Tropical Brainstorm is the final album by Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty Anna MacColl was an English singer-songwriter.MacColl scored several pop hits from the early 1980s to the early 1990s...

, released in 2000. It was inspired by her trips to Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

, and many tracks include Spanish or Portuguese lyrics.

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
   Graham Gouldman
   Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
   
   ) - 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, 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

Any Time Now (TV series)

Any Time Now is a 2002 co-produced six-part comedy-drama by RTÉ and BBC Northern Ireland.The show initially aired on BBC One Northern Ireland and RTÉ One in 2002...

, and as the theme and bridging music for The Catherine Tate Show

The Catherine Tate Show

The Catherine Tate Show is a British television sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate and Aschlin Ditta. Tate also stars in all but one of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of characters. The Catherine Tate Show airs on BBC Two and is shown worldwide through the BBC...

(first series)

Personnel

• Kirsty MacColl - vocals, autoharp, lap steel guitar
• Roy Dodds - percussion
• Pete Glenister - guitar, programming
• Chucho Merchan
  Chucho Merchan
  Chucho Merchan is a session jazz bassist and guitarist. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Cambridge University in 1980....
  
   - bass, double bass on "Designer Life"
• Dave Ruffy
  The Ruts
  The Ruts were a reggae-influenced British punk rock band, notable for the 1979 Top 10 hit "Babylon's Burning", and an earlier single "In a Rut", which was not a hit but was much played and highly regarded by the UK BBC Radio 1 disc jockey, John Peel.-Career:...
  
  - 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"