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Tropical Brainstorm

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Released
  
March 20, 2000

Length
  
45:06

Release date
  
27 March 2000

Genres
  
Latin pop, Worldbeat

Recorded
  
1999-2000

Artist
  
Kirsty MacColl

Label
  
V2 Records Benelux

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Producer
  
Kirsty MacColl, Pete Glenister and Dave Ruffy

Similar
  
Titanic Days, Electric Landlady, Kite, Desperate Character, The Best of Kirsty MacColl

Tropical Brainstorm is the fifth and final studio album by Kirsty MacColl, released in 2000. It was inspired by her trips to Cuba, and many tracks include Spanish or Portuguese lyrics. "Good for Me", a non-album track co-written with James Knight, was her last song.

Contents

The album was released with three extra tracks in the US.

Track listing

  1. "Mambo De La Luna" (Kirsty MacColl, Pete Glenister, Dave Ruffy) - 4:38
  2. "In These Shoes?" (MacColl, Glenister) - 3:392
  3. "Treachery" (MacColl, Graham Gouldman) - 3:51
  4. "Here Comes That Man Again" (MacColl, Glenister) - 4:49
  5. "Autumngirlsoup" (MacColl) - 3:54
  6. "Celestine" (MacColl) - 3:35
  7. "England 2 Colombia 0" (MacColl) - 3:45
  8. "Não Esperando" (MacColl, Glenister) - 4:04
  9. "Alegria" (MacColl, Ruffy) - 2:01
  10. "Us Amazonians" (MacColl, Glenister) - 4:09
  11. "Wrong Again" (MacColl) - 4:16
  12. "Designer Life" (MacColl, Crouch) - 2:35
  13. "Head" (MacColl) - 3:56
  14. "Golden Heart" (MacColl, Neill MacColl) - 3:241
  15. "Things Happen" (MacColl, Gouldman) - 2:581
  16. "Good For Me" (MacColl, James Knight) - 4:101

1On US release only.

2Used as the theme for the BBC1 comedy series Any Time Now, and as the theme and bridging music for The Catherine Tate Show (first series). A cover of this appears on Bette.

Personnel

  • Kirsty MacColl - vocals, autoharp, lap steel guitar
  • Roy Dodds - percussion
  • Pete Glenister - guitar, programming
  • Chucho Merchán - bass, double bass on "Designer Life"
  • Dave Ruffy - drums, programming
  • Bosco DeOliveira - percussion
  • Joseph de Jesus - trombone on "Celestine"
  • Ernesto Estruch - piano, violin, background vocals
  • Felix Gonzalez - background vocals, Cuban rap on "Mambo de la Luna"
  • Omar Püente - violin, background vocals
  • James Knight - saxophone on "Head"
  • Ben Storey - trumpet on "In these Shoes?"
  • Lee Groves - additional programming
  • Mark Hinton Stewart - keyboards on "Designer Life"
  • Luiz de Almeida - surdo on "Não Esperando", nylon string guitar on "Não Esperando" & "Designer Life"

    • Songs

    1Mambo de la Luna4:38
    2In These Shoes3:39
    3Treachery3:51

    References

    Tropical Brainstorm Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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