Tropico (album)
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| Studio album by Pat Benatar | ||||
| Released | November, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | Spring-Early Autumn, 1984 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 39:18 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman | |||
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Tropico is American rock singer Pat Benatar's fifth studio album, and sixth album overall, released in late 1984. It peaked at #14 on the U.S. Billboard 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 "Ooh Ooh Song" appeared on her 1999 compilation, Synchronistic Wanderings. This disc 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.[3] It is also said by Benatar and Giraldo that this album is the first where they moved away from Benatar's famed "hard rock" sound and start experimenting with new "gentler" styles and sounds.[4]
This is the first album to feature one-time John Waite bassist Donnie Nossov, who replaced Roger Capps in Benatar's band.
This album is now out of print.
The cover photo was taken by popular photogapher Rebecca Blake.
Track listing
Side one
- "Diamond Field" – 3:20 (Giraldo, Grombacher; Copyright Big Tooth Music, Neil Giraldo Music, Rare Blue Music & Tyreach Music-ASCAP)
- "We Belong" – 3:40 (Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro; Copyright Screen Gems/EMI Music-BMI)
- "Painted Desert" – 5:24 (Giraldo, Grombacher; Copyright Big Tooth Music, Neil Giraldo Music, Rare Blue Music & Tyreach Music-ASCAP)
- "Temporary Heroes" – 4:30 (Nick Trevesick, Ginny Clee; Copyright Black Lion Music-ASCAP)
- "Love in the Ice Age" – 4:05 (Giraldo, Giordano, Grombacher; Copyright Big Tooth Music, Neil Giraldo Music, Rare Blue Music, Charlie Giordano Music & Tyreach Music-ASCAP)
Side two
- "Ooh Ooh Song" – 4:28 (Benatar, Giraldo; Copyright Big Tooth Music, Neil Giraldo Music & Rare Blue Music-ASCAP)
- "The Outlaw Blues" – 3:47 (Giraldo, Grombacher; Copyright Neil Giraldo Music, Rare Blue Music & Tyreach Music-ASCAP)
- "Suburban King" – 1:48 (Giraldo, Billy Steinberg; Copyright Neil Giraldo Music, RAre Blue Music, Billy Steinberg Music & Denise Barry Music-ASCAP)
- "A Crazy World Like This" – 4:02 (Giraldo, Tom Kelly, Steinberg; Copyright Neil Giraldo Music, Rare Blue Music, Billy Steinberg Music & Denise Barry Music-ASCAP)
- "Takin' It Back" - 4:07 (Giraldo, Benatar; Copyright Big Tooth Music, Neil Giraldo Music & Rare Blue Music-ASCAP)
Production
- Produced By Peter Coleman & Neil Giraldo
- Engineered By Dave Hernandez
Personnel
- Pat Benatar – Lead & backing vocals
- Neil Giraldo – Lead & rhythm guitars, keyboards, synclavier, backing vocals
- Charlie Giordano – Keyboards
- Donnie Nossov – Bass, backing vocals
- Myron Grombacher – Drums, percussion
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