Tropical Brainstorm

Studio album by Kirsty MacColl

Released

March 20, 2000

Recorded

1999-2000

Genre

Worldbeat, Latin Pop, Alternative Rock

Length

45:06

Label

V2 Records

Producer

Kirsty MacColl, Pete Glenister and Dave Ruffy

Kirsty MacColl chronology

Galore
(1995)

Tropical Brainstorm
(2000)

Alternative cover

US release cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	A-^[2]

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.^[3]

Despite the apparent success of the album (certified Silver in the UK), the V2 label dropped MacColl prior to her death in 2000.

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

Track listing

"Mambo De La Luna" (Kirsty MacColl, Pete Glenister, Dave Ruffy) - 4:38
"In These Shoes?" (MacColl, Glenister) - 3:39²
"Treachery" (MacColl, Graham Gouldman) - 3:51
"Here Comes That Man Again" (MacColl, Glenister) - 4:49
"Autumngirlsoup" (MacColl) - 3:54
"Celestine" (MacColl) - 3:35
"England 2 Colombia 0" (MacColl) - 3:45
"Não Esperando" (MacColl, Glenister) - 4:04
"Alegria" (MacColl, Ruffy) - 2:01
"Us Amazonians" (MacColl, Glenister) - 4:09
"Wrong Again" (MacColl) - 4:16
"Designer Life" (MacColl, Crouch) - 2:35
"Head" (MacColl) - 3:56
"Golden Heart" (MacColl, Neill MacColl) - 3:24¹
"Things Happen" (MacColl, Gouldman) - 2:58¹
"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"

Notes

↑ Tropical Brainstorm at AllMusic
↑ "Kirsty MacColl: Tropical Brainstorm". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
↑ Jean MacColl Sun on the Water: The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of My Daughter Kirsty MacColl - 2009 -"... things' he remembers about Kirsty and the time they spent together, he told me, I think one of my favourite memories is writing the song 'Good For Me' together. Of course, we didn't know then that it would be Kirsty's last song."

External links

Review from Rolling Stone

Kirsty MacColl
Studio albums	Desperate Character Kirsty MacColl Kite Electric Landlady Titanic Days Tropical Brainstorm
Compilations	Galore
Notable singles	"They Don't Know" "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" "See That Girl" "You Still Believe in Me" "Berlin" "Terry" "A New England" "He's On The Beach" "Free World" "Days" "Innocence" "Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!" "Walking Down Madison" "My Affair" "All I Ever Wanted" "Soho Square" "Angel" "Titanic Days" "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 (father) Steve Lillywhite Billy Bragg The Pogues

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