I, Too, Have Seen the Woods

I, Too, Have Seen the Woods
Studio album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Released	1987
Studio	New York City at a studio on West 46th Street (#151–Ground Floor)
Genre	New wave, disco
Length	40:26
Label	Sire
Producer	August Darnell, Ronnie Rogers, Coati Mundi
Kid Creole and the Coconuts chronology
In Praise of Older Women... and Other Crimes (1985) I, Too, Have Seen the Woods (1987) Private Waters in the Great Divide (1990)
Singles from I, Too, Have Seen the Woods
"Dancing at the Bain Douches" b/w "Midsummer Madness (The Refrain)" Released: 1987

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]
The Village Voice	A−[3]

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.^[1] 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.^[1]

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.^[3]

Track listing

Personnel

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