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Here are all the reviews we could get hold of for the album.

Tropical Brainstorm : Reviews

The Guardian

"Tropical Brainstorm carries off a whole album of Latin textures with minimal damage to her credibility"
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Birdpages

"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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Pop matters

"I have to go back to Marvin Gaye to think of another artist whose vocals are such wonders of invention"
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Wall of Sound

"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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Rolling Stone

"The sensual rhythms provide the perfect setting for her tales of romantic wheeling and dealing."
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Q

"Her own demure lead vocals have acquired some life and Latin drama"
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The Big Issue

"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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The Observer

"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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New York Daily News

"The eroticism of Latin music presents a wry and painful counterpoint to MacColl's words."
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The Times

"Enough fine one-liners to suggest she could have made it in alternative comedy."
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... but not everybody adored it! ...

The Scotsman

"The album was largely recorded in London with British musicians, and sounds like it."
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Aftonbladet

"Cuban influenced spy-film salsa with humorous ambitions doesn't really feel like Kirsty's thing."
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Dundee Evening Telegraph

"A dreadful and totally transparent attempt to cash in on the current craze for all things Mambo or Salsa"
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MOJO

"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]

We know where you live

"My dad put it on and yelled "Desi Arnez!"

"It's VERY Cuban. Not sure if I like it."


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