Mobile Estates

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

Mobile Estates
Studio album by
Citizen King
ReleasedMarch 9, 1999
Recorded1999
Genre
Length42:32
LabelWarner Bros.[1]
ProducerDave Cooley, Matt Sims, Eric Valentine
Citizen King chronology
Brown Bag LP
(1995)		 Mobile Estates
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Cincinnati PostB+[3]
Q[4]
The Times8/10[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

References
  1. "Citizen King Stretches Out On WB's 'Mobile'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 6, 1999 – via Google Books.
  2. Gallucci, Michael. "Review: Citizen King - Mobile Estates". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  3. Wilson, Ken (May 27, 1999). "Citizen King delivers". The Cincinnati Post. Perspective Extra. p. 12.
  4. O'Brien, Lucy. "Review: Citizen King - Mobile Estates". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd (July 1999): 106.
  5. Aston, Martin (29 May 1999). "Citizen King". The Times. Features. p. 10.
  6. "Citizen King | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. "Citizen King Keeps The Rhythm Steady". MTV News.
  8. Carter, Nick (December 25, 1998). "Citizen King is ready for the big time". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. E20.
  9. Gensler, Andy (Feb 1999). "Nine for 1999". Spin. 15 (2): 84.
  10. Jenkins, Mark (30 Apr 1999). "CITIZEN KING 'Mobile Estates' Warner Bros". The Washington Post. p. N16.
  11. Chonin, Neva (May 27, 1999). "Mobile Estates WARNER BROS". Rolling Stone (813): 64.
  12. Johnson, Robert (May 19, 1999). "Quick Spins". San Antonio Express-News. p. 10G.



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