Tropical Brainstorm

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Tropical Brainstorm
Studio album by Kirsty MacColl
Released	March 20, 2000
Recorded	?
Genre	Pop
Length	45:06
Label	V2 Records
Producer	Steve Lillywhite
Professional reviews
Rolling Stone (favorable) link
Kirsty MacColl chronology
Galore (1995) Tropical Brainstorm (2000)
Alternative cover
US release cover

Tropical Brainstorm is the final album by Kirsty MacColl, released in 2000. It was inspired by her trips to Cuba, and many tracks include Spanish lyrics.

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

[edit] 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 Columbia 0" (MacColl) - 3:45
8. "Nao 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, N. 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)

[edit] Personnel

Kirsty MacColl - vocals, autoharp, lap steel guitar

• Roy Dodds - percussion
• Pete Glenister - guitar, programming
• Chucho Merchán - bass, double bass
• Dave Ruffy - drums, programming
• Bosco DeOliveira - percussion
• Joseph de Jesus - trombone
• Ernesto Estruch - piano, violin, background vocals
• Felix Gonzalez - background vocals, rap
• Omar Püente - violin, background vocals

v • d • e Kirsty MacColl Studio albums Desperate Character • Kirsty MacColl • Kite • Electric Landlady • Titanic Days • Galore • Tropical Brainstorm Notable singles "They Don't Know" • "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" • "Terry" • "A New England" • "Free World" • "Days" • "Innocence" • "Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!" • "Walking Down Madison" • "My Affair" • "Caroline" • "Perfect Day" • "Mambo de la Luna" • "In These Shoes" • "Sun On The Water" With The Pogues "Fairytale of New York" • ""Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things" Related articles Ewan MacColl • Steve Lillywhite • The Pogues