Avec une pochette rappelant son amour des films sombres des années 40, "I Wake Up Screaming" rassemble tous les styles chers à son leader August Darnell. Entre le rythmique "Stony & Cory", qui ouvre l'album et la nouvelle version de "Ticket to the Tropics" (un classique des Coconuts des années 80), Kid Creole glisse "This is My Life", influencé par le son de l'époque d'Island. Le disque a été enregistré dans son propre studio en Suède et est produit par Brennan Green. (DM)
- KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS :
- KID CREOLE Voix, Basse, Guitare
- KID CREOLE Percussion
- Mark Anthony JONES Backing vocals, Guitare, Voix
- Dario DARNELL Backing vocals, Drums, Percussion
- Dario DARNELL Harpsichord, Orgue
- Lorne ASHLEY Backing vocals, Basse, Percussion
- Eva TUDOR-JONES Backing vocals
- Peter SCHOTT Backing vocals, Keyboards, Drums
- Peter SCHOTT Percussion
- Andy BUTLER Basse, Keyboards, Drums
- Andy BUTLER Percussion
- Savanna DARNELL Backing vocals
- Father GREY Guitare
- Yogi HORTON Drums
- Bongo EDDIE Percussion
- Jacob ANDERSEN Percussion
- Poul REIMANN Piano, Keyboards
- Caufy KEEPS Balafon
- Mikel RIBER Basse
- Jimmy RIPP Guitare électrique
- Mike SMITH Keyboards
- Brennan GREEN Percussion
- Yas INOUE Percussion
- Christian DOUGLAS Basse
- Peter ZUMMO Horns
- THE PAM PAM SISTERS Backing vocals
- GUESTS:
- Barnaby DICKINSON Trombone
- SWEET KNAVE (THE WINGED HORSE)
- SON OF THE KONG ORCHESTRA (THE)
- POND LIFE HORN (THE)
- Chris STORR Trompette
- Edgar JONES Flûte, Saxophone
- Elvira JONES Voix
- 1 Stony and cory
- 2 I wake up screaming (in the tropics)
- 3 Somebody's got to lose
- 4 I do believe
- 5 Long live the king
- 6 Verily verily verily
- 7 Tudor-Jones
- 8 Attitude
- 9 This is my life
- 10 We're rockin' out tonight
- 11 Love remains
- 12 Blow me up
- 13 Just because I love you