Private Waters in the Great Divide

Private Waters in the Great Divide
Studio album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Released	March 1990
Genre	Disco funk [1]
Label	Columbia [2]
Producer	August Darnell
Kid Creole and the Coconuts chronology
I, Too, Have Seen the Woods (1987) Private Waters in the Great Divide (1990) You Shoulda Told Me You Were... (1991)
Singles from Private Waters in the Great Divide
"The Sex of It" b/w "He's Takin' the Rap" Released: 19 March 1990 "I Love Girls" Released: 13 August 1990

Private Waters in the Great Divide is the seventh studio album by the American musical group Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released in 1990. ^[3] It includes the singles "The Sex of It" and "I Love Girls".

Production

The album was the band's first for Columbia Records. Always more popular in Europe, Kid Creole's August Darnell was asked by the label to try to create an album that would appeal to the American market. ^[4] After an estrangement, Darnell had started speaking to his brother and former Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band's bandmate, Stony Browder, during the recording of the album, and asked him to play keyboards. ^[5] Prince wrote "The Sex of It", the demo tape of which he mailed to Darnell; the two did not collaborate in person. ^[6] Coati Mundi had left the band by the time production began. ^[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
Calgary Herald	B+ [9]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	6/10 [11]
The Village Voice	B+ [1]

Trouser Press wrote: "Showing tons more imagination and inspiration, Darnell bounced back [from I, Too, Have Seen the Woods] to full artistic strength with the marvelously entertaining Private Waters in the Great Divide, a diverse party of singular wit and intelligence." ^[12] The Edmonton Journal called Private Waters in the Great Divide "an album that captures everything worthwhile and unique about [Darnell's] hard-working funk band." ^[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by August Darnell; except where indicated.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love Girls"		3:46
2.	"(No More) Casual Sex"	Stony Browder Jr., Darnell	3:19
3.	"The Sex of It"	Prince	3:32
4.	"Cory's Song"	Browder Jr., Darnell	4:17
5.	"Dr. Paradise"		4:38
6.	"Takin' a Holiday"		0:39
7.	"Lambada"	Chico De Oliveira	3:37

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Funky Audrey and the Coconut Rag"	Darnell, Carol Coleman, Andy Hernandez	4:13
9.	"When Lucy Does the Boomerang"		3:50
10.	"He's Takin' the Rap"		3:49
11.	"Pardon My Appearance"	Darnell, Peter Schott	3:15
12.	"Laughing with Our Backs Against the Wall"		6:18
13.	"My Love"		1:09

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14]	56
Swiss Albums (Swiss Hitparade) [15]	39

References

1. Christgau, Robert. Consumer Guide: Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Robert Christgau. Retrieved on 2010-01-06.
2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 392.
3. "Kid Creole & the Coconuts | Biography & History". AllMusic.
4. Holden, Stephen (April 4, 1990). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C16.
5. Righi, Len. "August Darnell Brings Kid Creole Odyssey to an End". The Morning Call.
6. "Kid Creole Searches for a Mass Audience". Los Angeles Times. March 24, 1990.
7. "Spins". Spin. Spin Media LLC. July 21, 1990.
8. "Private Waters in the Great Divide - Kid Creole & the Coconuts AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
9. Tremblay, Mark (May 24, 1990). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. H3.
10. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 812.
11. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 208–209.
12. "Kid Creole and the Coconuts". Trouser Press. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
13. Metella, Helen (May 20, 1990). "Kid handles his humor well". Edmonton Journal. p. D4.
14. "dutchcharts.nl - Discographie Kid Creole and the Coconuts". © 2006-2010 Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
15. "Discographie Kid Creole and the Coconuts". SwissCharts.com. Retrieved May 20, 2009.