Released November 1, 1984 Length 39:18 Release date 1 November 1984 Genres Rock music, Soft rock | Recorded May–September 1984 | |
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Producer Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman Similar Seven the Hard Way, Wide Awake in Dreamland, Get Nervous, Precious Time, Gravity's Rainbow | ||
Tropico is American rock singer Pat Benatar's fifth studio album, and sixth album overall, released in late 1984 on Chrysalis Records. This is the first album to feature one-time John Waite bassist Donnie Nossov, who replaced Roger Capps in Benatar's band.
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It peaked at No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart and produced the Grammy-nominated Top Five Pop hit "We Belong". Other well-known songs from the album include "Painted Desert", "Outlaw Blues" and "Ooh Ooh Song" (also a Top 40 hit). A Spanish version of "Ooh Ooh Song" was on the B-Side of the US single and appeared also on her 1999 compilation, Synchronistic Wanderings. Tropico was Benatar's sixth consecutive Platinum-certified album in the United States.
During the filming of the video for the single "Painted Desert", Benatar and husband Neil Giraldo discovered they were expecting their first child. This album is Benatar and Giraldo's first attempt to move away from Benatar's famed "hard rock" sound and start experimenting with new "gentler" styles and sounds.
BGO Records reissued Tropico on CD with Seven the Hard Way.
Band members
Additional musicians
Production
Songs
1Diamond Field3:23
2We Belong3:40
3Painted Desert5:27