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

| venue =

| 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

|rev2score = B+{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Ken |title=Citizen King delivers |work=The Cincinnati Post |date=May 27, 1999 |location=Perspective Extra |page=12}}

| 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

The album was produced by Dave Cooley, Matt Sims, and Eric Valentine.{{cite journal |last1=Gensler |first1=Andy |title=Nine for 1999 |journal=Spin |date=Feb 1999 |volume=15 |issue=2 |page=84}}

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.

  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

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Category:1999 albums

Category:Citizen King albums

Category:Warner Records albums

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