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Chupacabra is the debut album by Imani Coppola, released on October 28, 1997. The title refers to the legendary chupacabra (literally "goat sucker"), a creature believed through some parts of the Americas to drink the blood of livestock.[2] Ann Powers wrote in The New York Times that Coppola's album was buoyed by "fanciful raps and supple vocals as she establishes her identity as a modern-day flower child with common sense."[3]

Among the album's tracks, the song "Legend Of A Cowgirl" became a hit on MTV.[4] According to Coppola, the rap song, which includes a sample of Donovan's "Sunshine Superman",[5] started as an idea she had for a movie about women who "love 'em and leave 'em and ride off into the sunset."[2] Part of Coppola's marketing included a music video for “Legend of a Cowgirl” that received heavy rotation on MTV.[6] The video for the follow-up single, "I'm A Tree", featured Imani as a New York corporate working girl craving something outside of the 9 to 5 dead-end job. Many of the vibrant colored scenes show her on an elevator stopping at every floor and as the door opens it shows Imani's imagination come to life with a singing dog as well as a jam session of Imani with a band. The video mostly found its following on MTV2. The single version was remixed for radio. A third and final single titled "It's All About Me, Me, Me" was released without a video.

Track listing

All tracks by Imani Coppola, Mike Mangini except where noted

  1. "I'm a Tree" 3:33
  2. "Legend Of A Cowgirl" (Imani Coppola, Donovan Leitch, Mangini) 3:47
  3. "Naked City (Love to See U Shine) 4:26
  4. "It's All About Me, Me, and Me" 4:12
  5. "Piece" 3:48
  6. "Karma and the Blizzard" 4:37
  7. "One of These Days" 3:20
  8. "Pigeon Penelope" 3:19
  9. "Soon (I Like It)" 4:10
  10. "Forget Myself" 3:49
  11. "La Da Da" 20:47 ["My Day" (Hidden Track)]

Singles

  • "Legend Of A Cowgirl"
  • "I'm A Tree"
  • "It's All About Me, Me, Me"

Personnel

  • Amanda Busto – Vocals (background)
  • Imani Coppola – Guitar (Acoustic), Fiddle, Guitar, Strings, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (background), Choir, Chorus, Fender Rhodes, Illustrations
  • Jeff Coppola – Vocals
  • Tom Coyne – Mastering
  • Dave Crafa – Guitar
  • DJ Nastee – DJ
  • David Drafa – Guitar
  • Skoti Alain Elliott – Bass, Engineer, Mixing
  • Sharon Kearney – Guitar, Mixing Assistant, Assistant
  • Kiku – Art Direction, Design
  • Mike Mangini – Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Percussion, Strings, Arranger, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Vocals (background), Producer, Mixing
  • Nastee – DJ
  • Carl Rushing – Programming, Vocals
  • Matthew Scannell – Guitar
  • Nina Schultz – Photography

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b Lilith Fair. "Imani Coppola" 1998.
  3. ^ New York Times. "Pop CD's; Take a Little Sass, Add Sunshine" by Ann Powers. November 4, 1997.
  4. ^ "All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap and Hip-Hop" By Vladimir Bogdanov. Published 2003 by Backbeat Books
  5. ^ Time Out. "Loose canon" by Steve Smith. November 8, 2007.
  6. ^ Toronto Sun. "Singer/violinist Imani strikes gold without even trying" by Jane Stevenson. December 11, 1997.