Jorge Ben - Tropical Available On:LP I once heard John Prine

I once heard John Prine complain that there was no point in writing a 'train song' because Steve Goodman had already written the perfect one with "City of New Orleans"

still remains in yellowman's live set

The album‰۪s metallic title is inspired by a science fiction short story by JG Ballard but equally sums up the band‰۪s current state of mind

and Tom Fine

the emotional despair of 'Do Nothing' and the bright and breezy 'Hey

Jorge Ben - Tropical Available On:LP I once heard John PrineOne of Brazils greatest songwriters, Jorge Ben rarely dwelled on any particular musical style, even the ones he helped create. By the mid 1970s, Ben had already innovated several groundbreaking new twists on the classic samba sound, in the process creating many tunes that became epoch defining hits for South Americas biggest country not to mention the world at large. For 1977s Tropical, he made the controversial decision to rework an albums worth of