Mobile Estates

Mobile Estates is the second and final album by Citizen King, released in 1999.^[6][7] It was the band's only album for a major label.^[8]

Mobile Estates
Studio album by Citizen King
Released	March 9, 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Alternative rock funk rock rap rock
Length	42:32
Label	Warner Bros.[1]
Producer	Dave Cooley, Matt Sims, Eric Valentine
Citizen King chronology
Brown Bag LP (1995) Mobile Estates (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Cincinnati Post	B+[3]
Q	[4]
The Times	8/10[5]

Production

The album was produced by Dave Cooley, Matt Sims, and Eric Valentine.^[9]

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that "even at Citizen King's most engagingly relaxed ('Jalopy Style', 'Long Walk Home'), the band just sounds like the Red Hot Beastie Spin Doctors."^[10] Rolling Stone thought that "if a finer vintage—say, Beck circa 1998—is unavailable, Citizen King are just dope and dopey enough to feed your faux funk habit."^[11] The San Antonio Express-News called the album "a tuneful, low-fi and quirky major-label debut."^[12]

Track listing

All songs written by Matt Sims and Dave Cooley, except where noted.

1. "Under the Influence" (Sims) - 4:22
2. "Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)" - 3:38
3. "Safety Pin" (Sims) - 3:45
4. "Jalopy Style" - 3:11
5. "Basement Show" - 3:48
6. "Smokescreen" - 3:24
7. "The Milky Way" - 0:46
8. "Long Walk Home" - 2:58
9. "Skeleton Key" - 4:37
10. "Closed for the Weekend" (Sims) - 2:56
11. "Salt Bag Spill" - 2:15
12. "Billhilly" - 3:27
13. "Checkout Line" - 3:36

Personnel

• Matt Sims - lead vocals, bass guitar
• Kristian Riley - guitar, backing vocals
• Dave Cooley - keyboards
• Malcolm Michiles - turntables
• DJ Brooks - drums, programming, backing vocals