Mobile Estates

Citizen King, ???????? | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (March 9, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B00000IGYW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,858,394 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Under the Influence

2. Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)

3. Safety Pin

4. Jalopy Style

5. Basement Show

6. Smokescreen

7. The Milky Way

8. Long Walk Home

9. Skeleton Key

10. Closed for the Weekend

11. Salt Bag Spill

12. Billhilly

13. Checkout Line

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's funky music. What more do you need to know?, November 23, 2004

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Darrell Wong "dkw001" (Hawaii, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mobile Estates (Audio CD)

You know the story. Quirky, hard-to-pigeonhole band avoids the easy pop sellout, so almost nobody knows about them, and their big breakthrough hit is inevitably the ONE mainstream, poppy thing they ever did (see also: Katrina and the Waves, Crazy Town, Len, Chris DeBurgh, etc.), and eventually they break up because the money simply isn't there. In that light, it's regrettable that this turned out to be Citizen King's farewell album, because while it isn't outstanidng our earth-shattering, it's a still a good, listenable, non-poppy or sappy album. They certainly sound like they have fun making music, and it would've been nice to see how much further they could've run with their offbeat vision.

I think the song that best encapsulates the album (and Citizen King, for that matter) is Basement Show, which is about...get this...a bunch of guys making a living doing what they love and not caring what others think about it. Long Walk Home and Billhilly give a little insight into their roots. Smokescreen, Skeleton Key, Under the Influence, and Jalopy Style are just plain cool to listen to. There's a lot of territory covered here, and I can't point to any really bad track.

No, they didn't start a musical revolution, or change the world, or get that elusive second hit. All they did was have one brief glimpse of success and produce a fun album before fading away. Isn't that good enough?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Find it!!!!!!!!, September 11, 2006

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Private Quentin Tarantino Fan "Formally Known... (nowhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Estates (Audio CD)

Stop with these tag suggestions!!!

Citizen King is another band that mixes rap, but with a bunch of other styles. This isn't really related to 311 or Rage, it's different.

The sound... not sure. Beck and Sublime kind of sound like a valid descripition, but since Beck has a variety of styles (it's beck, it dosen't always work), think more Odelay, only Citizen King dosen't make a bunch of vomit music, and dosen't have Beck's lifeless voice. Matt's vocals are interesting, and he raps mostly, but he can sing, Better Days is an example. He always uses lyrics that are a little surreal, maybe not, but a little like those word play writers who don't let the idea come out instantly.

The music is just, well, like nothing else, but pretty, well, funky. SO that's about I can give, it's got a lot of funky _____ in it. The sound clips should help, and I could say that this music is cool. Salt Bag Spill was the only song that was horrible, but everything else is great.

9.0/10

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars for the record, "mobile estates" is a keeper!, November 23, 1999

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kloe (chicago, il) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Estates (Audio CD)

i'm addicted to mobile estates! i don't listen to the radio much...so unlike the rest of the mainstream world, i had heard "better days" probably once and didn't think much of it. but i was recently dragged to a random metro show where citizen king supported - their performance captured my attention. the next day, i got the vinyl and now i am hooked. if you sample, this ck album has some nice cuts to eat up. catchy tunes, smart licks, clever sampling - jalopy style is my fave. i guess i don't really need to spread the word though...it's already a known fact that mobile estates is a keeper. (and they are so cute!)