Mobile Estates
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mobile Estates
| type = Album
| artist = Citizen King
| cover = Mobileestatescovermpegman.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 9, 1999
| recorded = 1998
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| studio =
| genre = {{Flatlist|
| length = 42:32
| label = Warner Bros.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kw4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20|title=Citizen King Stretches Out On WB's 'Mobile'|work=Billboard|date=February 6, 1999|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
| producer = Dave Cooley, Matt Sims, Eric Valentine
| prev_title = Brown Bag LP
| prev_year = 1995
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| next_year =
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{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Gallucci |title=Review: Citizen King - Mobile Estates |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r398121/review|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=29 June 2009}}
|rev2 = The Cincinnati Post
| rev3 = Q
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal |author=O'Brien, Lucy |title=Review: Citizen King - Mobile Estates |journal=Q |publisher=EMAP Metro Ltd |issue=July 1999 |page=106 |author-link=Lucy O'Brien}}
|rev4 = The Times
|rev4score = 8/10{{cite news |last1=Aston |first1=Martin |title=Citizen King |work=The Times |date=29 May 1999 |location=Features |page=10}}
}}
Mobile Estates is the second and final album by Citizen King, released in 1999.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/citizen-king-mn0000131961/biography|title=Citizen King | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1427130/citizen-king-keeps-the-rhythm-steady/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403021444/http://www.mtv.com/news/1427130/citizen-king-keeps-the-rhythm-steady/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 3, 2015|title=Citizen King Keeps The Rhythm Steady|website=MTV News}} It was the band's only album for a major label.{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Nick |title=Citizen King is ready for the big time |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=December 25, 1998 |page=E20}}
Production
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."{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=CITIZEN KING 'Mobile Estates' Warner Bros. |work=The Washington Post |date=30 Apr 1999 |page=N16}} 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."{{cite journal |last1=Chonin |first1=Neva |title=Mobile Estates WARNER BROS |journal=Rolling Stone |date=May 27, 1999 |issue=813 |page=64}} The San Antonio Express-News called the album "a tuneful, low-fi and quirky major-label debut."{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Robert |title=Quick Spins |work=San Antonio Express-News |date=May 19, 1999 |page=10G}}
Track listing
All songs written by Matt Sims and Dave Cooley, except where noted.
- "Under the Influence" (Sims) - 4:22
- "Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)" - 3:38
- "Safety Pin" (Sims) - 3:45
- "Jalopy Style" - 3:11
- "Basement Show" - 3:48
- "Smokescreen" - 3:24
- "The Milky Way" - 0:46
- "Long Walk Home" - 2:58
- "Skeleton Key" - 4:37
- "Closed for the Weekend" (Sims) - 2:56
- "Salt Bag Spill" - 2:15
- "Billhilly" - 3:27
- "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