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Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[2]
The Cincinnati PostB+[3]
QStarStarStar[4]
The Times8/10[5]

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

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 June 29, 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 (July 1999). EMAP Metro Ltd: 106.
  5. ^ Aston, Martin (May 29, 1999). “Citizen King”. The Times. Features. p. 10.
  6. ^ “Citizen King | Biography & History”. AllMusic.
  7. ^ “Citizen King Keeps The Rhythm Steady”. MTV News. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015.
  8. ^ Carter, Nick (December 25, 1998). “Citizen King is ready for the big time”. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. E20.
  9. ^ Gensler, Andy (February 1999). “Nine for 1999”. Spin. 15 (2): 84.
  10. ^ Jenkins, Mark (April 30, 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.