Tropic Appetites
| Tropic Appetites | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973–74 | |||
| Genre | Post-bop, jazz | |||
| Label | WATT Records/ECM Watt 1 | |||
| Producer | Michael Mantler | |||
| Carla Bley chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
| Tom Hull | B+ () |
Tropic Appetites is a jazz album by Carla Bley released in 1974, following her debut Escalator over the Hill. The lyrics are contributed by Bley's friend Paul Haines, based on his journeys to Southeast Asia in the preceding years. Unlike on the orchestral Escalator, the band is an octet, with Julie Tippetts as lead vocalist.