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Tropical Gangsters is the third album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released on May 10, 1982. Originally conceived as a solo album by band leader August Darnell and titled Wise Guy, his label ZE Records pressured him to change it to a Kid Creole and the Coconuts record and to make it more commercial sounding in order to relieve the label's financial problems. Despite the tensions this caused within the band and Darnell's complaint that the subsequent record was a "cop-out", the more dance-pop oriented sound helped it reached number 145 on the Billboard 200 album chart, representing the group's commercial breakthrough in their home country (the album kept the title of Wise Guy in the US and Canada, with a different cover). However, to the surprise of Darnell and his record company Tropical Gangsters was a huge success in Australia and New Zealand, Europe, and in particular the UK, where the album peaked at number three in the UK Albums Chart and yielded three top ten singles. Tropical Gangsters made Darnell a worldwide star, and the album remains both his and the ZE label's most successful record by far. (en)
Tropical Gangsters è il terzo album del gruppo musicale statunitense Kid Creole & The Coconuts, pubblicato dall'etichetta discografica il 10 maggio 1982. Negli Stati Uniti e in Canada, il lavoro è stato messo in commercio con il titolo Wise Guy. L'album è prodotto da August Darnell, leader del gruppo, che firma per intero 6 brani e cura gli arrangiamenti di 7 degli 8 totali. Dal disco vengono tratti i singoli I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby, Stool Pigeon e Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy. (it)

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Tropical Gangsters è il terzo album del gruppo musicale statunitense Kid Creole & The Coconuts, pubblicato dall'etichetta discografica il 10 maggio 1982. Negli Stati Uniti e in Canada, il lavoro è stato messo in commercio con il titolo Wise Guy. L'album è prodotto da August Darnell, leader del gruppo, che firma per intero 6 brani e cura gli arrangiamenti di 7 degli 8 totali. Dal disco vengono tratti i singoli I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby, Stool Pigeon e Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy. (it)
Tropical Gangsters is the third album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released on May 10, 1982. Originally conceived as a solo album by band leader August Darnell and titled Wise Guy, his label ZE Records pressured him to change it to a Kid Creole and the Coconuts record and to make it more commercial sounding in order to relieve the label's financial problems. Despite the tensions this caused within the band and Darnell's complaint that the subsequent record was a "cop-out", the more dance-pop oriented sound helped it reached number 145 on the Billboard 200 album chart, representing the group's commercial breakthrough in their home country (the album kept the title of Wise Guy in the US and Canada, with a different cover). However, to the surprise of Darnell and his record company Tropica (en)

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