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1984 studio album by Pat Benatar
Tropico Cover photo by Rebecca Blake
Released November 1, 1984 Recorded May–September 1984 Studio MCA Whitney Studios (Glendale, California ) Genre
Length 39 :18 Label Chrysalis Producer
"We Belong " Released: October 16, 1984
"Painted Desert" Released: 1984 (Europe and Oceania only)
"Ooh Ooh Song" Released: January 7, 1985
"Temporary Heroes" Released: March 18, 1985 (promo)
Tropico is the fifth studio album by American rock singer Pat Benatar , released on November 1, 1984, by Chrysalis Records . It is the first album to feature 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 of "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.[citation needed ]
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 new wave sounds.[ 1] [ 2]
BGO Records reissued Tropico on CD with Seven the Hard Way .
Side two Title Writer(s) 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
UK Edition[ 7] Title Writer(s) 1. "Diamond Field" Giraldo, Grombacher, Benatar 3:20 2. "We Belong" Lowen, Navarro 3:40 3. "Painted Desert" Giraldo, Grombacher 5:24 4. "Temporary Heroes" Trevesick, Clee 4:30 5. "Love Is a Battlefield " Holly Knight , Mike Chapman 5:24 6. "Ooh Ooh Song" Giraldo, Benatar 4:28 7. "The Outlaw Blues" Giraldo, Grombacher 3:47 8. "Suburban King" Giraldo, Steinberg 1:48 9. "A Crazy World Like This" Giraldo, Kelly, Steinberg 4:02 10. "Takin' It Back" Giraldo, Benatar 4:07 11. "Love in the Ice Age" Giraldo, Giordano, Grombacher, Benatar 4:05
Additional musicians [ edit ]
Roger Capps – bass on tracks 2 and 3
Lenny Castro – percussion on tracks 3 and 9
Unknown[ a] – backing vocals on track 2
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
^ The record sleeve says "Thanks […] The Kids on «We Belong» […]".
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^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF) . Eurotipsheet . Vol. 1, no. 37. December 10, 1984. p. 9. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Pat Benatar – Tropico" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved March 30, 2018.
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^ Kent 1993 , p. 437
^ "RPM's Top 100 Albums of 1985" . RPM . Vol. 43, no. 16. December 28, 1985. p. 14. ISSN 0033-7064 – via Library and Archives Canada.
^ "Pat Benatar ultra rare genuine Australian Gold Award From Festival Records" . September 9, 2023.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Pat Benatar – Tropico" . Music Canada . Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
^ "New Zealand album certifications – Pat Benatar – Tropico" . Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
^ "British album certifications – Pat Benatar – Tropico" . British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
^ "American album certifications – Pat Benatar – Tropico" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
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