Tropico (Pat Benatar album)
Tropico is American rock singer Pat Benatar's fifth studio album, and sixth album overall, released in late 1984.
This is the first album to feature one-time John Waite bassist Donnie Nossov, who replaced Roger Capps in Benatar's band.
It peaked at No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart[3] and produced the Grammy-nominated[4] Top Five Pop hit "We Belong".[5] Other well-known songs from the album include "Painted Desert", "Outlaw Blues" and "Ooh Ooh Song" (also a Top 40 hit).[5] A Spanish version "Ooh Ooh Song" was on the B-Side of the US single and appeared also on her 1999 compilation, Synchronistic Wanderings. Tropico was Benatar's sixth consecutive Platinum-certified album in the United States.[6]
During the filming of the video for the single "Painted Desert", Benatar and husband Neil Giraldo discovered they were expecting their first child.
This album is Benatar and Giraldo's first attempt to move away from Benatar's famed "hard rock" sound and start experimenting with new "gentler" styles and sounds.[1][2]
BGO Records reissued Tropico on CD with Seven the Hard Way.
Track listing (Vinyl)
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6. | "Ooh Ooh Song" | Giraldo, Benatar | 4:28 |
7. | "The Outlaw Blues" | Giraldo, Grombacher | 3:47 |
8. | "Suburban King" | Giraldo, Billy Steinberg | 1:48 |
9. | "A Crazy World Like This" | Giraldo, Tom Kelly, Steinberg | 4:02 |
10. | "Takin' It Back" | Giraldo, Benatar | 4:07 |
Personnel
Band members
Additional musicians
- Roger Capps – bass on tracks 2 and 3
- Lenny Castro – percussion on tracks 3 and 9
Production
- Neil Giraldo, Peter Coleman – producers, mixing at The Complex Studios and Sound Castle Studios, Los Angeles
- Dave Hernandez – assistant engineer, Spanish translation of track 6
- Murray Dvorkin, Bino Espinoza – mixing assistants
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
Charts
Certifications
Country |
Organization |
Year |
Sales |
USA |
RIAA |
1985 |
Platinum (+ 1,000,000)[6] |
Canada |
CRIA |
1985 |
Platinum (+ 100,000)[27] |
United Kingdom |
BPI |
1985 |
Silver (+ 60,000)[28] |
External links
References
- 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pat Benatar – Tropico review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- 1 2 Connelly, Cristopher (January 31, 1985). "Album Reviews: Pat Benatar – Tropico". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- 1 2 "Tropico Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance – Female". Rock on the Net. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Pat Benatar Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- 1 2 "RIAA Searchable database: search for "Benatar"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ↑ "infodisc.fr Note : You must select Pat Benatar". infodisc.fr. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Pat Benatar – Tropico (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Pat Benatar – Tropico (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Album – Pat Benatar, Tropico". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- 1 2 "Artist Chart History – Pat Benatar". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Pat Benatar – Tropico (album)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- 1 2 3 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "Pat Benatar – Tropico". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 41, No. 21, February 02 1985". Library and Archives Canada. February 2, 1985. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Pat Benatar – We Belong". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Single – Pat Benatar, We Belong". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Pat Benatar – We Belong (song)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Pat Benatar – We Belong". Ultratop (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Pat Benatar Chart History - Adult Contemporary". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "infodisc.fr Note : You must select Pat Benatar". infodisc.fr. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Pat Benatar – We Belong (song)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 42, No. 18, January 12, 1985". Library and Archives Canada. January 12, 1985. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Pat Benatar – We Belong (song)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Pat Benatar – Ooh Ooh Song (song)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 41, No. 25, March 02 1985". Library and Archives Canada. March 2, 1985. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar". Music Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ↑ "BPI Certified Awards Searchable Database". BPI. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
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