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Here are all the reviews we could get hold of for the album.
"Tropical
Brainstorm carries off a whole album of Latin textures
with minimal damage to her credibility"
Full review
"The fusion of eloquent pop with salsas and sambas, flavoured
with sangrias and lit by sunsets, and mixed with MacColl's unmistakable irony,
make for one of the most compelling albums this year."
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"I have to go back to Marvin Gaye to think of another artist
whose vocals are such wonders of invention"
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"MacColl was a rare craftsman who had more in common with
enduring greats like Noel Coward, Cole Porter, and Rodgers and Hart than the
airbrushed androids clogging up the charts."
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"The sensual rhythms provide the perfect setting for her
tales of romantic wheeling and dealing."
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"Her own demure lead vocals have acquired some life and
Latin drama"
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"Tropical Brainstorm is
funny, clever and sexy - the things MacColl has always been at her best - but
the world rhythms give her sound a warmth that was often lacking before."
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"Mostly the mood is upbeat, the playing crisp and the lyrics
sharp as a stiletto heel. In these shoes? Why not?"
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"The eroticism of Latin music presents a wry and painful
counterpoint to MacColl's words."
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"Enough fine one-liners to suggest she could have made it
in alternative comedy."
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... but not everybody adored it! ...
"The album was largely recorded in London with British
musicians, and sounds like it."
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"Cuban influenced
spy-film salsa with humorous ambitions doesn't really feel like Kirsty's thing."
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"A dreadful and totally transparent attempt
to cash in on the current craze for all things Mambo or Salsa"
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"With UK hips on ball bearings after a Latino summer, here comes Senorita Sarky - sounds tabasco, words old English vinegar. To rhythms rumba, mambo and boss whatsname, she ..." [oh it just gets worse - FW]
"My dad put it on and yelled "Desi Arnez!"
"It's VERY Cuban. Not sure if I like it."
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