Tropical Brainstorm

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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.

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

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"

External links

• Review from Rolling Stone