Tropico (Pat Benatar album)

Tropico

Cover photo by Rebecca Blake
Studio album by Pat Benatar
Released November 1, 1984
Recorded May–September 1984
Studio MCA Whitney Studios, Glendale, California
Genre Soft rock, pop rock
Length 39:18
Label Chrysalis
Producer Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman
Pat Benatar chronology
Live from Earth
(1983)		 Tropico
(1984)		 Seven the Hard Way
(1985)
Singles from Tropico
  1. "We Belong"
    Released: October 16, 1984
  2. "Painted Desert"
    Released: 1984 (Europe and Oceania only)
  3. "Ooh Ooh Song"
    Released: January 7, 1985
  4. "Diamond Field"
    Released: 1985
  5. "Temporary Heroes"
    Released: March 18, 1985 (promo)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

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]

Unlike Benatar's first few albums, Tropico was never reissued in remastered form, and the album in its entirety on CD is out of print.

The cover photo was taken by popular photogapher Rebecca Blake.

Track listing (Vinyl)

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Diamond Field"  Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher, Pat Benatar 3:20
2. "We Belong"  Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro 3:40
3. "Painted Desert"  Giraldo, Grombacher 5:24
4. "Temporary Heroes"  Nick Trevesick, Ginny Clee 4:30
5. "Love In The Ice Age"  Giraldo, Charles Giordano, Grombacher, Benatar 4:05
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
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

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1984 Billboard 200 (USA)[3] 14
French Albums Chart[7] 16
Swedish Albums Chart[8] 19
GfK Dutch Chart[9] 23
German Albums Chart[10] 26
UK Albums Chart[11] 31
1985 New Zealand Albums Chart[12] 7
Australian Albums Chart[13] 9
Swiss Albums Chart[14] 21
RPM100 Albums (Canada)[15] 25

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1984 "Diamond Field" Mainstream Rock (USA)[5] 20
"We Belong" Mainstream Rock (USA)[5] 3
Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[5] 5
Swiss Singles Chart[16] 5
German Singles Chart[17] 9
GfK Dutch Chart[18] 13
Ultratop Belgium Chart (Flanders)[19] 16
Adult Contemporary (USA)[20] 35
French Singles Chart[21] 72
1985 Australian Singles Chart[13] 7
New Zealand Singles Chart[22] 7
RPM100 Singles (Canada)[23] 8
Austrian Singles Chart[24] 12
UK Singles Chart[11] 22
"Ooh Ooh Song" Mainstream Rock (USA)[5] 22
Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[5] 36
New Zealand Singles Chart[25] 41
Australian Singles Chart[13] 78
RPM100 Singles (Canada)[26] 89

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. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pat Benatar – Tropico review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 "Tropico Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance – Female". Rock on the Net. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Pat Benatar Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  6. 1 2 "RIAA Searchable database: search for "Benatar"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ "infodisc.fr Note : You must select Pat Benatar". infodisc.fr. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Tropico (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Tropico (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Album – Pat Benatar, Tropico". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Artist Chart History – Pat Benatar". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Tropico (album)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  13. 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.
  14. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Tropico". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 41, No. 21, February 02 1985". Library and Archives Canada. February 2, 1985. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Pat Benatar – We Belong". Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Single – Pat Benatar, We Belong". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Pat Benatar – We Belong (song)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Pat Benatar – We Belong". Ultratop (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Pat Benatar Chart History - Adult Contemporary". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  21. ↑ "infodisc.fr Note : You must select Pat Benatar". infodisc.fr. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Pat Benatar – We Belong (song)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 42, No. 18, January 12, 1985". Library and Archives Canada. January 12, 1985. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Pat Benatar – We Belong (song)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Pat Benatar – Ooh Ooh Song (song)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 41, No. 25, March 02 1985". Library and Archives Canada. March 2, 1985. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar". Music Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  28. ↑ "BPI Certified Awards Searchable Database". BPI. Retrieved July 25, 2014. search under artist for 'Pat Benatar'
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