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((Infobox album
| name       = Doppelganger
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Kid Creole and the Coconuts]]
| cover      = Kidcreoledoppelganger.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 1983
| recorded   = 
| studio = [[Electric Lady Studios]], New York City; Daily Planet Studios, New York City
| genre      = Latin, funk, tropical
| length     = 38:23
| label      = [[ZE Records|ZE]]<br />[[Island Records|Island]]<br />[[Sire Records|Sire]]
| producer   = [[August Darnell]], "Sugar Coated" Andy Hernandez
| prev_title = [[Tropical Gangsters]]/Wise Guy
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [[Cre~Olé: The Best of Kid Creole & the Coconuts]]
| next_year  = 1984
| misc       = ((Singles
 | name        = Doppelganger
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = There's Something Wrong in Paradise" b/w "Fireside Story (Fireside Chat)
 | single1date = September 1983
 | single2     = [[If You Wanna Be Happy]]" b/w "The Seven Year Itch
 | single2date = October 1983 (US only)
 | single3     = The Lifeboat Party" b/w "Gina Gina
 | single3date = November 1983
))
))
'''''Doppelganger''''' is the fourth studio album by [[Kid Creole and the Coconuts]], released in 1983. The album was a relative commercial and critical disappointment following the group's most popular album ''[[Tropical Gangsters]]/Wise Guy''. The album was released on LP and cassette in September 1983 and peaked at #21 in the UK,<ref name="UK"/> and to moderate success throughout Europe but did not chart in the US. The album includes the singles "There's Something Wrong in Paradise", "The Lifeboat Party", and in the US "If You Wanna Be Happy". It was reissued by Universal Island Records with bonus tracks added to album in 2002.

The album includes two covers, "[[If You Wanna Be Happy]]" originally recorded by [[Jimmy Soul]] in 1963, and a remake of "The Seven Year Itch", a song by [[August Darnell]]'s previous band [[Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band]]. "The Seven Year Itch" was originally released on their third album ''[[Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Goes to Washington]]'' in 1979. ''Doppelganger'' also marked the renewal of Darnell's collaboration with his older brother Stony Browder Jr. Four songs including "The Seven Year Itch" were co-written by the brothers.

==Critical reception==
((Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = ((rating|3|5))<ref name="Ripol">Ripol, Vince. [((AllMusic|class=album|id=r842981|pure_url=yes)) Review: ''Doppelganger'']. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved on 2010-01-07.</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev2Score = A−<ref name="Christgau">Christgau, Robert. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=743&name=Kid+Creole+and+the+Coconuts Consumer Guide: Kid Creole and the Coconuts]. [[Robert Christgau]]. Retrieved on 2010-01-07.</ref>
| noprose   = yes
))
''Doppelganger'' received mixed reviews from critics. Vince Ripol describes the album as entertaining, provided listeners have the prerequisite of an acquired taste for the bizarre, often comical travelogues set to exotic pop which represent the essence of Kid Creole & the Coconuts.<ref name="Ripol"/> The album is compared unfavourably to the group's previous hit album ''Tropical Gangsters''/''Wise Guy'' noting that nothing on ''Doppelganger'' can compare to "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" and "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby,", yet nothing will fail to satisfy devoted fans either. For the uninitiated, Doppelganger's peculiar content presents a love-it or hate-it dilemma.<ref name="Ripol"/>

[[Robert Christgau]] writing for [[The Village Voice]] rated the album A−. He calls the album a return to the musical comedy stage for yet another original-cast recording after his previous (and best) album some which Darnell called some kind of sellout because it's held together by a dance groove.<ref name="Christgau"/> Christgau also praises the apparently surface wit of the Kid's lyrical-musical synthesis-pastiche<ref name="Christgau"/> but wants to clarify just what these songs are about.<ref name="Christgau"/>

==Track listing==
((track listing
| headline        = Side one

| title1          = The Lifeboat Party
| writer1         = August Darnell, [[Ron Rogers|Ronnie Rogers]] <small>(a/k/a Ron Rogers<ref>((cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=BMI&cae=73280093&keyID=293607&keyname=ROGERS+RONALD+B&querytype=WriterID|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120907200116/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=BMI&cae=73280093&keyID=293607&keyname=ROGERS+RONALD+B&querytype=WriterID|url-status=dead|title=BMI - Repertoire Search|date=7 September 2012|archivedate=7 September 2012|website=Archive.is|accessdate=11 May 2019))</ref>)</small>
| length1         = 2:38
| title2          = Underachiever
| writer2         = Darnell
| length2         = 3:15
| title3          = [[If You Wanna Be Happy]]
| writer3         = [[Frank Guida]], Carmela Guida, Joseph Royster
| length3         = 2:29
| title4          = Distractions
| writer4         = Darnell, The Coconuts, Peter Schott
| length4         = 2:56
| title5          = Survivors
| writer5         = [[Coati Mundi (musician)|Andy Hernandez]]
| length5         = 3:32
| title6          = Call Me The Entertainer
| writer6         = Darnell, Stony Browder Jr.
| length6         = 3:23
))

((track listing
| headline        = Side two

| title7          = There's Something Wrong In Paradise
| writer7         = Darnell, Mark Mazur
| length7         = 3:22
| title8          = It's A Wonderful Life
| writer8         = Hernandez
| length8         = 3:12
| title9          = Bongo Eddie's Lament
| writer9         = Darnell
| length9         = 3:02
| title10         = Broadway Rhythm
| writer10        = Darnell, Browder Jr.
| length10        = 2:48
| title11         = Back In The Field Again
| writer11        = Darnell, Browder Jr.
| length11        = 3:29
| title12         = The Seven Year Itch
| writer12        = Darnell, Browder Jr.
| length12        = 4:26
))

((track listing
| headline        = 2002 Reissue Bonus tracks

| title13         = Fireside Story (Fireside Chat)
| writer13        = Hernandez
| length13        = 4:40
| title14         = There's Something Wrong in Paradise 
| note14          = 12" Mix
| writer14        = Darnell, Mazur
| length14        = 5:45
| title15         = Don't Take My Coconuts
| writer15        = Darnell
| length15        = 2:08
))

==Personnel==
((col-begin))
((col-2))
;Performer credits
*[[Adriana Kaegi]], Bongo Eddie, Carol Colman, Charles Lagond, Cheryl Poirier, [[Coati Mundi (musician)|Coati Mundi]], Dave Span, Ken Fradley, [[August Darnell|Kid Creole]], Lee Robertson, Mark Mazur, Peter Schott, Taryn Hagey – The Boys in the Band
*[[Andy González (musician)|Andy Gonzalez]], [[Buddy Williams (jazz drummer)|Buddy Williams]], Charlie Story, Dave Friedman, Dian Sorel, [[Eddie Drennon]], Eugene Grey, Francisco Centeno, Jerry Oland, Jill Jaffe & The Jaffettes, [[Jimmy Rip]]petoe, Joe Mannozzi, Jose Madera, Karen Joseph, [[Manny Oquendo]], Mona Lagond, Phillipe Saisse, Felo Barito, Ron Barro, Steve Gerrios, Steve Kroon – extras
*Cory Daye, [[Dutch Robinson]], Gichy Dan, Conjunto Libre, Lori Eastside, [[Perri Lister]] – special appearances
*[[Daryl Hall]] – special guest star ("Bongo Eddie's Lament")
((col-2))
;Production credits
*[[August Darnell]] – producer
*[[Coati Mundi (musician)|Sugar Coated Andy Hernandez]] – associate producer
*Carol Colman – production coordinator
*Joe Barbaria, [[Michael Brauer|Michael H. Brauer]], Julian McBrowne – chief engineer
*[[Andy Heermans]], Gary Hillman, Michael Abbott, Richard McClain, Steve Rinkoff – assistant engineer
*[[Michael Brauer|Michael H. Brauer]] – mixing, Pond Life horns recording
*[[Greg Calbi]] – mastering
*[[Peter Ashworth]] – photography
*Bruno Tilley – art direction
*[[Tommy Mottola]] (Champion Entertainment Organization, Inc.) – management and direction
*John Rynsky – continuity
*Bora Bora Leoni – cordiality
((col-end))

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1983)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
| German Albums ([[GfK Entertainment Charts|Offizielle Top 100]])<ref name="charts.de">((cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/artist.asp?name=Kid+Creole+%26+The+Coconuts&country=de | title=Discographie Kid Creole & The Coconuts | website=Officialcharts.de|accessdate=2012-10-27))((dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic))((cbignore|bot=medic))</ref>
|align=center| 54
|-
| Dutch Albums ([[Album Top 100]])<ref name=dutchcharts>((Cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kid+Creole+%26+The+Coconuts| title=dutchcharts.nl - Discographie Kid Creole and the Coconuts| website=Hitparade.ch| accessdate=2010-01-17))</ref>
|align=center| 46
|-
| New Zealand Albums ([[Official New Zealand Music Chart|RMNZ]])<ref name="NZ">((cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kid+Creole+%26+The+Coconuts|title= Discography Kid Creole & the Coconuts|website=charts.nz|accessdate=2012-01-12))</ref>
|align=center| 44
|-
| Swedish Albums ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref name="SWE">((cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kid+Creole+%26+The+Coconuts|title= Discography Kid Creole & the Coconuts|website=Swedishcharts.com|accessdate=2012-01-12))</ref>
|align=center| 13
|-
| UK Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UK">((Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=The Official Charts Company - Kid Creole And The Coconuts |website=[[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=2008-12-27 ))</ref>
|align=center| 21
|-
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

((Kid Creole and the Coconuts))


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[[Category:1983 albums]]
[[Category:Kid Creole and the Coconuts albums]]
[[Category:Island Records albums]]
[[Category:ZE Records albums]]

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