Liza Minelli - Tropical Nights (Expanded Edition)

Originally released in 1977, Liza Minnelli�s 8th studio album, �Tropical Nights�, remains the disco-orientated curio of her entire discography. Contemporaneous U.S. press adverts heralding its initial release stated: � �Tropical Nights� ... Liza, with a difference. It�s Liza alright, there�s no doubt about that, but, with a difference! On Tropical Nights, her first studio album in over three years, she does what we expect from Liza; she�s still the greatest interpreter of standards and classics there is, but, she understands how to go other places. She�s made some very new material hers and hers alone.� �This expanded remastered re-issue comes with five bonus tracks. �More Than I Like You� and its flipside �Harbour� are the two tracks from a 1974 non-album single. Then, there are three different language versions of Liza�s final single for Columbia, 1993�s �The Day After That�. This song reunited Liza with the showtune legends Kander and Ebb who had previously written the musicals �Cabaret�, �Chicago�, �The Rink� and �The Act� all of which Liza had been associated with. Her final song for Columbia was adapted by Liza from their then most recent work �Kiss Of A Spider Woman�; the track �The Day After That� was appropriated as Liza�s call to arms to fight for a cure for AIDS and it remains one of her most affecting recordings.