was originally released in 1980 on Antilles Records before being re-released on ZE/Island and charting in the summer of 1981.
• C^ "Going Places (Zemix)" charted as a triple-sided single on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart together with "In the Jungle" and "Table Manners".
• D^ "Don't Take My Coconuts was originally released in 1983, on the Coconuts album "Don't Take My Coconuts", before being released as a single in 1984, to promote the compilation Cre~Olé - The Best of Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
• E^ "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby", "I'm Corrupt" and "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" charted together on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
• F^ "Dear Addy" is sometimes credited as the lead song on the EP Christmas in B'Dilly Bay with Kid Creole and the Coconuts.

The Coconuts

Kid Creole wrote and produced an album for his backing singers 'The Coconuts' in 1983. The three-piece consisted of Adriana Kaegi, Cheryl Poirier and Taryn Hagey. A second album was released in Japan in 1991.

Studio albums

• Don't Take My Coconuts (EMI America, 1983)
• Killer Bees (Creole/Nippon Columbia, 1991)

Singles

• "Did You Have to Love Me Like You Did" b/w "Hats Off to Citizen K" (1983) UK #60^[17]
• "Ticket to the Tropics" b/w "Kriminal-Tango" (1983)
• "If I Only Had a Brain" b/w "Indiscreet" (1983) US #108

August Darnell as producer

Studio albums

• Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band – Meets King Pennett (RCA, 1978) (associate producer)
• Aural Exciters - Spooks in Space (ZE, 1979)
• Gichy Dan's Beachwood # 9 - Gichy Dan's Beachwood # 9 (RCA, 1979)
• Machine - Machine (RCA, 1979)
• Cristina - Cristina (aka Doll in the Box) (ZE, 1980)
• Funkapolitan - Funkapolitan (London, 1982)
• The Coconuts - Don't Take My Coconuts (EMI America, 1983)
• Elbow Bones and the Racketeers – New York At Dawn (EMI America, 1983)

Singles

• James White and The Blacks - "Contort Yourself" (ZE, 1979)
• Cristina - "Is That All There Is?" (ZE, 1980)